This was a celebratory lunch for my daughter, who may be defecting from Stockwell to come back to near her roots in north London. As she is almost faultless in her choice of restaurants (except they are sometimes a bit on the pricey side, and are sometime not used to older clients), I guessed I had little to worry about and came out thinking that I had had one of my best pizza experiences.
The restaurant is well reviewed elsewhere, and has a website, somewhat overstated, on http://www.rusticolondon.com/ . It is not obvious from the street, and you have to know the address, as you would not see it in passing. Wedged between two convenience stores, it looks as if it is only just being built.
Who would have guessed? It is quite small inside, and I would not consider turning up there, especially at a weekend, without a prior confirmed booking.
The front of house is staffed by someone who looks as if she could have been a retiree from the pages of Vogue, and the small team of informal staff wait on the few tables (see the gallery in the website above). It has been made to look rustic in a contrived fashion.
For starter, I had baked aubergine.
It was excellent, and tasted of cheese, tomato and aubergine, and was very hot, a 9 on the scale.
I then had the Cappriciosa pizza, topped with a mix of meats, vegetables and sausage.
This is not your average round pizza, but is as you see, on the proposed rustic wooden platter.
Suffice it to say, that it was excellent in all respects, being hot, tasty, fresh authentic tasting and sufficient in quantity that desert was not needed. A 9 on the CHOF scale also. Other pizzas sampled by our party were judged to be excellent.
I would unreservedly recommend Rustico for pizza. I cannot comment on other aspects of the menu.
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