Reviews Berto Pasta

I love Berto's pastas. :) Definitely worth a try. Fresh and delicious. Also, the staff are very friendly and energetic. The ambiance is perfect. I love Berto's for a nice food. :)

I visited today for the lunch and the food is fantastic. We started off with a salad plate, before moving on to a lovely cheese platter, and some meatballs and fried aubergine. The pasta courses were superb, with the highlight being a tagliatelle ragu. The gnocchi also had generous portions. Dessert was an awesome mascarpone with chocolate. 10/10 would go back, highly recommended. Pictures attached.

Went here with a friend who wanted to try Berto Pasta which is a new restaurant that opened in the third quarter of 2019. It was a nice restaurant with an open kitchen, table seating and bar seats around the kitchen so you can watch the chefs cook. We got a nice table on the side as we got there pretty early before it got busy. Interestingly, as a fairly new restaurant, the cup was cracked. As for the glass, there was a small piece of dried red pepper or chili stuck to it. Looking at the menu, it was impressive as there was a good range, everything was very different so there was a good variety yet difficult to choose in a good way. On the corner of the menu, I liked the way they illustrated the different types of pastas. Although the dishes were different, I thought that dishes had to be chosen with thought as some of the ingredients were repeated in the appetizer and mains like the sardines and buffalo ricotta so if you had ordered the appetizer then you might not want to order the mains that contain that. The sequence of the pasta dishes were important if you are sharing. It was good that we had the stronger tasting pasta dish last as it really stole the show. For appetizers, we ordered Fritti Sardines, Buffalo Ricotta with chestnut honey and mint and for the mains it was the Tagliatelle with rabbit white ragu, capers & black paesane olives. Now this is where the appetizers affected the choice of our other mains, having ordered the sardines meant that if I ordered the strozzapreti as a main then the sardines would be repeated. My friend really wanted the ravioli but it had buffalo ricotta which we ordered for appetizers. In the end we settled for the gnocchi which worked out well for both of us as we love gnocchi. Starters were fab, the sardines were fried to perfection with a light coating and the ricotta was creamy and velvety. Next was the rabbit ragu tagliatelle which was delicious because each strand was al-dente and you can taste that it is freshly made pasta as they claim. Finished with the gnocchi with nduja and melted stracciatella. This totally stole the show and it was fortunate that we ordered this last as it had the strongest flavour in the sense that it was spicy with a salty kick from my favourite Italian nduja salami. The creamy stracciatella helped to mellow the saltiness and spiciness of the nduja. As well as the flavour, the texture of the gnocchi was so damn good, it was soft and pillowly with a slight starchiness from the potatoes. Overall, we had a great dinner and if I am in the area again, I would probably try the Strozzapreti or Ravioli as they are freshly made! On another topic, if you are in Hong Kong I would recommend PICI which is also freshly made pasta. [for more pictures, please google my blog]

Wonderful new place in Holloway Road. The quality of the ingredients and authenticity of the menu set a new standard for the Islington area. I had grilled radicchio, lasagne, ravioli, fondant au chocolat and crema al mascarpone (I went on both Saturday and Sunday). Everything was delicious and perfectly cooked. Pasta is freshly made in house. Service was great, friendly and kind. Considering that this was the opening weekend with long queues on both days, I was truly impressed by everyone's work. I'll be back for sure!

Amazing food with a great outdoor seating area and heaters. The staff were incredibly friendly and the service was the fastest I’ve had in a while. Great food and cocktails - highly recommend

Really tasty food. I had the beef ragu and tiramisu, both very delicious. Friendly service and nice atmosphere. I would definitely come again.

Edit: we went back for more delicious and generous pasta well worth 5 stars ⭐️ [Very good pasta, 4 stars because some plates / portions sizes were a bit small (it was the soft launch), but we will be back!]