I thoroughly regret visiting Sardo. It got off to a bad start when we arrived and the three waitresses stood behind the counter, stared blankly at us, and then went back to their conversation. We had no idea whether we were supposed to seat ourselves, or whether they were just rude / incompetent (it turned out to be the latter). When we were seated no one offered to take our coats, which would have been fine, except that when other diners were seated next to us, their coats were taken (clearly this civility is at the discretion of the staff on a case by case basis…)we were given food menus, but no wine menu. After 15 minutes of being ignored by the staff we finally managed to get one of them to grace us with a wine menu. (a £25 bottle of Sardinian wine was the highlight of the whole experience). Food was very overpriced including an extremely disappointing crab linguine at £15 which we had to comb through to identify the few tiny pieces of crab that were deemed sufficient enough to give the dish it’s name. The other orders were more acceptable, but everyone was in agreement that all dishes were poor for the money. Usually we would order another bottle of wine over dessert and coffee, but the experience was so disappointing that we just wanted to leave. When we were given the bill (the fastest service of the whole night) we asked for the 12.5% service charge to be taken off because it was completely undeserved. Frankly, I was so embarrassed that I had picked such a poor restaurant for the evening. I chose it on the basis of favourable reviews online including 5 stars in Time Out – I have to wonder if these critics visited the restaurant anonymously. If you want delicious Italian food with lovely staff, then I would highly recommend Da Mario’s in Covent Garden and, in particular in South London, the branch of Numero Uno at Tooting Bec.

Good food, good service, I'd tell friends to go there.

Sardo is a cute little resto doing Sardinian food. The atmosphere of the resto is nice, the staff is friendly and generally the food is well prepared. The wine list is too heavy on Sardinian wine but otherwise it's definitely a place to try a few times.

Sardo does Sardinian food that's out of this world! Really authentic stuff that's full of flavour and not too pricey.

I recommend Sardo - the food is good, the atmosphere buzzing and the interior beautiful.