Artigiano is a local Italian in Belsize Park. I’ve been here a few times.  It looks wonderful.  Clean and spaced out tables, inviting.  A real neighbourhood gem.  HOwever something about it always lets it down.  A place that is capable of giving an excellent experience but yet a few times has had something lack when I have visited.  The food is excellent but last time I ate there the inside of my ravioli was cold, which for an Italian restaurant is a no no.  Another time I was there in a large group and the service was a let down.  It’s also somewhere that sits people close together when there is plenty of room to be spaced out and have some privacy.

The food is excellent. The service good but insincere.  I would eat here.  It’s so much more than a local Italian but doesn’t quite make it to the classic Italian restaurant that it could be.  It would only take a bit more of a step up with an attention to detail for this place to realize it’s potential.