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Zafferano

10-15 Lowndes Street, Knightsbridge, London, England, SW1X 9EY, United Kingdom

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side of restaurant terrace outside outside seating
front dining room seating (in 2021) dining room
venison ragu vitello tonnata saffron risotto seared tuna with rocket and tomato
tagliolini with shaved white truffle saffron risotto cheesecake truffles from Umbria
tagliolini with truffles seared tuna panna cotta tiramisu
white truffles sausage, Parmesan and focaccia nibbles white truffle grating tagliolini with white truffle
seared tuna with rocket salad linguine with lobster and chilli cheesecake and sour cherry ice cream passion fruit dessert
petit fours duck ragu taglioloini before its truffles tagliolini with white truffles
cheesecake rum baba pasta with broad beans saffron risotto
papardelle with lamb ragu halibut and peas beef carpaccio with white truffle ravioli of osso buco garnished with white truffle
saffron risotto tiramisu petit fours beetroot salad
bruschetta endive salad nibbles risotto with white truffles
salad scallop tagliatelle with white truffles tagliatelle with white truffles
tagliolini crab and avocado endive and walnut salad tagliolini with white truffle
head chef since September 2014: Daniele Camera nibbles summer vegetable salad pork ragu
miniature ravioli with sage pork ragu peach milefeuille head chef Daniele Camera
  • side of restaurant side of restaurant
  • terrace terrace
  • outside outside
  • outside seating outside seating
  • front front
  • dining room dining room
  • seating (in 2021) seating (in 2021)
  • dining room dining room
  • venison ragu venison ragu
  • vitello tonnata vitello tonnata
  • saffron risotto saffron risotto
  • seared tuna with rocket and tomato seared tuna with rocket and tomato
  • tagliolini with shaved white truffle tagliolini with shaved white truffle
  • saffron risotto saffron risotto
  • cheesecake cheesecake
  • truffles from Umbria truffles from Umbria
  • tagliolini with truffles tagliolini with truffles
  • seared tuna seared tuna
  • panna cotta panna cotta
  • tiramisu tiramisu
  • white truffles white truffles
  • sausage, Parmesan and focaccia nibbles sausage, Parmesan and focaccia nibbles
  • white truffle grating white truffle grating
  • tagliolini with white truffle tagliolini with white truffle
  • seared tuna with rocket salad seared tuna with rocket salad
  • linguine with lobster and chilli linguine with lobster and chilli
  • cheesecake and sour cherry ice cream cheesecake and sour cherry ice cream
  • passion fruit dessert passion fruit dessert
  • petit fours petit fours
  • duck ragu duck ragu
  • taglioloini before its truffles taglioloini before its truffles
  • tagliolini with white truffles tagliolini with white truffles
  • cheesecake cheesecake
  • rum baba rum baba
  • pasta with broad beans pasta with broad beans
  • saffron risotto saffron risotto
  • papardelle with lamb ragu papardelle with lamb ragu
  • halibut and peas halibut and peas
  • beef carpaccio with white truffle beef carpaccio with white truffle
  • ravioli of osso buco garnished with white truffle ravioli of osso buco garnished with white truffle
  • saffron risotto saffron risotto
  • tiramisu tiramisu
  • petit fours petit fours
  • beetroot salad beetroot salad
  • bruschetta bruschetta
  • endive salad endive salad
  • nibbles nibbles
  • risotto with white truffles risotto with white truffles
  • salad salad
  • scallop scallop
  • tagliatelle with white truffles tagliatelle with white truffles
  • tagliatelle with white truffles tagliatelle with white truffles
  • tagliolini tagliolini
  • crab and avocado crab and avocado
  • endive and walnut salad endive and walnut salad
  • tagliolini with white truffle tagliolini with white truffle
  • head chef since September 2014: Daniele Camera head chef since September 2014: Daniele Camera
  • nibbles nibbles
  • summer vegetable salad summer vegetable salad
  • pork ragu pork ragu
  • miniature ravioli with sage miniature ravioli with sage
  • pork ragu pork ragu
  • peach milefeuille peach milefeuille
  • head chef Daniele Camera head chef Daniele Camera
Italian cuisine Cuisine

The type of cuisine served at this restaurant

 Average Price £95

Typical price for three courses and modest wine

 Price I paid £183

What I actually paid on this particular visit

 Value for money ££££££

Calculated from overall rating/average price: £££££ is best, £ least good

 Overall rating 15/20

Score for the food from 1 to 20, with 20 being world class
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Zafferano has been around since 1995, set on the south east corner of Lowndes Square in Belgravia. For more history and comments on the extensive but entertainingly priced wine list see my previous reviews. The dining room has two main sections and tables are generously spaced, with a bar area to the left as you enter. 

Venison ragu was served with orecchiette, a pasta from Apulia in southern Italy named because the shape resembles a small ear. The pasta had nice texture, but the venison ragu was for me a touch dry and could have had deeper flavour. It was fine, but there are better versions of ragu than this (13/20). 

Tagliolini with white truffle was excellent, the pasta having good texture and the Alba white truffles having lovely fragrance, the bouquet of the truffle arriving at the table well before the dish appeared at the table (15/20). Vitello tonnata (veal with tuna mayonnaise) that I tasted was also good, as was a simple but enjoyable seared tuna with rocket and cherry tomato salad, which had particularly sweet cherry tomatoes (15/20).

Saffron risotto was as good as ever, silky smooth in texture, the aged carnaroli rice (from Acquarello) having absorbed the chicken stock and butter from the cooking, the rice coloured with little flecks of red from the saffron (16/20). For dessert, cheesecake was very pleasant, having pleasant texture and coming with sour cherry ice cream (14/20). 

Service was good, though it seemed quite stretched tonight. Like just about all London restaurants now, I gather that they are struggling to attract and retain staff. The bill came to £183 per person, but that was with a white truffle dish and plenty of good wine, including a couple of glasses of gorgeous Antinori Tignanello. If you shared a modest bottle of wine between two then a more typical cost per person for three courses might be around £95. Zafferano is a reliable Italian restaurant with some particularly nice dishes, with its saffron risotto and pasta being excellent.   

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Further reviews: 31st May 2021 | 03rd Nov 2020 | 10th Oct 2020 | 31st Aug 2020 | 20th Dec 2019 | 07th Sep 2016 | 20th Oct 2014 | 08th May 2013 | 24th Sep 2012

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