The fact people still queue for Padella 10 years on should be enough of a sell for the place. It would’ve been inconceivable in decades past that diners would queue — even in the torrid wind and rain — for a plate or two of pasta. Pasta! The most common of dishes.
Padella is a restaurant that has helped shape London’s restaurant scene in the modern age. Since launching in 2016, it has been a tour de force, a pin-up for good, affordable dining, and a firm nod to true Italian cooking in a city that enjoyed a long love affair with putting cream in carbonara (not entirely finished).
