La Porchetta Pizzeria (Islington)

It's bright, brass & loud. Welcome to La Porchetta. Apparently not the most authentic pizzas in town but still one of the best. Huge (only and thank God) thin crust pizzas and huge bowls of steaming pasta served with shavings of parmesan and black pepper by an all-Italian (and occasional Spanish) personnel. 1 pizza, salad, 2 bottles of water for two £12 in and out in under 50'. Record from all aspects! La Porchetta is what comes to mind when I want to have something quick, tasty and cheap. Oh and if I also want to have a pizza, it's handy, too! Btw, they do the best Tiramisu in town. Ask for it only if it's fresh. Otherwise it's not worth it. It's also not suitable for romantic dinners.
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Stavroula
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, May 04, 2007

Fantastic pizza, it's like being in Italy. Gets slow when it's busy so perhaps not ideal for lunch if you're in a hurry, but otherwise thoroughly recommended. It's true that it's a little cramped.
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Murrow Mangaroon
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

sono stata a mangiare alla porchetta a islington per il compleanno di un mio amico...non so come mai ma credevo fosse uguale a quella di muswell hill che conosco molto bene.il servizio era penoso,lento e la pizza non era la stessa per non parlare dei prezzi poi.prima e ultima volta come mai e cosi diversa?
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sara
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, December 05, 2006

This was the worst restaurent I have ever been to! To start off...I was there for my 2 friends' birthdays and when we arrived the owner was very rude in asking us where the rest of our friends were and why we were late. We had initially rang up to mention there was traffic when arriving and were only 5 minutes late. Then, when a few of my friends had still not arrived as they were still in traffic the owner was extremely rude in saying they ahd to sit somewhere else as they were losing them business and this spoilt the atmosphere. When we ordered drinks, all the drinks were flat and they were not very helpful at getting us some more drinks until we complained. When we ordered our starters, the bruschetta was awful! There was a small piece of hard bread that had a pile of tomatoes dumped on top with a couple of carrotts and cucumbers. No presentation, extremely untasty and you don't have carrotts and cucumbers with this! We also ordered gralic pizza bread and were given a cheeseless pizza. When we asked them what they had given us as we had requested garlic pizza bread they mentioned this is the garlic pizza bread, yet there was no garlic or garlic butter in sight or in taste. The pizza for the main meal was awful also, it was too oily, the cheese was too creamy and the taste was bland. I never leave my plate full but in this instance i had left half of my meal. The pasta that friends of mine ordered was very dry and lacked any sauce or taste. To top things off there was a long table behind us full of children aged around 6 years old at 8pm all making pizza and creating a noisy atmosphere. This was hardly professional on a friday night at the appropriate time.

Though this place was very busy I do not see the reason why people actually paid to have dinner at this restaurent when there is a pizza express a few doors down!!
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Vishal Shah
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 2
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Went with a group of colleagues to this restaurant and after waiting for an hour for our food were told that we should have given them more time and that because we wanted pizzas it takes longer (it is a pizza restaurant!!!) Ended up having to take the food back to the office as our lunch hour run out. The quality of the food was very poor - just to top off a very bad eating experience! Will not come here again.
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Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Thursday, September 28, 2006

An excellent pizzeria, with excelent food, and excellent service, and a great price range

the only problem, as mentioned before, was the cramped atmosphere, although if this was a couple dining here it caled be called, Intimate

great restaurant i say
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Christopher Ross
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Thursday, September 21, 2006

this is a great restaurant and everyone

knows it is

ignorewhat the others said they havent a clue

great pizza nice atmosphere
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fabio cannavaro
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Absolutely brilliant. I went there for dinner on Sunday for the first time and I was really impressed. The pizza’s are huge and cheap! Service is very good.

However, only complaint is that it was just a little cramped in the restaurant but other than that will be visiting again very soon.
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Ash - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

I'm sorry, but la porchetta in Rosebery av, is just not worth going to. I got there and asked if they had calzone (which I wasn't sure of what it's name was) and was assumed as an order, all of a sudden i was give a bill and when i wasn't sure of what was going on no-one spoke english... very convinient! Had the worst impression ever.
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Abigail Correia
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Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 3
Friday, May 05, 2006

Loud, slow and doughy.

Not that great, would avoid in preernce of La FORchetta, about 20 doors to the south.

4 out of 10.
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Edd Turner
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Food 5 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 4
Friday, April 21, 2006