Cecconi’s

So disappointed by the food. Maybe I was expecting a lot from a restaurant located in the hottest place in London (off Bond Street) or maybe because all the A listers as usual there which doesn’t give enough credit to the below average eatery.
Despite the fact that it is well decorated with an art deco/​italian feel, the menu itself lacked of je né sais quoi. We ordered a bunch of starters as the minestrone (worst I had in ages) Burrata (very sloppy) calamari fritti (that had some wet crust and gaz taste), the highlight of the dinner was the melanzane alla parmigiana (aubergine with cheese) which was really good (1 stars for that)
The mains were mediocre, lacked of flavours (salmon, rib eye and even there popular Lobster pasta at 29£)
I liked the chocolate fondant with the Pistachios ice cream over the tiramisu (1 star for that)
Needless to say that I won’t return, not even for the sarcastic and forgetful waiter.

We ordered cheese omelette and pancakes, the omelette was good and the pancakes were very good but it suites people who like sour food. The area is classy and nice as well.

The food was impeccable. The spaghetti with truffle was the best I have ever tried. We ordered both, the white truffle and the black one. Both types were incredibly good. The service was also good. Nice Italian staff and environment, a bit noisy but still very nice. For dessert I had a chocolate fondant and ice cream and it was delicious.

I stopped by here on a recent trip from the states thanks to the brilliant recommendation from Andreas at Huntsman & Sons on Savile Row. I had the minestrone and pasta bolognese. Both the soup and entrée were prepared to perfection. The waiter was polite, prompt, and courteous as one would expect from such establishment. The ambiance was warm and welcoming (candle lit dinner). Will definitely return the next time I’m in London.

It is busy busy busy on sunny days in London. A place to come watch its clientele dressed to the nines! A place to mingle with the locals. Very nice to drop in after shopping in bond street for relaxing lunch.
I came here twice for lunch and both times I was very lucky to have reservation and be seated to enjoy the company of the locals. Italian waiters are on point as well. The meatballs are amazing along with pastas. I think their strong point is pasta than fish or meat dish.

Cecconi’s was a great find. I was lucky enough to visit on a business breakfast. Fabulous location with very smart décor. Very swanky but still tends to feel a bit casual. They offered us fresh squeezed juice to start. I started with the grapefruit, and found it lovely.
Their breakfast menu is diverse and fresh. I had a hard time choosing. I went with the poached eggs avocado toast — and I’m so happy I did! Fresh baked toast was topped with a generous portion of chopped avocado tossed in salt, pepper and crushed chilies. On the side were two beautifully poached eggs. It was a moderately healthy, flavorful breakfast. I think it was a great meal for £12.
I think it is a very well suited restaurant for business clients, might be a bit stuffy for a casual dinner/​drink.

Absolutely Love the food. Recently started having breakfast there, pancakes are awesome!
If the staff are more friendly i would give it 5 stars.

Perfectly fine upmarket Italian restaurant, though nothing particularly memorable here. I came for dinner with the girls and my initial impressions were positive. It felt like somewhere straight out of Sex And The City — a classy and lively crowd, with green leather banquettes and smartly dressed waiters.
After a while though, the bustle soon became a bit too much — we realised that for all the serving staff rushing backwards and forwards it was very difficult to get anyone’s attention to order. The tables are all crammed a little too close together, making it difficult for the waiters to reach everyone, and combined with the number of people waiting for a table by the door (and hence near our table) it all got a bit claustrophobic.
The food is well-​executed at least and tasted very fresh and flavourful, though you’d hope so for £15 a pasta dish. 2-​stars is on the harsh side but I think it was all just a little lost on me — I’m sure Carrie and the girls would’ve been impressed with a swish meal here on a visit from NYC but there’s just too many other options in this price bracket for me to come back.

Great for a special occasion. Delicious food with an intimate atmosphere in the heart of London. Also good for celebrity spotting, if you’re that way inclined.

So here’s an update… Breakfast.
Great Coffee– check
Delicious eggs Benedict-​check
Tender omelette-​check
Fresh squeezed oj-​check
Friendly all Italian staff
Fresh ingredients.
Breakfast is not that expensive either. 8−11£
It wasn’t crowded. We really enjoyed it. Way better that eating at the hotel.

The dishes are good. But not too special for me. The inside dining is a little bit too loud. I love the dessert! The service is fast and definitely a recommend for a date lol

Great restaurant with fantastic food. The portions are huge. I came here for a party event and was sat to the left in the plush chairs area. The setting here is more intimate than the area to the left which is more traditional tables. For my starter I ordered the burrata with tomato and basil. It was a massive portion enough to feed 3 people. For my main I ordered the special which was a vegetarian spaghetti with truffles. It was amazing– but again a very large portion. Good service as well. I will return but perhaps share portions next time.

Thought I’d try again just to see if maybe the last time was a ‘one off bad experience ’ NO it has got WORSE. Terribly rude host at front desk telling me my reservation was an hour later… she was so insistent she started to ignore me and move on to the next victim… I mean customer. I had to show her my open table confirmation email to prove I was right. A swift apology and she showed me to my table… my friends already sat down wondering why I was so late. Table stuck on the end if no where… poor service, at times aggressive and for the first time poor food (over cooked salmon and brown avocado) as well as over cooked beef… horrible dessert of which one of the waiters agreed. Dreadful. Do not waste your money.

A very average experience — food was nothing special and the service was terrible. Lunch took 4.5 hours, largely due to the fact that staff were deliberately avoiding eye contact and therefore any contact with the customers. It even took 30 minutes to get the bill. No consistency in the cocktails either — each one was completely different despite having the same name and ingredients as the previous one.
Very disappointing indeed.

