Name of restaurant or pub: Zilli Fish

Location: 36-40 Brewer St, London, W1F 9TA

Web site: http://www.zillialdo.com/

Telephone number: 020 7734 8649

Date of visit: 8 October 2009

Approx. cost per head: £19.90

Comments on wine list/beer: Run of the mill London list and prices

Review:
I was looking forward to this as I have seen Aldo a lot on TV.

However, I was disappointed. The food was par for a Soho restaurant before the 8pm performance (theatre).

We had the set meal, mussels and sardines to start with. The sardines were in my humble view previously frozen. The mussels had a chilli kick which was unusual but pleasant. Main courses were sea beam on a bed of ratatouille and a sea food tagliatelle in a lobster bisque. The ratatouille turned out to be the highlight of the evening – perfectly cooked and not mushy. I wasn’t mad about the seafood ratatouille as it only had bits of tuna in it and no other fish.

We also had a bottle of house champagne (ok) and the poached pear for desert. The pear was poached in mulled wine – very acceptable.

The service was excellent but overall, the food didn’t give me a I want to come back feeling.

Eddie – eddie@bottlesandcooks.com