Fiume - London

Unfortunately one of the worst, if not the worst, culinary experiences I had in london. When I came in, I was greeted and ignored by the hostess. After it was accompanied on the table, it took 30 minutes until someone reacted to our countless efforts. After the completion of our appetizers our empty tellers were sitting on the table for 30 minutes until we got the attention of the waiters, to remove our tellers and ask for our main course, and we spent another 45 minutes waiting for our main course (total of 1.25 hours waiting for our main course). during this time, the hostess did not ignore one, not two, not three, but four of my attempts to speak to her. she would look actiw, ignore my calls and support other costumes and get busy with each table, but ours. it was not until I called the waiter and specifically asked for the hostess that she came and pretended to have forgotten all four of my trying to call her. I was even looking forward to dessert, but was not willing to wait another hour for a piece of tiramisu. Never come back.

Overall we liked the atmosphere and the service was friendly. A nice touch would be for server to come around and ask if everything is ok or if there was anything that we need. We had to request salt and pepper and there was no offer of any parmesan for Italian dishes which is typical in other Italian eateries. Overall we had a good meal and evening out and would go back.

The food was excellent as was the service. Will return soon.

Fiume is always a favorite, never disappoints. Food is truly amazing and the staff is very attentive

We’ve been to Fiume loads over the years but this time was very disappointing. Service was slow and surly, needing prompting it took an hour to get our starters and nearly 2hrs before mains arrived. Starters (red prawn carpaccio, porchetta and bruschetta) were good. Mains less so. The crab linguine was sloppy, almost like Chinese crabmeat and sweetcorn soup, and bland. The lamb ragu was good. We didn’t linger for pudding, given the time. Bill excluding wine was £280 for 5 excluding wine, which is punchy for a salad and bowl of pasta. It’s a shame has been our go to local Italian for a while but perhaps just suffering with staffing issues post Covid.