Caravaggio

Italian Restaurant

The approach to food at Caravaggio is based upon a commitment to using only the finest and freshest ingredients, with the restaurant employing its own buyer to search out the very best produce, rather than depend exclusively upon its suppliers. Faliero Lenta has re-invented the classic Italian menu, insisting that everything be home-made with assiduous attention to detail. Consequently, the pasta is sublime and the risotto a revelation.

Antipasti includes the wonderful combination of San Daniele ham, matured over18 months and accompanied by poached pear, and sensational carpaccio with girolle mushrooms and shaved parmesan. City diners have a healthy appetite for meat dishes which include, roasted belly of pork with crushed potatoes, broccoli, celeriac and a honey and cinnamon sauce; fillet of veal with mixed wild mushrooms and Madeira sauce. But without a doubt, the best and fullest flavoured fillet steak to be found in the square mile is served here with aubergine and gorgonzola cheese - exquisite indulgence for the carnivores! However, the freshest fish is also in abundance with fresh crab, wild sea bass and black Arctic cod featuring regularly; so all tastes are catered for and the regulars, of which there are many, never get bored.

The dedication Faliero and his brigade bring to the task of food preparation shines through in every dish and is apparent on the weekly-changing set menu, which represents a bargain that the cognoscenti are prepared to cross town for.

The wine list at Caravaggio is probably the most comprehensive collection of Italian wines in all London, with more than a hundred bins selected from all the key regions and including some remarkable exclusives, such as 'Il Vino Di Una Notte' - 'the wine of one special night' - a fruity rosé from the shores of Lake Garda that is particularly charming. This being a City restaurant, the list opens with a short selection of half bottles for those who have to work after lunch.



Our menus change regularly and we are therefore unable to guarantee that dishes described here will be available all year round. Please take a look at our menu for confirmation of dishes currently available.