Primo!! Not only is this an atmospheric & buzzed, welcoming environment with Italian-meets-urban-funky decor, but the FOOD is well worth the visit. Fantastic! Heavenly retro-style cream soda alone is worth re-visits! Filled pasta of the day: superb. AMAZING fresh focaccia, all made there daily. Add the'Full Monty' breakfast to your MUST-do list NOW! You won't need lunch that day! Just ENJOY! Yumm!Having read some other reviews: If you see something you don't like, or if you'd like your coat hung up, ask! The menu tells you what you need to know, BUT yes, the staff should be happy to greet guests, & be proud to know all about the food, where it's from - or find out - and important such things. Quality, tasty, well-prepared food isn't about having a piled-high plate. Relax & Enjoy.

I've just returned from this restaurant -my husband took me for my birthday on a Friday lunchtime. The food was good and the restaurant well laid out well but some of the waiting staff should spend more time earning the 12.5% service charge that automatically gets added to the bill than mucking about and bitching about the customers in full view of them. I spent years waitressing myself and know at times it can trying, but it wasn't busy at the time and there is a place for that kind of behaviour and it is not in front of paying customers. Made me feel very uncomfortable and would definitely make me think twice about returning. Hardly the 'inclusive' ethos that Fifteen is meant to stand for.

A big disapointment. I am a great fan of Jamie Oliver, and I support very much his ideas also about this restaurant. What I found very difficult after the dinner is, why I have to pay more than normal for a dinner about average and a wine service much much below. We started with a glass of sparkling wine, ok but nothing special. Then a glas of Etna DOC Rosso from Cottanara, absolutely the basic of their wines. The wine was tired, and too hot. Then a bottle of Bourgogne Raquilet, absolut a wine that I believe cost Jamie max 8 EURO to the restaurant. Here the price were 43,50 £. Completely crazy. I thought the restaurants i Denmark were expensive with the wines. The Sommelier (yes the called it that) knew nothing about wine, did not check the wine, and the wine cellar was open all night. There for the wines were kept at a temp 18-20 degr. I saw Soldera Brunello 1990 Riserva (perhaps the Brunello of all time) and I cried about that handling of such a wine. The food: 1 Ravioli (yes it was one), one Risotto, one lamb and one Chicken, two espresso and a bottle of water. 179,14 £.

I like to know, why you have to pay more for less. Will I come again? For sure NO

Hi,

I just had lunch here with a good friend and the afternoon couldn't have been any better. The food and atmosphere were amazing but most of all our two waitresses were fantastic. They were called Kehinde & Kara! Both amazing! Thank you :)


From Jean Jerre, London & Paris

I never write reviews but I thought I should for Fifteen as it was honestly one of the best meals I have ever had. True it is not cheap but at least the profits are not going to buy sports cars for middle aged male chefs like some other venues. I had mackerel with pickled veg that was perfect followed by pappardelle with a pork ragu that was deep and complex. The pasta might be a little underdone for english taste but perfectly al dente in my view. My wife had the ravioli with sage butter which I can honestly say was sublime. The mains were superb with fresh seasonal veg with the lamb and sea trout and they even "ruined" my wife's lamb by doing it well done without a qualm (she knows no better what can I say).

Finally not only was my cheesboard excellently sourced and delicious but when I asked about one cheese I was not sure about the Maitre d brought me a folder with pictures of the cheese along with details of the supplier so I could have a look.#

Service could not have been better with a particularly attentive sommelier who thought that my wife didn't like her cocktail so was on hand to change it without quibbling.

The only fault was some ice crystals in the white chocolate ice cream but we had the chef dragged out and publicly shamed for this egregious error and somehow managed to get on with our lives.

Cheers for a great day out.

First impressions were the most dissapointing I have had in a restaurant like this in a long, long time. My self and some friends walk in, to find a red haired girl, literally sprawled over the front desk (from the customer side) who looked at us like she wondered what the cat dragged in (seriously if your going to judge, fine, but tuck your shirt in, and tie your hair up properly first, your not at school now). No hint of a smile "your tables ready already" (we were 15 mins early). Accusing, miserable messy girl. Who on earth employed her? I work in the industry and I know that makes me extra sensitive to these things, but I also know that customer service is key. Wonderfull food, appalling staff. Topped of by our waiter describing our pasta with some inane hand movement, saying "pasta shapes, pasta shapes" enlightening....

