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On Burlington Gardens in Mayfair, Cecconi’s is a modern day classic Italian restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week.
Cecconi’s serves hand-made pasta, seafood and dishes from Italy using the finest ingredients.
The restaurant has outposts in West Hollywood, Miami, Istanbul, Berlin, Barcelona and New York .
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Cecconi's Mayfair | Home
On Burlington Gardens in Mayfair, Cecconi’s is a modern day classic Italian restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week.
Cecconi’s serves hand-made pasta, seafood and dishes from Italy using the finest ingredients.
The restaurant has outposts in West Hollywood, Miami, Istanbul, Berlin, Barcelona and New York .
Cecconi's - London Restaurant Reviews | Hardens
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The latest incarnation of Cecconi's, in Mayfair - now owned by the Soho House man, Nick Jones - is therefore something of a double-whammy: both the location and the owner having historically tended to put style before substance.
Cecconi's occupies a great corner site, between Old Bond Street and Savile Row.
A risotto - which should surely be a 'signature' dish here - was dry and boring.
In fact, on this site and with this owner, great cooking would have been a surprise.
Long before the current régime, I complained about the cooking at the 'old' Cecconi's to a young Italian signora.
Soho House | Cecconi's
Cecconi’s originated in Venice and serves hand-made pasta, seafood, and dishes from Northern Italy using the best ingredients.
In addition to the flagship restaurant in Mayfair, Cecconi’s has outposts in West Hollywood, Miami Beach, Brooklyn, Berlin, Barcelona and Istanbul and a second London location within The Ned.
Cecconi's - London Restaurant Reviews | Hardens
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The latest incarnation of Cecconi's, in Mayfair - now owned by the Soho House man, Nick Jones - is therefore something of a double-whammy: both the location and the owner having historically tended to put style before substance.
Cecconi's occupies a great corner site, between Old Bond Street and Savile Row.
A risotto - which should surely be a 'signature' dish here - was dry and boring.
In fact, on this site and with this owner, great cooking would have been a surprise.
Long before the current régime, I complained about the cooking at the 'old' Cecconi's to a young Italian signora.
Restaurant spy: Cecconi's | London Evening Standard
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I was prepared to suffer any indignity to sample Cecconi's famous house speciality: risotto made from rare white Alba truffle.
Oddly, there was no mention of white truffle risotto on the menu, but my waiter assured me that if I was prepared to wait for 25 minutes I could order it as a main course.
I tasted a bit and, though I've never had rare white Alba truffle before, I could have sworn this wasn't it.
What about my white truffle risotto?
I won't be going back to Cecconi's, whether white Alba truffle is in season or not.
The Ned, London EC2: 'It's Harrods food hall crossed with Vegas ...
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This extraordinary development – 252-bedroom hotel, nine restaurants, roof terrace bar, two pools, a spa – comes from Soho House & Co with US boutique hotel group Sydell (NoMad, Saguaro).
My task is to eat at every restaurant from breakfast to late night; one that, after two days in the place, starts to feel more than a little Sisyphean.
Little lamb chops are almost identical to and every bit as good as those served at Sexy Fish – make of that what you will.
Thank God for a bit of a reprieve on discovering that the Nickel Bar (“time-honoured American staples”) hasn’t started serving food as yet, so we content ourselves with a “Nedgroni”, an ill-advised riff on the classic rendered sickly with, I think, rose syrup.
After my first day of virtually living at The Ned, a certain institutionalisation sets in: the perfect temperature, the lovely staff (lord knows what’ll happen post-Brexit: there’s hardly a British voice), the unmistakable beauty.
Restaurant Review – Cecconi's at The Ned
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The food was mostly very good, yet it’s the service that really set Cecconi’s at The Ned apart from the countless other restaurants within the square mile.
On enquiring about the dressing, Leandro suggested I order the dish with a simple garnish of olive oil and shaved parmesan.
Better still, Plin agnolotti – again on Leandro’s recommendation – was a traditional, simple dish perfectly executed with sublime flavour.
Harking back to lavish feasts held by Italian Dukes, bite-sized bequests of pasta contained soft tangles of slow-cooked veal, smothered in veal jus, butter and sage.
As for this built-in Venetian restaurant; The Ned has struck gold with the service and pasta, alone.
Cecconi's | Restaurants in Mayfair, London
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Cecconi’s, located just behind the Royal Academy, shows London at its most cosmopolitan.
A chic restaurant and bar with wraparound windows and striped marble floors, it’s part of the cool Soho House group.
We sat at the marble-topped bar next to a blonde bombshell sipping pink champagne and a suave Italian businessman tucking into veal milanese.
Or almost: Cecconi’s vanilla cheesecake features a luscious medley of fruit heaped over a filling so rich it’s practically criminal.