La Figa

My husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary at La Figa last night and it was soooo good I just had to let others know. The restaurant was recommended to us by friends and we enjoyed our evening very much. The staff were very friendly and attentive, the food tasty and the bill very reasonable. We will be taking friends and family to this new found treasure!
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TJ - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

My sister and I had lunch here on Saturday and have to say that it was one of the best Italian meals I've ever eaten. I had grilled sardines to start, which were large and plump with crispy skins with a generous salad portion on the side. For main I ordered calves liver with sage and butter which I could just about finish as the portion was huge but so delicious! My sister ordered Mango and crab salad to start followed by sea bass, which I'm told was equally as good. I will defninitely be returning very soon, and will try in the evening for dinner as I would say the only thing missing was a bit of atmosphere as there was no music at all. Overall, we were extremely impressed.
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Maria
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Monday, January 28, 2008

We have eaten at La Figa on many occasions and have never had anything but excellent value for money and first class service. The staff are attentive, and take the trouble to get to know you. The food is always plentiful, most people would have trouble completing a starter and main course.

We would recommend this restaurant as a friendly, good value venue, with a great atmosphere.
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David and Michael
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Been there for a large party as the original sister venue, Il Bordello, could not accomodate 40 people.

Used to Il Bordello food and service, we were not disapointed despite guests running late, several children to care about.

We were perfectly looked after, the food was all up to expectations from the pastas to the pizza and meat and fish courses

A couple of steaks were slightly overdone, replaced by correctly cooked ones and a couple of glasses of wine.

Highly recommended as an excellent place to eat nice, plain italian food. Still, irrationally, prefering Il Bordello thought...
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Nico
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Monday, December 10, 2007

Clearly this restaurant as doing something right, as it was very busy when we visited last night and the reviews on this site are very favourable.

However, it is by far the worst meal I have had in London with no apparent redeeming features. The menu is so vast that one has to question how much is pre-prepared. We ordered the rocket salad with grilled prawns - the rocket was delicious and fresh but the prawns were sub-Asda. For mains we had an acceptable bacon, onion and tomato pasta and a lasagne that managed to be completely devoid of flavour. The profiteroles were too poor to review.

The decor is 80's City boy, with chrome and black leather chairs. It is a neighbourhood restaurant that clearly knows its market but everyone else should be advised to stay away.
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Tom & Paddy
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Food 2 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 5
Sunday, December 09, 2007

A group of 7 (6 girls & myself) went on Friday 16th November for a meal to celebrate my daughter's 21st Birthday. We were seated quite promptly, but 2 of our party of 7 were over an hour late and consequently we seemed to be ignored for quite a while by the waiting staff. We eventually ordered some starters and drinks until the latecomers arrived. Generally the ambience and atmosphere was good and the place was buzzing.We even spotted Mathew Parris, well known in political/media circles.The food was of very good quality and decent portions too. The waiting staff were clearly very busy and the service was generally shambolic, with food arriving from the kitchens with the waiting staff not really knowing to which table it was intended !. Our waiter was a bit of a character who, to my amusement , revelled in kissing my daughter and my partner on the forehead a number of times. When I paid, they took my card away from the table to process it, which I didn't like.Our bill came to £163, we were charged £5.25 for an unordered Tiramisu with a candle which no-one ate, but we were not charged for 2 beers. We also paid £2.66 each for 9 soft drinks which is typically outrageous London prices. Generally a good time was had, but I think allocating fewer tables to each waiter would help, particularly at busy times.
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Stuart Muswell
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Food 8 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Great. Good value for money, huge portions and good fun. Worth a go.
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Yes, I have been there and must confirm the "Figa calda al sugo" is exceptional! Make sure you don't leave without having tried it!
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Paul
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, October 18, 2007

hi all -

the best italian in london - fabulous atmosphere - friendly staff - super service and very "crazy" italian behaviour with lots of joking and funny comments both between the staff but also guests!

food absolute excellent - freshly made - i simply love their steak - the best meet in town!!! try the just grilled steak with a bit of salad and french fries - (home made) cant be found better anywhere!!!! seriously i mean it!!!

i visit "la figa" minimum once a week - never had any problems nor any complaints and even they are getting more and more busy - always able to get a table.

please try the bar - fantastic bar crew - you can get any drink you can think of - very proff staff!!!

thanks to all staff in "la figa" - keep it up.
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michael locke
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, October 08, 2007

We were there last night and it was really busy. The food was very good and we had no gripes with the service. If it wasn't on the other side of London we'd definetely go back
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Judith
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, October 07, 2007