Arancia (Bermondsey)

The food was lovely, but the service was very slow and inattentive, giving the experience of eating at Arancia a rather unpleasant touch, also on the second try.
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Food 7 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Sunday, November 05, 2006

A perfect evenng. Arancia still feels slightly bohemian or at least artfully distressed. The food however is first class, and well worth travelling for.

I started with tagliatelle and a slow-cooked spicy suasage and tomato sauce. Rich, satisfying with just enough parmesan to overlay the spikyness of the sauce. Helen had a martello tower of salad, aubergine and cheese that was also described as perfect.

Helen's main of tuna and caponata looked good and tasted better. I had a very tasty lamb stew with thin-sliced grilled polenta.

With a couple of bottles of fizzy water, a good bottle of Puglia Primitivo and plent of bread, oil and olives the bill came to a a shade over £50. The whole evening felt good value, service was smiling and I've got no idea why it's four years since we were last there.

We won't leave it so long to go back.
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Jes
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Great little restaurant in bermondesy. Great value for money and the bottle of wine that a previous reviwer recommended was excellent for the price. Only down side is the length of time it takes to get your food this resulted in me not having a pudding. Definetly worth a visit though.
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Jacob
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

What a disappointment. After a good start, with a nice combination of pear, beetroot, parma ham and gorgonzola salad things went down hill rapidly. The bottle of Montepulciano red wine was very poor. A good restuarant would find it embarassing having such a wine on its list. It took an hour and a half for the main course to turn up at the table (only after reminding staff that we had orderd a main course), only to find the food rather tasteless and luke warm (monk fish on a skewer, with grilled aubergine, and a few medallions of pork fillet on a bed of very bland beans that supposedly came with chorizo, which I couldn’t taste or see in the dish). The offer of a glass of wine on the house as compensation for the long delay was ridiculous as we were still drinking the bottle ordered at the start of the meal. Definitely time to leave before we were asked if we wanted a desert.
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Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 1
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Lovely little place with excellent atmosphere. Menu isn't huge, but I would have had anything on there. Warning, don't sit by the little table by the door! The wind blew threw open the door against our table a couple of times in the evening...
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Beswick
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

This was fabulous. The food was amazing, especially the slow-roasted pork and as was the prosecco & elderflower sorbet.

Good wine, friendly service, nicely liberal (as two raving queens we felt very happy holding hands and being soppy!)

Will be going back lots!
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Hitherqueen
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, June 15, 2006

Arancia is a little gem. I went there once and left feeling satisfied and happy it was within 10 minutes from where I live !. The food is different and adventurous. The service was a little slow but it proves the food is freshly prepared. The semi freddo pudding is the most amazing dessert I have tasted in London, delcious and if you go you have to oder it. 10 out 10 and will be definitely going back.
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s o connell
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

The atmosphere is warm and cosy, and the food is great. Service was quite slow, but the food was worth the wait, so I'll definitely be going back soon.
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Food 10 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, April 28, 2006

My favourite restaurant in London; I would eat here every night if I could. The food is delicious and imaginative; the type of simple Italian cuisine that is all about good quality ingredients properly cooked. It serves the best chocolate pudding (the semi-freddo) in town. And while the service isn't as slick as it might be in more pretentious establishments, it's a whole lot friendlier.
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, December 10, 2005