We arrived early, excited to have a cocktail before dinner. We were directed to some seats, we had to slump our winter coats onto the table, as we were told by the maitre d' that as we were dinning downstairs he couldn't take our coats! 20mins passed & no one had come to take an order for drinks, I had to go & ask someone to come over. We were then seated at our table & the waitress came over & asked if we were "ready to order our meals?" We hadn't even ordered wine yet! The waitress took only 2 drink orders from a table of 6 & then began walking off. A member of our party asked the waitress "where the scallops were from?" To which she replied "Scotland..I think.? I don't really know". She didn't even offer to go and find out, the service was absolutly appalling! The entree's were ok, the mains awful! The artichoke purée with the scallops was so salty, it completely over powered everything else on the plate! The fish stew was also too salty, advice to the chef's, learn to season food correctly before charging outrageous prices! The Lamb was served with spinach, 4 leaves! It was just a bowl of shredded lamb, hard to stomach even by a carnivore! I though Jamie was always trying to get us to eat healthier but to serve our dishes without vegetables was disgraceful. If Jamie had himself been given the service & food we had he would be embarrassed, and he should be. We expressed our disappointment in the meals to the waiter & were met with a rude response. Regarding the lack of vegetables with our meals the answer we got was "here is the menu, what you see is what you get, there is no secrets" and "upstairs is where they serve side dishes & this should have been explain when we booked" . We were then handed the bill without asking for it, they clearly wanted us to leave. The bill came to over £400! £50 of which was a 'discretionary service charge'. We left feeling incredibly disappointed & with no incentive to EVER return.

great breakfasts, shame they finish at 11am

I rocked up at the joint around 21:00 as I and my dear friend had booked a table. I was firstly annoyed at having to wait 10-15 minutes propping up the bar whilst the staff bustled around getting our table ready. As a result I succumbed to the over priced and over hyped 'Oliver' cocktails, not a happy camper at this point. The evening only proceeded to go down hill faster than an overweight child on a toboggan on a winters day. For 'primi', to quote the 'faux-italian' menu, I sampled some rather sad looking meats. Following this for my main, I took a gamble at ordering a rather tough and tasteless excuse for steak - abit like eating old boots sans the polish. I finished this dreadful ordeal on a rather dry piece of what appeared to be 'gateau au lemon' in the hope of my palate being replenished. Instead, this monstrosity left a very bitter taste in my mouth. The final nail in the coffin was the price I had to pay - £150 for this disgrace, I shall dine at home next time on a thoroughly good M & S takeaway for one and some cut price vino. My advice - if you pass fifteen, keep on walking!

I am a training chef at the best college in england i went with 15 with my boyfriend for his birthday and was a bit usure that it was going to be ok but left it last minute to book and hoped it was ok when we got there everyone was friendly you could see in the kitchen which is always nice to see and reasuring nothing bad is happerning behind closed doors . The waitress was realy friendly the food was lovely! pasta a bit too under done but it was a realy nice exeperience and would go back again although not too soon as it cost £80 for both of us witout drinks. But very worth the experience you wont be disapointed.

My daughter and I are huge fans of Jamie's cooking and were really looking forward to having a meal at Fifteen London. Our table was booked for 9pm and we arrived at 8.50 to be told that they were waiting for us! We felt rushed from then on and the waiter was not at all friendly.


Our starters were excellent but the mains were tasteless. The monkfish was chewy, with no hint at all of any seasoning and much overpowered by the black olive sauce. Overall, Fifteen London is highly overrated. We enjoy good food and don't mind the cost as long as we get what we pay for. Unfortunately at Fifteen, we didn't.

I did not enjoy the food at Fifteen London as it was not very well prepared and the service took too long for my liking. I would not recommend Fifteen London. Sorry!

I was very disapointed with Fifteen London. Jamie needs to spend some time there tasting the food, which was greasy, undercooked and hard to swallow. I won't be going back to Fifteen London which is a shame as the staff were friendly, pleasant and helpfull, and the place had a nice atmopshere. But the food was awful.

Fifteen London is Miserable. Teenage food made by teenagers. The carbonara sauce was disgusting, a kind of sick joke. The monk fish short of remarkable. The bolognaise sauce is common to say the least. The service at Fifteen London is well overrated. It is a waste of time and money.

We vistited Fifteen London for our daughter's 21st birthday. The previous year we took our other daughter to The Ivy and were very impressed. Not so with Fifteen London.


The food was okay but we were left wanting more. The price however takes the biscuit. £370.00 for four with only four rounds of normal drinks, and no wine. The Ivy was a fantastic meal, with exceptional service and drinks the same which came to £220.00.

Visited Fifteen London during our honeymoon.
Fabulous atmosphere, very attentive staff and most importantly of all, the food was fantastic - just sorry we live up north and we can't visit Fifteen London more often. Wild Boy white wine, the nicest I've ever tasted, please let me know if I can get hold of any... sell me a crate!

Fifteen is a great restaurant. Great atmosphere, great food. And to really put the icing on the cake Fifteen is a restaurant with a purpose. My two visits have been great.

I have been to the Fifteen Trattoria a few times and love the food, service and style of the upstairs area. I don't understand what the negative reviews for Fifteen are on about. Good work Sir Jamie!

Recently went to Fifteen for lunch for a friend's birthday and left extremely disappointed.

Firstly, being allergic to cheese there really wasn’t much on the Fifteen menu that didn’t have cheese in it. So I decided to stick with the safe option and order Arrabiata without the parmesan they sprinkle on top. Simple you’d think especially as I’d checked it again with the waiter.

My order comes out with Parmesan. Back to the kitchen it went and I had to wait a further 10 minutes only for the waiter to turn up with it in his hand and declare there is cheese in the sauce, even though I’d told them at the beginning I was allergic to cheese. And since when has Arrabiata had cheese in the sauce!

