Friends

FANTASTIC!

I REALLY LOVE FRIENDS!

The venue is very nice. Tables are not packed, and the venue style is lovely. They always have relaxing Italian music which creates the right atmosphere.

During the week is never crowded and it is possible chatting and enjoy.

Staff is nice and available.

Pizza is really good! It is the kind of pizza I prefer: very thin and crunchy. Ingredients always are good and high quality toppings.

Even if you do not order for dessert of coffee, they give you a selection of small sweets.

VERY GOOD!
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Cri - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Fantastic authentic restaurant. We went on the Sunday night and it was packed with Italian families. Anti pasta buffet is great for starter and pizzas are lovely. We asked if we could have a pasta dish that was not on the menu and they accommodated us without hesitation. Service was good too and the bill even better!
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MM
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Monday, October 22, 2007

great experience, food was of high satisfaction and the service was excellent. A restaurant that I would definately visit again
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cherrie date
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 21, 2007

Coming from an italian :I have always had great food and excellent service in this restaurant located in a lively corner of london
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Nick
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The worst service I've ever had. We waited over 30 minutes to order drinks and it took 3 hours for pizza! To top it off the restaurant insisted they couldn't remove the "optional" 12.5% service charge (on top of the cover charge). The waitstaff was unfriendly and unapologetic about ignoring us for significant chunks of time. The food is actually pretty good, but I would never go back which is a shame.
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Food 8 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 3
Thursday, July 05, 2007

Friends have been one of my favourite Italian restaurants in London for several years. I've always enjoyed the food and its pleasant atmosphere. However, we went there last night and the experience was disappointing. The quality of the food was still good, but we found the lack of service frustrating. I had to remind our waitress about our drink order several times. When our mains (finally) started to arrive, it took 10 mins until everybody's main course had been served.

I've not seen the manager before, and don't know if this was a temporary change. The waitresses were running back and forth, but seemed to be too busy to pay any attention to the guests. At one point, two of them were arguing. It was almost comical.

I would like to give Friends another chance, but next time I will expect the service to have improved.
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FG
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Food 8 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 5
Sunday, July 01, 2007

Food here is always good. The appetizer buffet is excellent and the pizzas are one of the best in London. The service is average and the decor is rustic and charming. I think the prices are reasonable for Chlsea as well.
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Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Friday, April 28, 2006

I have had the pleasure of dining at Friends numerous times and I have to say that the food and the service are fantastic.

A great atmosphere which is great for all ocassions. I have dined as part of a large party and numerous times with my partner and have found that the restaurant accomodates for all.

Being Italian and also involved in the hospitality industry, I like to try different Italian restaurants and I admit this is a top restaurant.

Featuring an award winning Pizzaiolo and a highly professional restaurant manager the service is prompt and friendly.

The wine list is also very good with staff on hand with expert knowledge of wines.

Overall fantastic!

"Daniele your number 1!"
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Vince Castronovo
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, April 08, 2006

Generally disappointing food and a loud, smoky atmosphere. The special starter of grilled fish was deep fried, chewy and dry. The mains were better, but for some reason all of the tables in the rather pokey rear section of the restaurant were filled, making it noisy and smoky, whilst the from was mainly empty. Good value, though, especially the wine.
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Karl - View all reviews by this user
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Food 5 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

To answer Mr Mauro, I would say the pizza is not one of the top at all, because I had a pizza and the buffalo mozzarella was really tacky. I think there are better restaurants for sure. I didn't like the environment , because when I went and ate I asked about a specific thing, and none of the staff is able to speak English. I think a good restauarnt should have English speaking staff. The food is ok, but I had better elsewhere.
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Paul
Sunday, November 06, 2005