L’Infinito

This place is often only ever half-​full which is a shame really as from my own experience is a great place to have a romantic meal.
The food is of high quality, very tasty and well presented with a varied menu.
The service is excellent with waiting staff hitting the right balance in the ‘attention stakes’!
The wine list on offer is impressive with plenty to choose from and the staff being knowledgeable on this front too.
The décor is pretty minimalist which works perfectly!
Overall, this is a decent Italian restaurant getting exactly what you’d expect!

Two friends and I visited L’Infinito with a taste card. The service was excellent, I couldnt fault it… but we did pay the 15% on the bill charge. (I dont like restaurants that add it, I prefer to have the option to want to) We shared a calamari and motzerella tomato salad to start. the calamari was fresh pieces (3 grilled with a taste of burnt garlic, I love garlic but not quite this taste) the salad was missing the basil which would have made a big difference. For mains I shared a pizza and a pasta. The carbonara was lovely no compaints there, the pizza was good, not great but good. I tried some of the veal bolognese, very sub standard. The toffee sponge with ice cream was gorgeous.
Lovely setting but I give it 3 stars because italian is one of my favourite cusines and I am a harsh critic. I saw the chicken with mushroom/​white wine on another table and that looked good. I was recommend this as far to say, dont expect amazing food but if you happen to be here for a meal you wont dislike.

Absolute waste of time and money. Was worried about trying it as it was always empty when i drove buy, however went with a few friends and we all had a terrible time from the start. Bad service, food microwaved rubbish and an eye watering bill at the end.

I’m in two minds about the stars definitely more than a three but perhaps not a solid 4.
We had a good meal here, just two of us, and the first thing that struck us at 8pm on a Saturday night was that it was barely half full. We were here on a groupon deal so obviously they were trying to attract trade.
The service was prompt and courteous, the attentiveness may have been because the waiting staff looked a little underworked!
Our starters were OK, I had chargrilled squid and aubergine cooked well, good chargrilled flavour but the squid itself was not that flavoursome a good squid tastes slightly sweet but this one had no hint of sweetness. My partner had bruschetta which she said was fine but again not the tastiest and there were little chunks of garlic in it we are used to bruschetta where the garlic is merely wiped on the bread.
Main courses were very good though, I had grilled king prawns on a saffron risotto the prawns were really well cooked with a great taste and there were plenty of them! The risotto was just al dente and again with a really good flavour.
My partner has seafood linguine and she said it was one of the best seafood pastas she had ever had. It was loaded with seafood and the pasta was cooked well and the flavour was really good. It was a big portion as well and she couldn’t finish it.
I had a panna cotta for dessert and accompanied it with a home made fortified wine both were good.
Because we were here on groupon it was quite reasonable but I think full price might be a bit steep maybe that was what was putting people off.
This is no cheap and cheerful Italian restaurant, it is trying to be classy and upmarket. It is nearly there but perhaps a little more attention to the starters and the pricing will see people flocking through the doors.
If you live in Wanstead, or close by, I’d give it a go and see what you think, it is worth the effort.