San Marco Ristorante (Paddington)

• Pizza chi chi richi is highly recommended if you are visiting the place for the 1st time
• Even the staff is really nice and warm and the waiter greeted us "
• I had salmon with potatoes which was very filling
• I should say that I am an ex chef with some 20yrs experience in the trade
• The restaurant is smallish (about 30 tables of various sizes) but cosy
• Some of the homemade desserts were on display in a clean tidy chiller cabinet
• One sign of good food is to find people of the same ethnicity eating in there and also to see a wide selection of other ethnic customers enjoying the whole experience as well
• When we arrived there was a queue at the front door to get in
• There was a young man who was asking how many people were in your group
• The staff were moving at a rapid pace but not so fast that they didn't have time to answer the odd question that was thrown at them
• As soon as we were ready one of the Bosses (Murat) came over to take or our order
• The next bit is about the food
• The drinks arrived very quickly and when I asked for more ice in my drink the waiter went away and came back with another glass filled with ice and a small spoon to serve it to me
• As I said this was the tastiest Minestrone that I have had for years and when I had finished
• There was no greasy residue you get with a lot of self made soups
• Once the top layer was moved you could see that it actually was moist and had perfectly proportioned ingredients and very tasty
• I had Veal Escalope with a Cream &
• Mushroom sauce served with Roasted Potato segments and Green Beans
• The Veal was cut into small segments and was perfectly cooked and the sauce was just so tasty and just the right consistency with small pieces of mushroom in it
• We rounded the meal off with a cup of espresso coffee and a Limoncello on the side
• As good as it is at San Marco
• A short wait is a small price to pay for great food
• Came to order takeaway of pizza and pasta since we had a long day and would like to directly head back to our hotel which is quite a walk from the restaurant
• The wrong pizza that they gave us was also half the price we paid and we were the only ones ordering takeouts
• I had one of the best pastas of my life at San Marco Ristornate
• Arrabbiata Pasta which I ordered was cooked perfectly and tasted superb
• The place itself is beautiful and has a lot of sitting space

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