Briciole

Real thing alert: fellow foodies be ready for a Tuscan-​style dive into the goodness of Italian gastronomy. A ‘gastronomia’ is actually what we call a small grocery store with a counter, which you will find at Briciole right by the entrance.
Service is relatively fast but fairly impersonal, which is the only letdown if you compare it to your average restaurant in this category. For meat-​eaters, you should have meat or cold cuts here. Vegetarians like myself, this place won’t disappoint either. In short, this place is a yes!

My local Italian and absolutely love it. Despite its posh surroundings the restaurant is very down to earth and old school. The staff and owner are friendly and non-​pretentious and the restaurant offers all the classic Italian dishes that are always prepared to a high standard. A relaxing place to enjoy a meal when you want something nicer than a hole in the wall but are not up for a formal dining experience.

A decent spot for a meal. The food is good, but not outstanding. The service is adequate, but not more than that. While the portions are somewhat small, the food was filling. The ambiance is OK, but not entirely coherent.
Not a must-​visit by any means, but a fine option if you’re in the neighbourhood and you’re hungry.

Super small portions and less than avarage food and service. Atmosphere is decent but the service could have been much better. for 30 pounds per person. We left we were still hungry. There are so many better restaurants in the area and definitely much better italian restaurants in general. Avoid.

The first thing I noticed about this restaurant is their logo. I’m sorry to say this but their logo did remind of those stickers you got given to as a kid after visiting a dentist. Logo’s aside, this fine restaurant is situated on the quiet streets of Marylebone/​Edgware Road. It’s causal, and as another reviewer pointed out it is very cosy. I applaud their service and quality of food was good! I did enjoy my time here, and would recommend this place to anyone who is looking for a cozy/​casual yet fine place to dine.

Great value, cute, cozy and slightly romantic without being over-​the-​top. Food was all delicious.

Nice setting, but distinctly mediocre food, the highlight being a monkfish ‘special’ that was some undistinguished fish in tiny scampi-​sized chunks swimming in over-​reduced tomato sauce with cold roast potatoes and dry rocket salad. Not an Italian that, as an Italian, I’ll be returning to

The main dishes here seem to be very hit or miss. If you order one of their better dishes, and you aren’t in a hurry, you may very well be happy with your meal. But if you order one of their many mediocre dishes, it’s just… meh. I went with a large group, and it seemed maybe half was fairly happy with their meal, but no one seemed over-​the-​moon, and some of us (me included) were disappointed.
They started out by asking if we wanted a starter platter with some ham and cheese. Sure, we said. They did bring out ham and cheese, but then they also brought out multiples of at least 4 – 5 other dishes that we were not asked about — there was way too much food for a starter. And our starters ended up costing more than the main for most of us — what the heck?! Watch out for this if you’re in a big group.
For the main, I ordered the gnocchi with pesto sauce and sundried tomatoes. I like gnocchi, I like pesto, and I love sundried tomatoes, so I figured this was a fairly safe choice. Well… I counted five tiny slivers of sundried tomatoes on my gnocchi. If it had had many more, I think it would have been quite a tasty dish, but I don’t think I’ve ever had pesto with such little flavor — I didn’t even know it was possible. It was incredibly boring. The meat lasagna someone else ordered was apparently really bland as well.
The starters were all good, and I got ice cream with espresso for dessert, which was quite tasty. I loved the rustic Italian ambiance with a bright main room, brick walls, and pictures of pasta all over the place. But service was very, very slow («Italian style»), and I think that’s the longest lunch I’ve ever been to (four hours!). I would give it two stars, but if you happen to order the right thing and want to take your time, you might still enjoy it.

Lousy service — nasty wine — so-​so food. We dropped $ 150 for the three of us — one appetizer, three entrees and very little booze. They automatically added 12.5 per cent service but I wouldn’t have given more than a token 5 per cent had I had an option

I ordered the Burata Ravioli as a main course, as well as the Swiss chard side dish. Wasn’t impressed.

Decent Italian tapas restaurant is the best way to describe this place. Comfortable and mid-​priced. The street seating closes at 9.30 pm we were told so we had to sit inside.

Came here Sunday night. It was mostly empty inside, but the few tables outside were taken. It is an uninspiring place with wooden tables. I was attracted by the idea of Italian tapas. All in all, a let down. We had some nondescript cheese with some equally tasteless and chewy salami, followed by mediocre meatballs and arancini. Really rather boring and I would definitely not recommend it.

Briciole is a nice little Italian restaurant in Marylebone near Edgware Road tube station. I was lucky enough to get a place outside and enjoyed the nice weather over a long bank holiday weekend.
The waitress was very friendly and I could place my order shortly after I arrived and was handed the menu. I quite liked the jug of water I got when I asked for tap water. Unusual, but very nice and somehow I found it matches the menu and my overall impression of the place.
I was looking for a light meal, so decided to start with just some bread and olive oil — that is usually always a good start. And indeed it was a good choice at Briciole. Three different sorts of bread and delicious olive oil were then followed by buffalo ricotta and fine herbs ravioli with butter and toasted almonds. On the menu it sounded even better: ravioli con ricotta di bufala ed erbette al burro e mandorle tostate. By reading through the menu and sitting outside on a warm day, you could easily fool yourself that you have a day off in Italy. Almost, at least.
After the very tasty and light main, I asked for the panna cotta with strawberry coulis. While often you get only little strawberry sauce, this dessert was almost completely covered in the nicest strawberry sauce you could imagine. As it is always easy to win me with strawberries, this dessert confirmed my my verdict on the food: delicious and definitely recommended.

Absolutely excellent authentic Italian in a very nice converted pub. Reasonable prices too. A great place for an adventurous three course meal, way beyond your standard Italian fare.

I went here after the recommendation from our hotel concierge.
Our dinner started with their daily bread basket which contained several different breads, all of which we thoroughly enjoyed. I then had a very run-​of-​the-​mill minestrone which didn’t disappoint, but definitely didn’t wow, followed by their lasagna. It was flavorful, but I would have liked to see more cheese and sauce with it — I felt overwhelmed by the noodles.
Service was attentive, but I was disappointed when my colleague asked for a wine recommendation and the server was unable to really help him pin down a choice as he gave her a description of what he was looking for.
The restaurant deserves a second try in my opinion, but I won’t be rushing out to do it soon.

We were really disappointed by Briciole. After reading good reviews in TimeOut and elsewhere online, we decided to give it a try with a couple of friends over the weekend. The restaurant seems really disorganised. Even the process of booking a table was complicated. They have a system for «requesting» a reservation on their website, but we never received a confirmation that it had been booked. When my husband called to confirm, the people on the phone were very flustered and simply made us a new reservation. On the night of our reservation, we received a call to confirm the booking, and they had clearly booked us two tables. When we tried to cancel one of the bookings, the people on the phone were further flustered and confused. It was really frustrating and a bad introduction to the restaurant before we had even arrived.
Service was sort of spotty when we ate here. The food was mixed, but nothing was great. Starters of bruschetta and cheese were better than our mains, but I can’t give them very many points for a good cheese starter, because how can you really mess up a cheese plate if you have bought high-​quality cheese? My gnocchi were a bit overcooked and didn’t have a great texture, and the sauce lacked flavour. When our bill came, they charged us for an extra bottle of wine that we hadn’t ordered, and further charged us for a more expensive wine than we had ordered! Overall, a very disappointing, bordering on frustrating, dinner. I won’t return.