{"id":3565,"date":"2026-06-25T15:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/circolo-popolare-london"},"modified":"2026-07-17T06:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:27:20","slug":"circolo-popolare-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london","title":{"rendered":"Circolo Popolare \u26059.7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-restaurants\">\u2190 The best of London 2026: 10 restaurants by reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>\u0420\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043d<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>London<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.7\/10 \u00b7 39830 reviews \u00b7 $$$  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-06-30 20:42:39<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>40-41 Rathbone Pl, London W1T 1HX, United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=51.5171895,-0.1338679\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a8019d8dbca8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Big_Mammas_most_spectacular_Italian_in_Fitzrovia\" >Big Mamma&#8217;s most spectacular Italian in Fitzrovia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#What_to_order\" >What to order<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#The_Space\" >The Space<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Who_its_for\" >Who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Opening_hours\" >Opening hours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/circolo-popolare-london\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Big_Mammas_most_spectacular_Italian_in_Fitzrovia\"><\/span>Big Mamma&#8217;s most spectacular Italian in Fitzrovia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Circolo Popolare, part of the cult Big Mamma group, is one of London&#8217;s most photographed Italian restaurants \u2014 a Sicilian, Mediterranean trattoria tucked away on Rathbone Square in Fitzrovia, and one of the addresses everyone seems to be posting about.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_order\"><\/span>What to order<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The showstopper is the Gran Carbonara, mixed and served straight from a 4kg wheel of pecorino. Beyond it, expect soft Neapolitan pizzas made with San Marzano DOP tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, creamy burrata sourced directly from Puglia, and moreish fritters and garlic bread to share. Leave room for dessert: the chocolate-covered profiterole and the famous, zingy XXL lemon pie are the stuff of Instagram legend. Every ingredient is carefully selected, and the flavours back up the dramatic setting.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Space\"><\/span>The Space<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The room is a riot of cascading ceiling flowers, white-washed stone and walls lined with some 20,000 bottles of vintage spirits and wines. Hanging greenery and romantic candlelight somehow keep it feeling rustic despite the blockbuster looks; the atmosphere is vibrant, the service warm, and the whole space feels like stepping into a joyful, oversized Italian trattoria.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_its_for\"><\/span>Who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is a place for a fun night out with friends, a celebration or a date where the room is part of the show. With generous portions, it suits anyone who wants great Italian food in one of the most striking dining rooms in central London. Booking ahead is strongly recommended.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>What kind of food does Circolo Popolare serve?<\/strong> Generous Italian dishes with a Sicilian, Mediterranean accent \u2014 Neapolitan pizzas, pasta, burrata and big desserts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should I order first?<\/strong> The Gran Carbonara served from a 4kg pecorino wheel, plus a Neapolitan pizza and the XXL lemon pie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What makes the interior special?<\/strong> Cascading ceiling flowers, white-washed stone and around 20,000 bottles lining the walls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it part of Big Mamma?<\/strong> Yes \u2014 it&#8217;s one of the Big Mamma group&#8217;s most spectacular London restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I need to book ahead?<\/strong> Yes \u2014 it&#8217;s hugely popular, so booking well in advance is strongly recommended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_hours\"><\/span>Opening hours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Day<\/th>\n<th>Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<td>12:00\u201322:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday<\/td>\n<td>12:00\u201322:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<td>12:00\u201322:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<td>12:00\u201322:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<td>12:00\u201322:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday<\/td>\n<td>11:00\u201322:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday<\/td>\n<td>11:00\u201322:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrino.mistoonline.com\/entity-photos\/ChIJK4j9CagbdkgRluwkqYLufoE_1.jpg\" alt=\"Circolo Popolare\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrino.mistoonline.com\/entity-photos\/ChIJK4j9CagbdkgRluwkqYLufoE_2.jpg\" alt=\"Circolo Popolare\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrino.mistoonline.com\/entity-photos\/ChIJK4j9CagbdkgRluwkqYLufoE_3.jpg\" alt=\"Circolo Popolare\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrino.mistoonline.com\/entity-photos\/ChIJK4j9CagbdkgRluwkqYLufoE_8.jpg\" alt=\"Circolo Popolare\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/padrino.mistoonline.com\/entity-photos\/ChIJK4j9CagbdkgRluwkqYLufoE_9.jpg\" alt=\"Circolo Popolare\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Pratik Rajiv Shah<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n6 March 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Incredible place. The atmosphere, honestly, is one of the best around here. Very relaxed, warm and a perfect spot for an unhurried meal. The food also completely lived up to expectations. I ordered the mushroom and truff\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>\u042f\u043d\u0430 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n10 August 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>I&#039;m here for the second time, the food is top! Carpathians and pizza, delicious! The service is a bit slow, but we reckon it&#039;s always fully booked here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-06-30 20:42:39<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"padrino-entity-related wp-block-group\" aria-label=\"Similar places\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/dishoom-london\"><span>Dishoom<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/ave-mario-london\"><span>Ave Mario<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/bills-soho-restaurant-london\"><span>Bill&#039;s Soho Restaurant<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/fallow-london\"><span>Fallow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/casa-do-frango-london\"><span>Casa do Frango<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/bills-covent-garden-restaurant-london\"><span>Bill&#039;s Covent Garden Restaurant<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/the-ivy-asia-st-pauls-london\"><span>The Ivy Asia St Paul&#039;s<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tattu-london-london\"><span>Tattu London<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/vasiniko-london\"><span>Vasiniko<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: london-trend.uk and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 The best of London 2026: 10 restaurants by reviews \u0420\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043d \u00b7 London \u00b7 \u2b50 9.7\/10 \u00b7 39830 reviews \u00b7 $$$ \u00b7 updated: 2026-06-30 20:42:39 Address: 40-41 Rathbone Pl, London W1T 1HX, United Kingdom Get directions Big Mamma&#8217;s most spectacular Italian in Fitzrovia Circolo Popolare, part of the cult Big Mamma group, is one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":4984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":["post-3565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3565"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5595,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions\/5595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/london-trend.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=3565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}