Lume Restaurant & wine shop

One of my new London favourites. Their dishes to a tee are simple, delicious Italian fare that relies on the quality of ingredients and unshowy techniques to deliver a superb experience. The restaurant is really intimate and calm, the perfect tonic for the current madness we all find ourselves in and they also have a little wine shop and deli counter, which is great to browse and represents a lot of the ingredients you just ate, so you can take the product home. The staff are also really lovely, friendly and welcoming. If you are in the primrose hill area, Lume should be top of your list.

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Fantastic products and great place to get some greens for planting: sage, Rosmary, mint...

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We’ve really been looking forward to going to this restaurant since lockdown ended, and especially as we live a five minute walk away. I went with my friend yesterday evening and the food was very mediocre. The starter which was fried calamari was too salty. The main was duck pasta which was cold - the pasta was too hard and the duck was chewy. The tiramisu was delicious. No one offered us a bread basket like the others were given and I had to repeatedly ask for salt and pepper. In the beginning of the evening the service seemed too much, as if we were being rushed, and towards the end of the evening there was no service at all with most of the staff in the back of the restaurant being hard to get a hold of. Finally there was a couple with a dog sitting at the table on the owners lap. Towards the end of the evening the dog started barking and one of the waiters made a big deal of the dog licking her hand? I have no issue with dogs as I have one myself and given there is an outdoor area for this restaurant they should be requested to sit outside. But I do have an issue with hygiene if animals are sitting on the table and eating food. For the prices (which are a lot and similar to prices in central London) the food was extremely mediocre and cold. I won’t be returning and there are plenty of restaurants in primrose hills SJW and Belsize Park which would fare better with more fair prices. A rather disappointing experience

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Pasta is home made and very very good! Staff is super nice and the bread is superb. It's just like being in a restaurant in Italy :)

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We bought freshly made Culurgiones and tomato sauce this morning and just had it for lunch. Amazing! All made by the wonderful Sardinian Chef who told us how to cook it perfectly. Also bought beautiful vegetables and wine. As we can't travel anywhere at the moment when we enter the shop we feel like we are transported to all the different regions in Italy by the lovely friendly staff. Looking forward to our next trip already!

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