They then said the chef would make me a special tomato sauce. Well I don’t call plain pasta with a few baby tomato’s chucked in sauce! I can’t believe I had to pay £26 for a meal at Fifteen that would have been better prepared at Zizzi’s or Pizza Express.

If it had not been for that fact that it was a friend's birthday I would have left after their second attempt. Needless to say I would not recommend Fifteen or ever go back!

Trainee chefs serving trainee quality food at trained chef prices, £192 for two courses each for Sunday lunch at this restaurant is most grossly overpriced and overrated. Jamie should take a look at the quality being served here and stop trying to get the public to pay the kind of prices he charges if he does the cooking. Not an experience to be repeated - buyers beware Fifteen is not worth it.

I believed the hype about Fifteen and I was excited about going for a meal here but what a big disappointment it was. I booked a table at Fifteen in the a la carte restaurant to celebrate my 25th birthday and we were all very excited about going to Jamie Oliver’s restaurant. However, if we had known how bad the service was going to be I would have stayed at home. The food was tasty, well presented and they have a great selection of wines but the service really spoilt the whole Fifteen experience. There were extra items on the bill, missing drinks and one waiter even insisted my best friend keep his napkin on his lap even though we had finished our meal. We thought it was a joke to begin with but he was deadly serious and it ended up looking like some sort of comedy sketch - the waiter putting the napkin on his lap, him taking it off, the waiter putting it back on his lap...I think you get the idea. To conclude, Fifteen has tasty food and a fantastic range of wines. However, it has terrible service. A very generous score of 2. Thankfully, schools do not have table service!

I recently had dinner in Fifteen restaurant and for the price of the degustation menu (£60pp plus wine) I felt it was not worth the money. I agree with the concept behind the restaurant but felt it was pricey purely because of Mr Oliver's celebrity rather than the quality of the meal we ate. Not only that the restaurant itself was cold. We will not be returning to Fifteen.
Bellini was lovely though!

Fifteen is fantastic! That's all that can be said. I went here as a surprise on Saturday night to enjoy my birthday and from the moment we arrived to the moment we left Fifteen it was a thoroughly enjoyable dining experience. I will definitely return!

Don't believe the hype about Fifteen. I booked a table for my 25th birthday upstairs in the Italian restaurant, only to be told that I'd booked the a la carte restaurant at Fifteen which comes to £50 per head which my friends could not afford.

When I called to confirm my reservation I was spoken to rudely and abruptly told that I could not eat in the Italian part of the restaurant (which I had booked). So I cancelled.

Ended up spending over £500 at a Michelin star restuarant (Chez Bruce in Wandsworth) which was superb. Perhaps Jamie Oliver should spend some time on customer service.

Fifteen's style leaves the impression that it was all pushed together by circumstance and not actually designed. This, unfortunately, also carried on to the food. The lighting in the area I sat in was too dim to see how well presented the dishes were - which is something of a waste - and made the bill harder to make out, which was something of a relief. All the dishes served had something going for them but none of them were great and it was all far too expensive for what it was. I will not be returning.

Fifteen has very nice food and cheap and excellent service. But it was very busy.

Fifteen had excellent food and service, well worth the wait! Found the restaurant rather noisy.

We walked into Fifteen off the street and got a table immediately - a great start! Easpecially as it was a special meal for a friend's birthday. We had the vegetarian antipasta, which came looking absolutely fantastic and tasted equally delightful. The main courses were great - the starter size is adequate if you want to save room for dessert! And those too were amazingly tasty - A really good experience which we thoroughly enjoyed. Great family fun!

The ambience in the bar area of Fifteen, can be likened to partaking in the dogs dinner - leftovers. To be fair the restaurant is undergoing refurbishment. However, the experience of the entire evening compounded our feelings of being in something that wasn't quite up to scratch.

The bar was overstaffed, thus resulting in over attentiveness - we were asked by four different staff members if they could take our order within the space of 10 minutes - all done without a smile. The bar menu is expensive for average, and in our case frozen meals. We left feeling we had bought into the hype of Fifteen without experiencing any substance to support it.

One good thing to say; their cocktails are excellent. I may try going back after the refurbishment to see if our experience would be any different...then again, maybe not.

Fifteen has reasonable decor but the, too numerous, staff walk around with little to do and as such are over attentive, (we got asked if we were ready to order 4 times in the space of 10 minutes by different staff).

The food is average and over priced. One dish was sent back as it was frozen in the middle.

The chairs in the bar area look like they are out of a lego set and for some reason the tables here are designed with ridges in which gives plates an annoying wobble. All in all, I wouldn't recommend this place except for a couple of cocktails after work maybe.

I experienced lunch at Fifteen last Tuesday (6th Jan). The food was fantastic although a little more expensive than what I'm used to, though for the whole experience it was worth it.

There was just one thing that let Fifteen down: I told a member of staff there was no soap in the toilet dispenser and one of the loos was pretty dirty. When I went in again an hour later - it remained the same even though the loo inspection box had been marked.