Porchetta, La Clerkenwell - Islington

Will never visit here again! Staff/owner constantly walking into us and our table over and over without apologising! Also overheard the owner say “stupid English can’t even order quickly”, unacceptable service and the food was so bland and not overly warm. Honestly you’d be better off going to ASK or prezzo...

I have been doing La Porchetta since their first branch opened in Finsbury for the past (almost) 20 years these guys can certainly do pizza and it is proper pizza not that disgusting thing that is normally dished up in the UK called pizza these are proper pizza breads baked with proper toppings and generally they are not stingy with the toppings. If there is anything that drives me mad its a pizza with stingy toppings La Porchetta serve you a sloppy well stocked tasty Italian pizza at a reasonable price and you will walk out of the restaurant smiling (and probably carrying half your pizza in a box). My only criticism of the Rosebery Ave branch is that it is FREEZING cold inside come on guys turn up the heat please! Its big and spacious and almost empty at lunch time and early evenings and it simply does not have a warm and welcoming atmosphere it is actually very off putting its the design of the place that makes it like that too many windows and not enough heating and a warm atmosphere apart from that the food is great La Porchetta desserts have always been a let down as they just serve the frozen stock stuff that they get from suppliers so I would avoid that unless you like a sugar shot of fake flavourings but the pizza and drinks menu are superb the starters too are for teh most part very good (albeit a bit simple)

Charmingly unfussy, and has all the things you would expect from a good pizzeria, proper ingredients, hand stretched dough, and simply great pizza.

I really do hope that these guys get more footfall as they do really good food for the price and have really nice staff. The new manager has a fantastic focus on customer service!!

Having had several gluten free pizzas in Naples (at some of the original pizzerias there) this is hands down the closest thing I 've had to what was served there. Lovely springy (but not too bready) dough, and the sauce and cheese were just right, I 'll definitely be back! The decor and service is casual just like a pizzeria in Southern Italy I 'm not sure what happened for the people with bad reviews as my experience was fine. If you 're after a sophisticated, more upmarket Italian dining experience then it 's worth remembering that good pizza is a casual affair, 'the food of the people '. I took it as a good sign that a table full of young Italian friends ordered pizzas beside us, I 'll be back again for the gluten free margarita!