UVA Cantina

Uva Cantina brings a quietly confident slice of Italy to Covent Garden, celebrating honest ingredients and time-honoured flavour. Its menu leans into the pleasures of sharing and simplicity, where small plates usher in the meal with bright, saline notes and citrus-lifted oils, before giving way to slow-cooked comforts and market-fresh classics.

Nibbles set the tone: marinated Nocellara olives are plump and aromatic with lemon and rosemary, while hummus pricks the palate with pickled chilli and a scatter of crisp chickpeas. From there, the kitchen travels south: Polpo Alla Luciana nods to Naples with oven-baked octopus, olives and capers, and Stracotto Di Manzo brings deep, red wine braise and rosemary’s resinous warmth. Cooling counterpoints arrive in the form of Burrata and Heritage Tomatoes glossed with basil oil and aged balsamic, or the clean-lined Mozzarella Tomato Classic.

For those who prefer to graze, generous boards beckon: an Italian Cheese Selection that runs from Parmigiano to Gorgonzola DOP, Pecorino Tartufo and Caciocavallo, and Italian Cured Meats spanning Parma Ham, Prosciutto Crudo, Bresaola Black Angus, Mortadella and Salame Il Rustico, complete with thoughtful accompaniments.

Sociable, unhurried and built for conversation, Uva Cantina suits leisurely lunches and lingering evenings alike. Make a date, bring an appetite, and let the plates do the talking la dolce vita, by the forkful.