2 Veneti

3 Reviews on “2 Veneti”

• Kriti Sanket Jain

  Went here last night- a feel you get in is like a high end Italian dining place- very sophisticated , quite and fine-dine restaurant. Not a very big area so would recommend prior booking. As we reserved a table for us from before we were taken to our respective place immediately after a warm welcome with ear-ear smile!!Very neat and tidy place 5/5 for that.As we were new to the Italian menu and are vegetarians so the staff explained us in detail the whole menu with ingredients and the system of course menu they do. We were bit disappointing as there was not much options of veg stuff on menu card. The little treat of olives and veg pickles with the Italian bear was lovely. We ordered their bread basket which was ok- i know their is so much variety of Italian breads but they serve only 2 types with bread sticks in that basket. As they didn’t had any veg options for main so we had their veg starters as our main course which were pretty good in taste and well presented. Lastly, we ordered Chocolate salami with almond and hazelnut ice cream in desert which was the bast pat of the whole dinner!!For service i would give 5/5- extremely friendly and very polite staff and owner himself is very cheerful.Perfect place if you are looking for a proper italian dining experience. Would recommend to add on more of veg options, so that vegetarians also can enjoy your services!!Overall will recommend this place.

  February 28, 2015, 8:56 pm

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• Nouha Louedi

  As soon as I walked through the door, I felt I was in a little village outside the UK. This restaurant is the typical little Italian place where you go to eat good italian food. The decor is very warm and traditional. I went there during lunch time, and although it was past 2pm, the place was filled with man and women in suits, I can’t imagine how it’s like at noon. My friend and I were warmly welcomed and seated at our chosen table. Although we were served by four different waiters during our meal ( which I don’t like because I think every table should have one waiter, who knows what you ordered, etc, for a more personalised service), we had no incidents.The pricing of the menu is very practical, you have to choose the number of courses you’d like, for a fixed price. We both had two courses, at 25.95 per head.The food was very good, very italian. I ordered the venison carpaccio for starters. The plate was nicely presented, however, the venison was a bit thick to be called a carpaccio, but it was delicious, it literally just melted in my mouth. And it was accompanied by fruit-shaped mustard, which I thought was cute. I then had the mushroom and goose tagliatelle. All the ingredients were perfectly measured and the pasta was very flavoursome and tasty. They also give little italian pastry with the coffee, which is a gesture that I always appreciate in restaurants.We ended up spending 71 for food and drinks, which was honestly worth it.

  January 26, 2015, 10:30 pm

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• TheFoodaholic

  I’ve been working in the Marylebone area for a few years now and have certainly eaten my fair share of the local restaurants. I’ve had an incredible meal at the late, Pieds Nus. Had a car crash of a dining experience at Cotidie (also now closed) and I’m a regularl visitor to the delicious Sixty One restaurant in Marble Arch. 2 Veneti is unlike any of those restaurants – here it’s about hospitality and a place you come to get seriously fed. The locals just can’t seem to keep away, even after this Venetian inspired Italian restaurant being here for so many years now.Run by husband and wife duo, nothing more could be said for the service we received. Walking through the doors of this charming little restaurant we were shuffled outside to our requested terrace seating (only two tables), glass of prosecco in hand. For the quantity of food, quality and the prestigious location this really is a very well priced restaurant. For four courses (chosen from the a la carte menu) you’ll be set back 34.50, or less if you think you can’t manage that much food. Bread basket was a perfect accompaniments to the copious amounts of olive oil we were getting through too.To start our mammoth feast we ordered the grilled Tomino cheese with cabbage salad and mustard fruits (mostarda). Sounds old fashioned you say? well it was, very. Still the cheese was gorgeously stringy and full of flavour. Cabbage added crunch, and the mustard fruits were just plain odd. If you’ve never heard of mustard fruits before, they are candied fruits, soaked in a mustard-flavoured syrup. Yet with its sweetness and strong mustard hit, it works very well with the cheese. Give it a try, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I was.Another old timer of a dish. Burrata mozzarella, aubergine puree, tomatoes and a shallot dressing drizzled all over was one of the surprising highlights of our meal. A simple dish but one which showcased how to really utilise simple, Italian ingredients. Juicy plump rip tomatoes oozing out all over the plate. Soft creamy burrata and a aubergine puree mixture which was to die for. It’s dishes like this that can really make you fall in love with food.If there is one thing 2 Veneti get serious about, it’s their pasta sauces. I’ve become obsessed with Italian cuisine recently and if you’ve been keeping up to date with the site, you’ll know I’m on the hunt for the best Italian restaurant in London (recommendations please). I ordered the fresh egg penne with white veal ragout and black truffle. The pasta was well cooked, not the best I’ve ever eaten but served its purpose. With it was one of the best pasta sauces I’ve eaten in a while. The sauce was light and thin but with such a deep and concentrated meaty flavour you’d think such a triumph was near impossible. The black truffle added decadency and throughout the whole dish was a lingering flavour of rosemary which left a sweet finish on the tongue. Perfectly seasoned and doused in grated Parmesan – this was close to pasta perfection.Things didn’t stop there with another pasta dish continuing to leave us salivating. This time with a fantastic homemade ravioli pasta, filled with lamb and rosemary – then drench in a tomato and vegetable based sauce, and a little more rosemary for garnish. Again the pasta wasn’t the showstopper, but instead the sauce. Here at 2 Veneti all the sauces have such a real depth of flavour concentration to them that every mouthful is an explosion of flavours. I only wish i could conjure up such sauces at home, instead of relying on Loyd Grossman (in his dreams). The dish wasn’t particularly large portioned but with everything we were eating, it was perfectly sized.The chicken milanese here at 2 Veneti is easily one of the best you’ll find in London. And the biggest. Quite literally this flattened chicken escalope covered the whole of the plate. Topped with fresh peppery rocket, sweet and juicy tomatoes and a good whack of seasoning – words can’t describe the experience. The chicken was covered in such a thin layer of crunchy, flavoursome breadcrumbs fried just to perfection you wonder why so many other Italian restaurants in London get it so wrong.Fritto misto was as good as one might expect. Soft shell crab, calamari, large juicy prawns, a few vegetables and chunks of fish. All perfectly cooked, seasoned well and the batter delicate and light. Some Italian restaurants across London seem to cover their seafood in so much oily batter that much of the time overcooking the seafood ends up being the result in trying to get the crunch on that batter. 2 Veneti have got the balance just right. A squeeze of lemon and a dollop of tartar sauce – there wasn’t much not to like about this hefty plate of deep fried goodness.Dessert unfortunately didn’t leave us ending on a high, and quite frankly was a bit of a shambles. A profiterole was not fresh, or at least didn’t taste as if it was. Hard, crunchy, crumbly – it only got worse once it was soaked in that over glazed chocolate sauce. Inside was a heavily doused aniseed infused cream that for me personally, was far too intense to enjoy any of the other flavours left in this dish. Apart from are not so delicious dessert, things couldn’t have been more enjoyable. Well sized portions, value for money, even greater wines and fantastic service. 2 Veneti really is a relatively undiscovered gem for the foodie world. It seems only the locals know about this place, which perhaps should stay that way if I’m to get a table for lunch – which can be very hard sometimes. thefoodaholic.co.uk

  December 1, 2014, 6:54 pm

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