L'Accento

Had a dreadful evening at this once good local restaurant, which has clearly gone down hill recently. Completely disinterested waiting staff. Terrible smell of sewage at one stage in the restaurant. Main pasta course was so undercooked it was inedible. Sent it back and it was replaced but no one enquired if meal was now OK. Had to ask for wine and water refills. When we came to leave we were charged for the full meal with no mention of main course problem. Asked for service charge to be removed as there had been no service and waiter said "'what's the problem I recooked your meal when you asked me to" As I pointed out when we left there are too many good restaurants in Bayswater/ Notting Hill to have to suffer bad food and lousy service. Avoid at all costs.
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Clive Marshall
3 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Friday, November 11, 2011

I recently moved to westbourne grove and went to this restaurant last saturday night and was very impressed, the restaurant was very busy but we only had to wait 10 minutes for a table for me and my two friends. my friends had the set menu, which included oxtail they said this was delicious and good value

I had the shank of lamb which just fell of the bone, we all had tiramisu which was fab. i am happy that i have found a local genuine Italian restaurant run by an italian family the waiter told me had been open 20 years, as in this area there are so many mass chains masquerading as Italian restaurants.

I went back again last night with my girlfriend and was not disapointed, it had a lovely buzzy atmosphere food was great we both had lobster tagliolini which was delicious. Staff were pleasant and helpful, all in all good value for money and the chianti was fab.
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Liam Dunne
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, April 10, 2011

We walked into this restaurant just before 8pm on Friday night and we were the only ones there. Another two tables did come in during the meal which added more atmosphere. Very attentive service which you would expect with not many tables. A bit pricey for what it was but all in all a very special evening.
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7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 5
Monday, January 11, 2010

We had an excellent meal here, my pumpkin ravioli starter with clarified butter and almonds was absurdly decadent but delicious, my friends mussel linguine was good, if lacking a promised chilli hit. Her tuna main was superb, fish cooked to medium/rare perfection with a delicious olive and tomato sauce enhancing but not overwhelming the fish. My monkfish was sadly a tiny bit overcooked, not dry and inedible but just a little careless, it came on a bed of roti and spinach and for this there was a great chilli hit alongside well cooked prawns (again, a little over done, but much more marginal than the monkfish and many would think them right).

Service was a little slow given they were not understaffed, but it was friendly when it arrived. I forgot to mention we started with very good bread, dense and chewy, and a deliciously almondy olive oil. The seasonal veg much vaunted on the menu did not arrive though, we didn't chase it so some fault on our side, but equally we shouldn't have had to.

Alongside a pleaant bottle of Greco from who knows where, this meal was just over £35 a head for two courses including service. You could lower that by having the cheaper wine and eating on the set menu, the latter just happened to not appeal on our visit. At this price, you couldn't call it a bargain, though it would be on the set menu, and there were slips as set out above, but overall there was a purity to the thought, execution and ingredient quality that made this a very authentic experience.

We very much enjoyed our meal and would certainly go back.
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7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Saturday, May 30, 2009