A Friday lunchtime, a lack of energy, a hard day at the office. What does it mean? Lunch at Strada, of course. I had a craving for pizza, luckily my friend Emma did too and so we ambled over there for a quick bite to eat.
Strada's a chain so I only expect so much. However the staff were brilliant and very attentive despite the lunch rush. We had our drinks in five minutes, our orders in within ten minutes and our food within thirty. Not bad!
There isn't much of an atmosphere but then it's typically Strada-like in decor, much like you'd expect to see. Quite chic, modern and clean - Nothing to write home about.
Food was above-par although the pizza was a bit undercooked for my friend who prefers it crispier. It was rather soggy and I would have preferred for them to have cooked it a couple of minutes more.
The ingredients tasted lovely and fresh and the rocket was peppery and went really well with the ham. The dough was fresh but like I said before, too soggy with the topping, which made it really hard to cut.
- schiacciatella (Basket of hand stretched pizza bread ) with pesto and tomato
- Speck pizza (Slices of northern Italian smoked mountain ham, gorgonzola, tomato, mozzarella and rocket)
- Parma pizza (Tomato and buffalo mozzarella finished with slices of Parma ham, rocket and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil)
All in all it was a decent lunch but wasn't anything special. The service was probably the best part along with the schiacciatella which was lovely but filled me up far too much before my pizza.
Damage: £30 for two
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Strada St Pauls,
4 St Pauls Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AY
Tel: 020 7248 7178
Website: http://www.strada.co.uk
Nearest tube: St Pauls
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