Ponti's Italian Kitchen (Marylebone)

• S Group is a UK Italian chain with a handful of subsidiaries
• The concept of the latter is to showcase quality ingredients from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy
• The Oxford Circus location is an altogether different kettle of pesce to the rest
• With cured meats and Italian biscotti mingling with the warm glow from the Christmas decorations in the windows
• A Wednesday evening at 7pm and almost every table was occupied (and not all by tourists)
• Sweet roasted butternut squash was served with wilted greens
• Scallops wrapped in crisp parma ham were soft and seasoned and well acquainted with the garlic butter they were cooked in
• The cured meats were those of quality
• Pollo alla piastra is a Christmas menu option and saw garlic and thyme roast chicken sitting alongside
• An unobtrusive plate with meat that was well cooked
• Large delicate ravioli parcels generously stuffed with spinach and ricotta
• Side stepping Christmas pudding which is wasted on me (I find it too rich
• The bomboloni were exquisite little packages of hot and sticky delight
• Doughnuts filled with sweet ricotta
• Glazed in acacia honey and with a wisp of citrus from lemon zest
• Or reductions painted onto your plate with a brush here
• What you can expect are quality ingredients executed simply
• Forgetting just how much Christmas shopping there is left to do
• This was my favourite haunt for an after work gossip session with my best buddy from work about 2 years ago
• Even if we were dog tired we managed to cheer up as soon we stepped in
• In winter months especially it was brilliant to watch the flames in the huge oven licking the base of the pizza pans
• Recently a close pal of mine was in London for 2 days for a business trip
• Thankfully he was a short distance away from Oxford Street so I treated him to brunch at Pontis
• He had Smoked salmon with Eggs scrambled and I have Eggs Florentine with freshly squeezed orange juice
• They have lots of seating available and there are also tables outside &ndash
• Ponti's Italian Kitchen is a family run Italian restaurant just off Oxford Circus station
• The small chain of family run restaurants from the Emilia Romagna region in Italy is celebrating its fifty years with a selection of simple
• We started with bright green
• Vine ripened cherry tomatoes and 18 month matured Parmigiano Reggiano with Sardinian flat bread was perfect
• I missed the next dish of scallops (my only allergy) wrapped in Parma ham in garlic butter with warm focaccia
• We all lined up at a long table in front of the wood oven kitchen and were introduced to one of the Ponti&rsquo
• Each of us had our own pre made dough base in front of us and were encouraged to practice stretching and shaping it into our desired pizza shape &ndash
• We got to work creating our own bespoke pizzas by loading them up with tomato sauce
• Your pizzas are then cooked in the kitchens and served to you back in the restaurant
• We had such a good evening and was great fun being able to get hands on with your dinner
• D highly recommend going with friends or even as an alternative date idea
• I know this is something my boyfriend Tom would love
• I came here for brunch on an early Saturday morning for a girlie catch up with a group of friends
• The restaurant is big and decorated well
• The eggs royale was beautifully presented and the portion size was reasonable
• They were generous with the smoked salmon as in other places I'm usually savouring each piece
• On a flying visit to London and a lot of walking we were looking for somewhere to eat on a busy Friday night and after much searching Ponti's came to the rescue
• We decided to go with garlic bread with cheese to start
• My sister went for spaghetti carbonara and her boyfriend went for pizza with a side of fries
• One of the mocktails was unavailable which was a bit of a shame
• The carbonara was tasty and I got pizza envy over the pizza
• Was informed it was plain and surprise
• Minestrone soup of the day) was fairly average
• Just off Oxford Circus is Ponti&rsquo
• A traditional family run Italian restaurant with a history inspired by hard work and big dreams
• Carbonara coupled with birra moretti is a must try

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