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Sophie's Italian Restaurant, London, England

Sophie's Italian Restaurant

3.7
3.7
17 Reviews
£25 and under
Italian

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2 people
10:30 pm
Booked 1 time today
  • Neighbourhood gem
  • Innovative
  • Romantic
Sophie’s is an Italian Restaurant situated in Southampton Row – in the heart of Holborn. Open seven days a week, serving lunch, dinner, pre-theatre, and post-theatre. The menu revolves around classic Italian kitchen with a focus on quality, seasonal ingredients and draws inspiration from Italy’s diverse regions. Our extensive wine list includes wines from all over the world and we also offer a full bar with signature cocktails. We strive to provide a true Italian hospitality and elegant service in a timeless setting intended to make you feel at ease.

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    £25 and under
  • Cuisines
    Italian, Bistro, Meat
  • Hours of Operation
    Mon–Thu, Sun 12:00 pm–9:45 pm Fri, Sat 12:00 pm–11:30 pm
  • Phone number
    020 7436 1562
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual

What 17 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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3.7
3.7 based on all time ratings
  • 3.6Food
  • 3.6Service
  • 3.5Ambience
  • 3.4Value

NoiseEnergetic

17 Reviews
  1. Niels

    Berlin

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on 29 October 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    This restaurant is not using Open Table anymore. We were lucky to get a table despite our reservation.

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    Liverpool

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 10 May 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 1
    The staff were nice but the quality if the food here isn't good and its pretty expensive. It was a Thursday lunch, we sat outside because the restaurant was empty but its on a main road with lorrys etc driving down so not a pleasant experience.

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  3. SteveP

    Oxford

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 6 May 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Excellent food and great service, a great variety of dishes to suit most tastes. If we are in that part of London again we will return

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  4. CatherineP

    Ottawa

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on 31 December 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food and nice people. Cute table by the window!

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  5. Cochyn

    London

    374 reviews

    4.0

    374 reviews

    Dined on 11 November 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    This was a mixed experience. I was looking forward to one of my favourite Italian meals: scaloppine al limone. My partner went for a classic spaghetti bolognese. The veal seemed to be a rather thick cut, and was tough. Thankfully, this was replaced - with an apology - for a chicken cacciatore, which was pretty good. The chef also made a fresh bolognese, rather than simply keeping my husband's meal warm. We almost left, though, at that point, as there were several people coming in - not to eat, but one, very loudly on her phone and chatting with the waiter, followed by a fairly obnoxious man who seemed to be collecting a take-away. We stayed for dessert, which was good - delighted to see that they make zabaglione for only one, which is rare. Overall, service was very good, but the place has all the ambience of a take-away. Don't go if you want to have a conversation with a companion.

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  6. ThemisT

    London

    56 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    56 reviews

    Dined on 27 July 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 2
    Booked a table for two for lunch - after a visit to the British Museum. There was no need for a booking, however, the place was deserted. Waited for few minutes for the waitress who was behind the bar, to come over but she completely ignored us, so we went over to ask for a table. Her whole attitude was of one who didn’t want to be there. She did, however, improve over the course of our meal. The food was good - tiger prawns, lasagne and penne Arabiata. Portions were large. No wine list to does off - rather genetic - but a bottle of Soave went down well.

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  7. Sabus

    London

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on 13 February 2020

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2
    Mediocre ouput in relation to price, salmon like expensive fish and chips. Strangely watery tiramisu.

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  8. willard

    New York City

    7 reviews

    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on 9 January 2020

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Friendly reliable and reasonably priced, Sophie’s has a fairly standard but comfortably done menu.

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  9. Fadyc

    Cleveland

    10 reviews

    3.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on 15 December 2019

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Average at best; food was cold

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    Newcastle

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 11 September 2019

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    Difficult to be understood “do you have gluten free.....” took a while to get through. The answer by the way was “no” Standard of food was “ok” but nothing special and certainly not worth the exorbitant prices.

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Sophie's Italian Restaurant is rated 3.7 stars by 17 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
10:30 pm
Booked 1 time today
Google Map for Sophie's Italian Restaurant

79 Southampton Row, London, England WC1B 4ET

Additional information

  • Area
    Bloomsbury
  • Hours of Operation
    Mon–Thu, Sun 12:00 pm–9:45 pm Fri, Sat 12:00 pm–11:30 pm
  • Price
    £25 and under
  • Cuisines
    Italian, Bistro, Meat
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    None
  • Public transit
    Holborn, Russel Square
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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