Had dinner here on Saturday. It's a large, busy place full of young families. It's authentically Italian with all the staff seemingly being Italian too. I actually opted for a less traditional Italian dish - sea bass with root vegetables. The sea bass was fine and flavoured with sprigs of Rosemary, not the best ever sea bass, but as I say fine. The root vegetables of parsnip, carrot and potato wedges were disappointing though - they were bland, not very tasty, or well seasoned and quite hard in texture. They could have done with being cut into smaller pieces too - I literally had half an under-cooked carrot plonked on my plate. A sauce and some greens was needed to bring it altogether. The pudding was the star though. I had orange and lemon tart as in the photo with raspberry type jam/coulis. It was delicious, really tangy. It had little caramelised bits which I liked and made it look a bit like a creme brûlée, but it also had extra sugar sprinkled on the top which it could have done without. Serving it hot rather than cold might even make it taste even better. For some reason when we saw it we assumed it would be hot - probably the caramelised bits? I would definitely order it again. My cappuccino was also very good. My friend had a tea which was served in an odd way with the customer needing to add the tea leaves, but fine and generous cup/pot with dinky milk jugs. The service and atmosphere was very good and friendly too, my friend also spotted a celeb - James Nesbitt! The prices were much cheaper than I expected they would be in Dulwich. I thought it was very good value overall - a main course, Pud, large glass of wine and coffee for all under £25 per head - it would have been even cheaper if we'd ordered pizza. I would go again if I was nearby, but might have something more mainstream Italian for my main. It seemed like the sort of place it would be good to have a coffee & cake mid afternoon, as they have sofas at the front and less formal seating outside. They also have chess and paper hats with stickers to keep kids entertained too.

I love Rocca. Come here often and always excellent service and food, especially the specials.
But this Friday, dating couples and happy families, the buzz and the food made for a wonderful night.
Best lamb I have had in a long time.
Go, just go.