Bacio - Islington

Il Bacio, located on Blackstock Road in Highbury, has quickly become a popular dining spot in the neighborhood. This casual, modern restaurant features a glass exterior and laminated wood floors. With a large flat-screen TV in the back, guests can enjoy watching football games while dining. Just a short walk from the Arsenal stadium, it is recommended to make reservations in advance, especially on game days. The owners of Il Bacio are from Sardinia, and they import ingredients such as flour for the pizza dough, mozzarella, cured meats, sausage, and olives.

The restaurant offers big pizzas and delicious Sardinian dishes. It's a shame about the television.

It is our friendly neighboring favorites, always great, always friendly there is a reason why this place is always busy!

Hello, my name is Marco and I wanted to share my experience at Il Bacio restaurant with all the diners. I was extremely surprised by the treatment my friends and I received from the employees. I have never encountered such rudeness from a person working in the food industry in my life. We ordered 2 appetizers and 4 main dishes, which took a long time to arrive. When we finally received our mains, we noticed that the portions were extremely small - only about 10 pieces of pasta and a few clams in each dish. When we pointed this out to the waitress, she argued with us and refused to acknowledge our complaint. Overall, it was a disappointing and unpleasant dining experience.

We exchanged notes over a three course meal kicking of with a thick dime of goats cheese (warmed and melting), asparagus spears and pears. i followed mine with an all time favorite – spaghetti vongole with grey mullet roe. the clams were soft and flavorful served on a bed of spaghetti that was done just right. the olive oil had a strong taste with an addition of herbs, the roe on top added to the layers of textures and tastes. i soaked up the remaining juices and olive oil with bread from the pizza oven. at this point we didn’t think we could proceed further into foodie heaven but the tiramisu proved us wrong the description of which is done full justice in the italian. the italian...read more