My family and I just had dinner at this lovely restaurant and I had to leave a review. Why?
1. Lovely food- more on this below
2. Good customer service- more on this below
3. Easy to miss. We live a 5 minute drive away and we've gone past this restaurant a million times and never noticed it. A needle in the haystack!
A bit of perspective before I review. Yes, this is probably one of the longest reviews you will ever read. Make sure you have some popcorn!
My husband's family love food! Ask their BMI (only kidding ;)) but really, very well travelled, not just worldwide but the cuisines in the UK too.
Mu husband in particular, loves pizza. How much? When we got married and the veil parts and he see's me for the first time, his true love for the rest of his life, I had a pizza cushion in front of my face. Can't be kidding myself. I am not his first love. At least I'm not salad, his arch nemesis
Onto the actual part of this review. Don't you wish you had the 'jump to recipe' function?! The popcorn's probably over now. Sorry!
What we liked:
1. Pizza. Pizza. Pizza. My pizza loving husband is gluten intolerant so it's tough to get decent pizza base. Maybe this is why he is such a critic? But he loved this pizza! Fluffy and not soggy like some pizzas can get. The rest of us had the regular pizza and the base was crispy to perfection. If God didn't take the 7th day to rest, he would have spent it making this pizza! So those Indians in particular who run to Mescalzone in Edgware- try running a few more miles to this place!
The pasta and lasagna were really yum too. We have a mixture of vegetarian and non-vegetarian but went for everything vegetarian. The meat eaters are the fussier ones but they enjoyed the veggie dishes too! I woild recommend the creamy mushroom tortellini we had!
2. My mother in law particularly fell in love with the homemade chilli oil. Her tastebuds had a jalapeano vibe.
3. The tricolore salad. Mostly for my father in law and I but we had to order another as it was soo good! Tomatoes, avo and mozarella marinated in God's tears of happiness.
4. Nothing goes better with Italian than wine, red in particular. Now I am a bit of a wine glass critic and must say that I loved drinking out of the massive wine glass! Imagine the joy of my husband holding onto those double Ds! Unfortunately I'm not blessed with these. Probably why I'm not my husband's first love.
5. Service. Really well taken care of. From everything to one million extra condiments to a soft tissue for my mother in law to blow her nose. No request was a big one. Extra points for making a new dish when we found one too salty. Things like this happen. What's important is how its dealt with! We weren't made to feel guilty at all and this does happen. A hostess told me off once! Check my other reviews out if you have more popcorn!
6. Price. Quality and a wallet friendly price plus leftovers for tomorrow's lunch!
7. Decent portion sizes especially with the pizza, garlic bread and salad. The rest of the dishes were one person dishes. We like eggplant parm so we automatically went for 2, and these did not disappoint! The 2 pasta dishes were perfect to share.
What we think could have been done better:
1. A bit more attention to the ordering. We ordered garlic bread without tomato. Just garlic. But it came with tomato marinara. We still did enjoy it but this felt like a pizza starter for us. Some of you may like it as it still tasted great!
2. The veggie lasagna was really nice. It had broccoli, potato and spinach. I think if they went for some quorn mince filling, it would be different and delish!
3. Use this point to read what we liked above.
Having experienced a business in the food industry, I really want to emphasise supporting small businesses like this. Imagine all those restaurants you once knew and love going to, disappearing. Now repeat point 3 above of things we think could have been done better and try this place! Quite a few couples and families were dining here so bring your next Hinge date here!
Great little pizza place for when you’re too lazy to cook! Delicious pizzas. Shame / blessing they do not cater for Gluten Free otherwise I’d be there a lot more often!!
We were the only people in there tonight and seemingly no take away business either.
Nice decor and a small Christmas tree. Attentive, friendly service.
The menu was hard to read. It seems to have been an attempt at looking rustic. Also no explanation of some of the less obvious menu items and had to ask, which not everybody likes to do.
Gluten free pizza was tasty. My regular dough pizza however, was very sloppy. The base was so thin, it was like a crepe. But the base was soggy. I couldn't really ask for ot to be done more, as the sides would have burnt, as thet were done the most they could be.
Disappointing overall 😕
I ordered gluten free pizza because I have a gluten intolerance. But I wouldn't recommend this place for anyone with a gluten intolerance or allergy. Cross contamination is pretty bad. I had diarrhoea and I have been bloated ever since. The pizza itself was lacking. It's mostly just tomato sauce. I ordered chicken pancetta and there was barely any chicken or pancetta. I think I got 2 bites of the pork on a large pizza. They are very stingy with the filling. It is basically eating a lot of bread with tomato sauce on it. Should have stuck with dominoes at least their pizza has the fillings and is cheaper. For the price you pay, you get just bread.
A lesser known part of Indian cuisine is the fusion Indo-Chinese cuisine. Loved by native Indians, but hardly known by people elsewhere. This place brings the genuine flavours of Indo-Chinese cuisine to London. The taste is amazing and they have decent options. Its completely vegetarian with vegan options as well as gluten free options. Definitely one of my favourites recently.
Really nice bread and a lovely shop. Staff are delightful but I'm always so disappointed at the lack of things that are plant based so not somewhere I regularly go as other bakeries have far more options for me. They seem to cater well for gluten free though.
My favourite Cafe in Mill Hill! Great menu choice, quality and tasty food and large portions, great friendly & quick service, always cater to my fussy needs, excellent WIFI, really cosy whether your alone or with a group of friends and cater for all dietary requirements INCLUDING GLUTEN FREE! Best Chai latte on the high street!! DOGGY FRIENDLY! 🐶 Very spacious with option to sit outside too! You won’t be disappointed!
My go-to lunch spot: delicious gluten-free Veggie Delights, now available in footlong size! Very friendly service from everyone there & a great way to grab a fresh meal deal.
Very pleasant team. They knew what would work best for our group and came up with good flavour combinations to suit young children. Also have gluten free options to handle person with gluten sensitivity. Everything is obviously halal. Food was tasty and filling.