Comments on: Bocca di Lupo

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:06:58 +0000

Yeah, I’d agree. I think I need to try more dishes. At the chef’s counter!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:04:40 +0000

Hiya,

I reckon whether you like this place depends on what you order. Some of what I’ve had has been amazing (the foie gras sausage, the crescentini, the artichokes, the cotechino, the cassata…) but some a bit more average – maybe you just didn’t order so well.

Regarding the critical appraisal of this place, I think it has a lot to do with it providing interesting food at reasonable prices – look at the similar reception that Terroirs and the Giaconda Dining Rooms got. I think critics are so amazed to find good food at reasonable prices that they go into praise-overdrive…

By: Gourmet Chick

Gourmet Chick — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:40:58 +0000

Interesting Krista – I loved it – maybe because I had a huge appetite and we ordered lots of little plates to share which I think might be the trick. Anyway it would be boring if everyone liked the same things entirely. I agree with your Dad though – dodgy street!

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:43:00 +0000

You have to specifically ask for the chef’s counter when booking.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:46:00 +0000

Hey there, I can’t believe they wouldn’t let you sit at the bar! What a shame, I haven’t been there yet, but everyone keeps saying ‘you must sit at the bar’, sorry you didn’t get to, maybe next time? P.S your Dad sounds great!

By: Fat Les

Fat Les — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:12:42 +0000

I was impressed on my first visit, maybe egged on further by the presence of Jacob Kenedy. Perhaps it’s best you give this place a second chance and for that matter, I likewise. It should be interesting to exchange notes thereafter.

NB For some reason I couldn’t post this comment on Firefox so I had to use Chrome instead.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:42:52 +0000

I agree with you – I think the place is pretty overratd. It’s good, at times even great, but the overall response to Bocca has been blindly rapturous. Recent reviews by some critics (e.g. Marina O’Loughlin and Jay Rayner) have been a bit more balanced than Giles Coren and others were when it opened.