Zizzi

Nice food, attentive staff and reasonably priced. Everything you’d expect from a Zizzi although nothing to write home about. Probably better than my hotel restaurant and for a fraction of the price so shan’t complain.

This is my 2^nd time visiting. Such a fantasic location with views over the docks. Restraunt is nicely laid out with the kitchen central to the room so you can peek at dough being tossed which gives it a nice authentic feel.
We had to wait a while to be sat down… This happened last time as well. The door seems to be the opposite side to where the staff tend to be. We managed to flag someone down though and the food was fresh, tastey and prompt. I had a gluten free base on a ham and egg pizza. I was a little worried as I wasn’t sure if I’d feel like I was eating ‘fake pizza’ but it was delicious and I would def recommend.
The loos are slightly awkward to find as they’re upstairs and around a corner — feels slightly like you’re going somewhere you’re not meant to. It also looks like you can book out the top floor which has lovely views!

Went for my girlfriends birthday meal on Sunday 10^th May. The starters weren’t the best, the garlic bread with caramelised onions just didn’t go but the mains more than made up for it, they were very good for a chain restaurant and a good price for what we got.

Delicious food and a great view. It was nice sunny day and we ate outside along the water. The sea bass, pollo prosciutto, chicken prosciutto salad and pork pizza were delicious and affordable.

First off, let me start by saying that I generally really like Zizzi’s. I regularly go to the Central St Giles branch, and have never been disappointed before. That’s why when choosing a restaurant at St Katherine’s Dock, we decided on Zizzi’s…we were hungry and wanted a reliable choice!
It was one of the worst meals I’ve ever had. We started with the Arancini balls and the garlic bread with cheese and caramelised onions. First they brought us the wrong garlic bread, and when we got the correct one, I wish I’d stuck with the wrong plate! I’ve had this dish multiple times before and enjoyed it, but this one was covered in so much soggy caramelised onions, that it was all you could taste. Pretty unedible to me.
For mains, I went with my usual choice of Pappadelle Pasta with Chicken in a tomato, rosemary, onion and mushrooms sauce. I usually love this dish… there are even times when I crave this dish! However, I took two bites of it here and sent it back straight away. It was tasteless… completely tasteless! I didn’t ask for anything in place of it, as I didn’t think they would be able to put together an edible dish! The whole experience actually put me off eating for the rest of the night.
The waiter apologised (and to be fair on him. he actually did a good job), and said the problems were probably because it was very busy that night and the kitchen was rushed. Only the outdoor terrace was full that whole night! Upstairs remained shut. If they can’t handle that amount of customers, I don’t know how they can function as a restaurant!
I would absolutely avoid this branch of Zizzi’s!

First, let me just say that the location of this restaurant on Unilocal is totally incorrect. The actual location (St Katerine’s Docks) is in the opposite direction from where it is stated on Unilocal… FYI
Food here was fine, not the best by any means, but it was an enjoyable meal with my family. The server, however, acted as us being there was such a burden. Sorry?
All in all it wasn’t bad. Our server may just be having a bad night, but it definitely left an impression. Everyone was satisfied with their meals. And they have an extensive allergy menu, which for one of us was crucial.

Three stars because the service was lacking. But maybe they were just short staffed. I may give them another go and see if today was a fluke. The food was good.
We came in around 12:30 on a weekday, so in the middle of lunch. There were plenty of people and plenty of open tables. So, it was active but not overwhelmingly so.
Didn’t seem like they had more than two people working the front of the house. There was a hostess who was also serving and a bartender who was also serving. Maybe I caught them on a day when they were short a couple people.
It was hard to get service. We sat for quite a while before anyone took our order. The food came out on time and it was really quite tasty. I had the mushroom risotto and tried the tuscan potatoes. (Seems that putting rosemary on potatoes is all the rage these days). Anyways, when it was time to leave we had to wait a long time to flag down a server to take the credit card, and then the credit card machine didn’t work. So it was rather frustrating to have so little attention and service. But the food was good. Worth going back. My colleague had been there before and was surprised at how slow it was. So maybe it’s just a fluke.

Not impressed. When I went there it was packed and the noise was awful. We had a booked table but we never used it because we did not like what we saw. I’m sorry, but I’m disappointed.

Looking for a late meal whilst staying near Tower Bridge and booked into Zizzi in St Katherine’s Dock. Pretty busy when I arrived, bumped into a friend of one of my daughters from Leeds! Small world?
Back to my review, didn’t want too much as 9.30 dinner went for courgette fritti and picanti pizza, asked for fritti first but both came together but never mind. Both dishes very tasty and pizza could have done 2 people, i managed it all! Good to see they did a 500ml carafes of a selection of wine good for 1 person.
Service pretty good setting nice overlooking the marinas of St Katherine’s Dock.
Would recommend

Been to Zizzi 3 times now and have in general really enjoyed my experience. The service has been consistently good. My first meal, penne vodka, was WAY too spicy, however everything else I had tried (veggie antipasti platter and cheesy garlic bread) were very good! The second time I had the Ravioli di Capra and was very impressed; very good dish :) The last time I had Fettucine alla Carbonara, and I wasn’t super excited about it. It was just good.
The reason this doesn’t get less stars though is because my partner has consistently loved what he gets which is Rigatoni Con Pollo e Funghi. I just haven’t been able to find my gem yet, but I’m sure I will :)

Klassischer London-​Italiener mit Holzofen-​Pizza und allerlei Pasta. Klasse Lage mitten in den St. Katherine Docks.
Essen ist so, wie man sich einen Ketten-​Italiener in London eben vorstellt. Ok, aber eben auch weit weg von Italien.

We tried to book a table for four, but were told there was no space to book, however, they told us to come down anyway. Confused, we turned up for dinner but were left standing in the tiny entranceway for 10 minutes. The maitre de kept giving us what seemed to be code words and signals — they might as well have been, anyway, as we had no idea what was happening. We tried to get some information: «Can you please just tell us if we have a table, or else we’ll find somewhere else.» In the end she said «Come back in 20 minutes» (followed by more coded hand signals). So we did.
We were a little put out by all of this but when we returned, we were whisked to a table, and after that Zizzi were able to win us over. The service was fantastic, the food delicioso, and the ambiance was very welcoming. The wait staff were friendly and quick, and the menu was fab. This is a cozier, warmer venue than other Zizzis we’ve been to (notably the Tower Hill restaurant, which was terrible in every way).
We live close by so will certainly be back again, and so far, we were impressed. We’ll just have to make sure we book well in advance to prevent any weird hand signals and «The crow flies at night» stuff.