123 City Road · two minutes from Old Street station
An Italian restaurant that extrudes its own fresh pasta on site every morning. Every plate cooked to order.
Semolina and water, pushed through a brass die in the shop before the doors open. You choose the shape, you choose the sauce, you add what you want on top. Nothing is frozen, nothing is reheated, and nothing goes in the water until you have ordered. Eat in, take away, or have it sent.
Six fresh pasta shapes, made on site every morning.
Tap one to start
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Choose Penne —
Angled tubes
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Choose Rigatoni —
Big ridged tubes
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Choose Spaghetti —
The one everyone knows
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Choose Fusilli —
Corkscrews, grips sauce
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Choose Bigoli —
Thick, round, rough
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Choose Fettuccine —
Wide fresh ribbons
All six are extruded in the shop from semolina and water. Bigoli is the thick Venetian one with the rough surface that holds sauce better than spaghetti — we are named after it. Gluten-free penne, cooked in separate water.
Build it
Two choices, then say it at the counter.
There is no online ordering here and there never will be. Work out what you want on the way over, and read it out when you get to the till. Sixteen sauces, six shapes, all of it cooked when you ask for it.
3 · Add the toppings you want at the counter. Sauces are made in-house, with no additives and no preservatives. Our kitchen handles gluten, nuts, dairy, egg and crustaceans. Gluten-free penne, cooked in separate water. This is not a gluten-free kitchen and we cannot guarantee any dish is free from any allergen — if you react badly, please tell us before you order.
(V) Vegetarian · (VG) Vegan · (N) Contains nuts
Say this at the counter
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Gluten-free penne, cooked in separate water. The kitchen still handles gluten, nuts, dairy, egg and crustaceans, so it is not a gluten-free kitchen.
Counter price, eat in or take away
Made to orderCooked when you order it
See the whole menu
Collection
No minimum, any size. Counter prices from £7.90. Two minutes from Old Street station.
Order for delivery
Deliveroo and Uber Eats set their own prices, higher than the counter, and their own minimums.
Walk in and say it, or ring ahead and we'll have it boxed. Sides and desserts are extra.
Why it is ready in minutes
Fresh Italian pasta made on site. Every plate made to order.
The pasta is extruded here every morning, before the doors open, from semolina and water. Nothing is cooked until you order it.
Every morning
Semolina and water, through the brass die
Six shapes, extruded on site before the doors open. Two ingredients, no additives and no preservatives. That is why the ridges on the rigatoni are rough enough to hold sauce.
Until you order
It waits, uncooked
Nothing sits in a bain-marie going soft, nothing is frozen and nothing is reheated. Fresh pasta cooks fast, so it only goes in the water once you have chosen.
Then
Cooked to order, in your hands
Sauced to order too, and the sauces are made in-house. In a box or on a plate. Counter service, no waiting for a table, no bill at the end.
How far, and when
Our Italian pasta restaurant, two minutes from Old Street station.
123 City Road, London EC1V 1JB. On City Road just north of Old Street roundabout, about 80 metres up from the station and a short walk down the road from Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Opening hours
- Mon – Thu 11:00 – 23:00
- Fri – Sat 11:00 – 00:00
- Sunday 11:00 – 23:00
5☆Hygiene rating, Hackney Council, 24 July 2026
6Fresh pasta shapes, extruded on site every morning
Walk in and order at the counter. The pasta is extruded here every morning and your plate is cooked when you ask for it, so nothing has been sitting under a lamp.
If you want the whole picture before you come — the room, the hours and how counter service works — there is more about our Italian restaurant in Old Street.
How to order
See the full menu
Collection
No minimum, any size. Counter prices from £7.90. Two minutes from Old Street station.
Order for delivery
Deliveroo and Uber Eats set their own prices, higher than the counter, and their own minimums.
Office catering
Feeding the team on Thursday?
Most office caterers drive across London and the food arrives cold. We are a short walk from most of Old Street and Shoreditch, so it does not make that journey. Same six shapes, same sauces, the pasta extruded the same morning and cooked to order for your slot.
- NoneMinimum order for collection. Any size, any number of people.
- 16:00Order by, the day before
- Priced per event. Tell us your numbers and what you want, and we will quote you.
- Collection is free and has no minimum. Most caterers cannot say that.
- Delivery is for orders of £150 and over. Under that we still take the order and you collect it.
- VAT invoice in the company name, sent the same day.
- Tell us the vegan and no-nuts numbers when you book and they come labelled.
What people say
They order it by shape too.
The food was absolutely unbelievable! Really friendly guys, chatty, very helpful and patient. We had the Pollo Rigatoni and Dello Chef Rigatoni, Meat Arancini and Focaccia. All really tasty. Oh, and homemade lemonade was so so good, the perfect balance of sweet and sour.
This is a small restaurant but with a big heart specialising in fresh pasta dishes and they're really good. You can find them right next to Old Street roundabout, opposite Moorfields. The owner is super friendly and passionate about his food. Oh make sure you order some fresh home made lemonade too.
A hearty lunch. The meal deal is a good option to opt for. Freshly made pasta in delicious sauce!