2 Amici

Loved this place! The food was excellent & the ambience was very pleasant – small & quiet & elegant. The owner (or manager?) who waited on us was also wonderfully attentive. We have another week in London, & we’ll definitely be going back here again.

Classic, smart, honest. The pasta is fresh, piping hot, delicious and from start to finish the experience is a dependable delight. Perfect for lunch or dinner with either business clients or friends. Service is friendly and attentive.

I cannot say enough good things about this place.
My bf and I spent 6 nights in London and on our 3^rd one his parents came to meet us and this is where we all went for dinner. The night before we had passed it and it was packed which is always a good sign. When we walked in, we were surprised to be the only ones there but it was still early. We were greeted right away and she even hung up our coats for us. We took a seat and ordered some drinks and appetizers. The food was absolutely wonderful and it wasn’t even our main course yet, the wine was wonderful too but that’s a given ;) The atmosphere of the restaurant was very lovely and the staff were very friendly. Our main course was AMAZING!!! I’ve had good Italian before, but this was amazing! I had the seafood pasta dish (I had a bit of wine afterwards as well and can’t remember what it was called) and my bf had the bolognese which was just as nice. For dessert I had the Crème Brulee and my lord, I wish there had been more of it. My bf’s mum had the tiramisu which I’m usually not a big fan of, but it was so light and sweet (not too sweet) that I would have ordered one for myself, and his dad had the banoffee pie which I usually find too sweet, but there’s had some strawberry in there and took away a lot of the sweetness. This was probably the best meal we had the entire time we were there. It was just over £115 for the 4 of us, mind you we had a full bottle of wine, starters, main courses, more drinks and desserts, but it was worth every penny. You really do get what you pay for. I really can’t describe to you how good the meal was, you definitely have to give it a try for yourself.

I had lunch here with a colleague and we were both disappointed.
The positives:
1. The interior was pleasant and relatively stylish.
2. Our mains were okay. Not the best pasta we’d had in the world, but better than the chain Italian restaurants.
3. The £3.50 cost of the 330ml Peroni I had is round about market rate.
The negatives:
1. The service was really slow. Despite having a couple of waiters to tend to perhaps 6 – 7 tables, each stage of the two course meal we had took ages to order — close to 2 hours for the whole thing (!), despite us making it clear near the end that we were in a hurry;
2. The Tiramisu (one of the dishes an Italian restaurant stands or falls by, in my opinion) was one of the worst I’ve had: dry, unexciting and lacking much mascarpone or cream.
Overall: I won’t be coming back here in a hurry

2 Amici is an Italian restaurant that’s been open approximately 2 years. I went a couple of months ago, and already it’s fairly difficult to remember — not because of my poor memory, just because it doesn’t stand out in any way whatsoever: service is good, as is the food, but it doesn’t match other local Italian restaurants such as Quiranale near the Houses of Parliament or Il Convivio in Belgravia.
Staff are friendly enough, but the tables are really very close to each other, meaning you always feel somewhat squashed and end up talking in hushed tones. All things considered — i.e. a decent local place, it’s also relatively pricey — but maybe that’s what goes with a restaurant in Central London

Serving good quality Southern Italian cuisine, 2 Amici is owned by a team of locals who pride themselves that they have collectively worked the restaurant business for more than 55 years. Their business philosophy is to create a meeting place for locals, friends, tourists and business people who want to experience the warmth of a truly local neighbourhood restaurant where the relationship with people is equally as important as the food.