Islington
Pizza Express

Pizza Express

United Kingdom, N1 0PB, Islington

Pizza • Pasta • Italian • Vegetarian


"Well this was a refreshing treat. Popped into Pizza Express (Upper Street) and I felt I should make use of the offers sent to me via the Pizza Express App. Truth is, I had a feeling that would happen... he he. We were welcomed in (lady friend and I) an immediately I noticed we noticed a warm and friendly environment. We sat at our table, free to choose and I got to work on the whole link the app to the table, place your order on the app, apply rewards to the order, stand up and touch your toes, spin around 3 time, do a little dance, sit back down and hope and pray. I ordered the Classic Pizza La Reine and my Lady Friend ordered the Classic Pizza Fiorentina. We also ordered the Bruschetta Originale and Garlic Dough Balls for a starters, and Raw Slaw as a side. The Garlic Dough Balls were as expected, fresh backed, gorgeously melt in your mouth texture. The Bruschetta Originale was good, however the base was more or less a large oval shaped Dough Ball, half flattened. It started to feel all a bit too doughy, but it was fine in the end. The pizzas were actually quite good. I was surprised by this. The last time I visited Pizza Express was about 10 years ago. I was never too moved by the pizzas at the time. My Classic Pizza La Reine (without Ham) was pretty good. The quantity and ratio of mushroom to olives was spot on and baked to perfection. My lady friend reported similar of the Fiorentina. The icing on the evening had to be our designated waiter who was just fabulous all evening. It felt like if I had asked for a Lamborghini, he would have simply replied.. Be right with you Sir This guy was fine dining, seriously. I made sure to let him know as well, and typically he just remained humble with a shy 'thank you ' and proceeded to tend to our empty water glasses. Top notch geezer!!! Definitely recommend this Pizzerie!!!"

The Canonbury

The Canonbury

21 Canonbury Place, Islington, United Kingdom, N1 2NN

Cafés • Sushi • Steak • Mexican


"I booked The Canonbury for a roast dinner with my friends, and was really disappointed. I wouldn 't recommend coming here for a roast dinner. Booking I had booked a table and upon arrival I was told to either check the outdoor tables for my name or speak to a member of staff in the restaurant area. After searching all tables (none of which had names on them) I approached the restaurant to ask about my table booking. I was asked 'Where did you book? Which table? ' which I replied to say 'I don 't know, can you help me? '. I was told they needed to speak to another member of staff. Nobody then came to see us so we had to just take a random table. Food It has a beautiful garden but as soon as our food arrived, the flies and wasps descended on our meals. Obviously this is out of the pubs control however, after finishing our food the waiters did not appear to collect our plates, meanwhile we had to sit with a swarm of flies and wasps surrounding our plates. It was so unpleasant for so long that we had to pick up our plates and take them inside. Upon bringing our plates in, the staff were on their phones and just looked at us, and said Yeah the flies are bad . No acknowledgment that we were doing their job, and they didn 't offer to collect our other plates just let us go back and bring back further plates. The food itself was very disappointing, it was VERY dry and tasted like it had been reheated. We left half of the food because it was so dry. After asking the staff if they had any horseradish sauce, we were just told, 'no '. Not, 'Sorry we have run out/ don 't have that at the moment '. Drinks service was very slow and we waited 20 minutes for a drink after ordering on the ap. Broken glass outside unfortunately another customer smashed a glass outside. Upon going inside to ask if it could be cleared, the staff responded to say 'I don 't work outside '. Meanwhile there were toddlers and dogs roaming around. Also, slightly embarrassing that The Canonbury can 't spell 'Welcome '....."