Tasting Sicily Enzo's Kitchen - Sidcup

We spent a very nice Sunday lunch at this lovely Sicilian restaurant! The food was brilliantly executed, respectful of the true Sicilian culinary tradition! I am Sicilian myself and often feel homesick, so I was happy to find a place where I could feel like home and find all the flavours of my childhood! The service was very good and attentive, the portions very generous just like you would expect from a Sicilian restaurant, thank God! We had caponata and arancini, crocchette and panelle as a starter and pastas as a main. It was all so good, but we were already so full up that we couldn’t make it to the dessert! We’ll be definitely back for them!

Our visit did not start well having arrived at exactly our booking time, were asked for name etc.. and then promptly ignored for 15 20 minutes by every single member of staff. Usually if a table is not ready you might be prompted to take a seat at the bar for a drink to relax but being left in limbo, by the front door, with no communication is not very nice. The barman also ignored us so... We were eventually seated after managing to get someone's attention. Ordering was fairly prompt and the food that came was OK. Not bad in anyway but also not particularly special. Some elements of the antipasti were very good. The pasta was cooked well and tasted nice but I can't rave about either dish. If you've been to Italy/Sicily or a good Italian restaurant elsewhere you know what I mean. By this point we didn't fancy staying for dessert but did order a coffee and a liquor coffee a coffee and a straight liquor arrived instead. The bill came and we had charged us for bread that had never arrived (the table next to us had also complained about that). On an increasingly rare opportunity for a date night I didn't think either was worth arguing about so paid and left. We came away feeling you might have to know the owner (who seems to be acting in a slightly odd front of house role) or be known enough to qualify for a picture for the wall (or Instagram for people who care about that) to get a decent service here. A shame and re reading some of the negative reviews I had seen before I can relate.

Pre theatre dining. Great food, service and experience thank you.

Good food and excellent friendly service. Provides some more interesting than your standard Italian fare. Good value considering the central location and compared with a lot of the tourist trap restaurants which surround it.

Lovely restaurant and perfect for pre-theatre dinner. Friendly and welcoming staff. Interesting and varied menu and wines . All delicious.