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Why Cafe Murano Is on Our Top 50 Italian Outside Italy
Cafe Murano, under Angela Hartnett's direction, is ranked #14 on our Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy. The regional Italian register: Northern Italian (Bardi family lineage).
The pasta-making method: Hand-rolled, fresh, daily. The signature dish: Veal Milanese, fresh tagliatelle, vitello tonnato, polenta.
The wine program: Italian-only; Piedmont, Lombardy, Tuscany verticals.
The chef pedigree: Angela Hartnett CBE; sister to one-Michelin Murano. The family lineage: Hartnett's grandmother was Italian; trained at the Connaught and Petrus before launching the Murano group.
How to Book Cafe Murano
The booking lead time: 4 to 8 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking portal where applicable; many of the best Italian restaurants outside Italy require dedicated concierge or hotel-based bookings during peak season.
Order the regional pasta. The kitchen's strongest expression at Cafe Murano is the Tagliatelle al ragu Bolognese, paired with a producer from the chef's training region.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 80 to 140 GBP per person at dinner. The kitchen at Cafe Murano is rated 9/10 for food and 9/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Cafe Murano Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Angela Hartnett's Italian bistro line, the more accessible sister to her one-Michelin Murano in Mayfair. The Northern Italian register at the trattoria price point; the most consistently family-feeling Italian dining room in central London."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 9/10, and value at 9/10. The Northern Italian (Bardi family lineage) register is structural; the chef lineage and the kitchen's calibration produce the dinner that rewards the booking effort.
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