Organic Pizza House

I guess the name can be slightly misleading. Although it does not state 'Italian' many people are mislead due to 'pizza' being in the title.

Yes the pizza's are good, fresh and tasty, however don't ignore the mixed grill and the vast array of starters. All have a broad mediterranean feel and to be honest ordering a selection as a full meal is always worthwhile.

As main meals go, the portions are good, the meats are fresh and never dry, and pizza is strangely nice with an addition of an egg,

Wine is not expensive and the choice of lesser known Turkish and Lebanese whites are a crisp and welcoming complement.

The staff are welcoming and helpful.

Well worth the visit.
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Philip Andrew
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, April 29, 2011

Quite simply the most bland and uninspired eatery I've had the misfortune to visit. Visit three times in fact (don't ask why) but at least I feel qualified to comment on what surely cannot be a one off.

Firstly the place doesn't know what it is; decor and menu suggests something between an organic pizza house (half of the stuff on the menu is not organic), a Mediterranean restaurant and a doctor's waiting room. Seriously, a quarter of the place is taken up by some cheapo sofas, ancient magazines and discarded children's toys. Had it been my choice to visit I'd have left on the strength of this alone!

So of the food? More to the point, of the chefs? Hopeless and clueless. Bland generic pizza on a rubbery base, simple pasta dishes missing key ingredients (and over cooked) and starters equally bland but so varied in size some on the table could barely touch their mains afterwards.

What did I enjoy? Leaving, mostly. I shall not be visiting again and would urge the restauranteur to decide what he's doing with the place then learn to do it well. I'm not surprised it's quiet but the limp wristed attempts to diversify the place have made a bad restaurant worse, not better. Avoid.
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Alex Green
3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 3
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Highly recommended. Really enjoyed the atmosphere and specially the food . Never eaten in England such fantastic real italian food.
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john
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Monday, July 19, 2010

The best food I've ever tasted in London, warm and welcoming staff, a delightful experience. Highly recommended.

Been here once before, and I'm distraught to learn that I will have to go again next week. There's no evidence of anything organic about this place at all - it smacks of a cheap advertising grab, rather than a genuine commitment to quality food.

The place is grimy, noisy, and inhospitable, and the food is very sub-Pizza Express and similarly priced (apart from the felafel - because this must be the only 'Italian' restaurant in the world that serves it). One of our party last time had the banoffee pie, which had clearly been sat going stale in the cabinet for a very long time - my calzone was cold in the middle and full of lumps of congealed tasteless cheese and wet, spam-like pink meat.

I felt obliged to write this review given that the comment left on 17th April is so clearly written by a shill.
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3 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Thursday, June 03, 2010

The best food I've ever tasted in London, warm and welcoming staff, a delightful experience. Highly recommended.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Ate there recently - what a disappointment. Used to be a regular haunt of ours but has been taken over by a new owner. I don't think the mix of Turkish and Italian is working - had dirge like Arabic music for the whole meal - very depressing. You would at least expect falafel to be good but it wasn't. Should have know when we walked in that the place which always had been bustling was empty.

Steer clear till the next new owner, which shouldn't be too long.
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5 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Saturday, March 06, 2010

We started going here as the staff seemed nice and friendly, its open late and the pizza is great...

However, we had a rough time of it the last time we went when the 'moist' carrot cake that they promised us was stale and the banoffee pie was awful. We actually asked the manager to recommend a desert to us beforehand and whilst he did try to steer us towards the carrot cake.....he should never have attempted to serve either of those deserts to us as they were clearly unacceptable. He even went to the hassle of layering the banoffee pie with banana and must have noticed the many 'cracks' in it......

I informed him politely about the pie and he gave a small arguement (I know that he knew so he should never have argued at all) but did end up taking the cost of it off our bill, I didn't even bother to go into the stale carrot cake issue as I just wanted to have a nice evening.

Its a shame because the pizza really is nice but we wont go back now because if they are serving these desserts then what other corners do they cut?

The place is supposed to be 'organic'.....
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Julian
4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 5
Sunday, February 14, 2010

New management, great service, staff seems keen to please and food is good quality. Portions are reasonable size and so are prices. Recommended. Our second trip under the new management was good, the manager was not happy with the size of the portion and ordered a new one without giving us a chance to complain !
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Mala Singh
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, April 01, 2009