Strada
Festival Riverside
Strada, located on the Festival Riverside at Southbank Centre, offers diners a contemporary and stylish setting to enjoy a break from shopping or to relax after exploring the city's many sights and attractions.
The restaurant is also perfect for business lunches, informal parties and functions and has a menu dedicated to providing exactly the kind of rustic, traditional dishes one would expect to find travelling around Italy.
Notable dishes, made using only the very finest fresh ingredients, include:
Risotto ai frutti di mare - southern Italian risotto with fresh squid, mussels, prawns and fresh Palourde clams, finished with chilli, garlic and extra virgin olive oil
Filetto di manzo al pepe verde - pan roasted fillet of beef with a creamy shallot and peppercorn sauce served with buttered green beans and garlic and thyme gratin potatoes
Branzino al finocchio - Fillets of sea bass, stuffed with fennel, thyme and lemon, steamed in white wine and served on a bed of sage potato puree
Pollo con Funghi - Chargrilled butterflied chicken breast with a creamy mushroom and marjoram sauce with garlic and rosemary gratin potatoes
A range of traditional pizzas - each one theatrically spun by hand - is also an integral feature of Strada's menu. Options include the Rustica, a mouth-watering pizza topped with tomato, mozzarella, chargrilled Neapolitan sausage, oven roasted baby artichokes, capers, roasted Italian tomatoes, caramelised onions and fresh oregano
Desserts are also faithful to the authentic theme with classics such as panettone al forno, a warm panettone bread and butter pudding served with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.
Strada serves purely regional Italian wines, as well as beers and spirits, which have all been carefully chosen to complement the menu. In addition every table receives complimentary bottled filtered water.
Strada also caters for parents with young children by supplying high chairs, buggy storage and half portions of pasta.
Opening times:
Monday - Friday 12 noon - 11pm
Saturday 11am - 11pm
Sunday 11am - 10.30pm
Tel: 020 7401 9126
Email: royalfestivalhall@strada.co.uk
www.strada.co.uk