Everyone mentions the chic, trendy and well healed. Yes there were a lot of very lovely people there, but that alone doesn’t give it 5 stars. It is a good restaurant, but there is a bit of the «trying too hard» element at work.
We had just arrived in London from several days on the coast in Cornwall and were tired and in need of good food. We couldn’t get anyone to answer the phone to make a reservation so we walked over and asked if they could fit us in. She said she could, but it would be more than 2 hours (it was early around 7:30) and there were numerous tables empty. We saw seats at the bar and found out they served dinner there. Perfect! We love eating at the bar. And it was, for the most part, great. But many of those empty tables were still empty when we left, nearly 2 hours later. It reeks of the kind of place that would rather turn you away than admit they were taking walk-​ins on a Saturday night.
Fortunately Francesco, bartender/​waiter saved the day. He was attentive, helpful and good at what he does.
We ordered starters. Husband had meatballs which he labeled bland and not interesting. I had the chicken liver pâté crostini which was good. The liver could have had more seasoning, but the carmelized onions on top made up for the shortcomings of the pâté. They were outstanding.
For mains I had the organic salmon with salad. It was well cooked. The salad was a wee overdressed. My husband had Tagliatelle with clams and botargo which he declared excellent. Definitely would order it again.
Dessert, I had the Tiramisu which was good but nothing to write home to mother about. My husband had pistachio ice cream but a single serve was about the size of the sorbet palette cleanser they used to serve between courses.
Price. Hmmmm. It was overpriced. I was having a vodka tonics, which were 10.50 in pounds equalling $ 19.50 US. A bit much.
It isn’t a bad place. There are just a lot of places who do that kind of thing much better.
Would I go back? Probably not. But I might just to sit at the bar and enjoy a grossly overpriced drink at the bar with Francesco — and to watch the people watching each other.

This place needs no introduction. Super chic, friendly staff and amazing service. Great Italian food and fabulous drinks. You can’t go wrong with the cocktails, and the bread basket is large and delicious considering it’s complimentary.
They pretty much make any drink you request, if by some chance it’s not on the extensive menu.
I cannot wait to revisit on my next trip to London.

Solid classic Italian food, classy ambience and great service — Cecconi’s got it all.
We ordered the bruschettas for starter, and tagliolini with clams, crab ravioli, quinoa salad and classic spaghetti with tomato sauce (not on the menu but made to our order) for main. Everything was on the dot. I especially enjoyed the crab ravioli. It was heartily filled with chunky pieces of crab, and the tomato sauce was just perfect.
The ambience was just my taste as well. Simple yet sophisticated, it seemed perfect for dining of any purpose.
Finally, I quite liked our waiter. He was happy to help us decide which wine to get and was willing to make the classic spaghetti with tomato sauce just based on our order. Everything was prompt and well-​organised. Given the wide range of poor to great services you can get in London, it was definitely on the excellent side of the scale.
All in all, I would definitely go back to this lovely place!

Cecconi’s is one of my favorite spots in this part of town — just a bit off the main Regent Street /​Piccadilly scene where you can get a meal or just have a few drinks. For my most recent visit, I came here for a late dinner (almost 11pm) on a Thursday. The bar was already closed and the kitchen was about to close in 15 minutes. This usually concerns me as if the kitchen is about to close, the servers hover around you, they drop hints about «needing anything else» repeatedly, and the kitchen tosses the food out to the table in a hurry, sometimes ruining the food.
This was not the case at Cecconi’s. I have been here many times and I am always very happy with both the food and the service. I usually come here in the late afternoon or early weekend when the place is jammed, so I was interested to see what the service level would be like near closing time. In short, it was excellent as usual. I was greeted warmly at the door and brought to a table. The host informed me that the kitchen was closing very soon, but was almost apologetic, and not rude about it. The server who waited on me was very friendly and did not rush me at all. I ordered the chicken paillard (chicken pounded thin and grilled, with arugula «rocket» and tomatoes). It was very good, and was well presented on the plate — definitely not thrown together in a hurry by some guy who was doing his kitchen closing side work.
Cecconi’s was put to the test and passed with flying colors. Next time, I will get there a bit earlier.

We came here hoping to try lunch, but before noon they’re still serving breakfast items, so like Hobbits we wound up getting 2^nd breakfast. A nice excuse to eat more for dinner!
I ordered their pancakes, which come with almond slivers, blueberries, sliced pears (likely canned), and a thin layer of honey. They were delicious! Flavors really went well together, and I liked how it wasn’t drowning on sweet syrup. Pancake was a few mm thicker than I’m used to, but it was firm which may have made it soak up the honey a bit better.

2.5 rounded to 3 for friendly service
FOOD
the staff and kitchen were kid enough to let us order brunch after 4pm but I do wish we hadn’t.
The Eggs Benny were really really bla. J’ai pas les mots. The Florentine presented better but was also not unique or flavourful in taste and its salmon was cut too largely. The sausage appetizer was tasty but notez bien que the side sausages on the other hand are bland and overlooked.
The few who ordered from the lunch menu (sea bass and a pasta dish) were pleased.
The desserts saved the day as well. Vanilla cheesecake, crème caramel and chocolat fondant were all divine. Americano coffee was too bitter but the cappuccino was nice.
SERVICE
Few gripes with service as well:
Staff was very friendly but…
Our party was seated at the wrong table and had to be moved.
I ordered a mimosa and never got it.
There was a long wait for the main course and even longer for dessert and coffee.
But the setting and location made for an enjoyable outing.
I RECOMMEND: Les desserts et les cafes.
EXTRA TIP: Confirm your reservations because it gets packed and large parties are hard to accommodate