Sotto Cucina & Bar

3.8

18 Reviews

£26 to £40

Italian

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2 people

Dec 21, 2024

7:00 PM

Good for groups
Great for brunch
Lively

Sotto Cucina & Bar is an underground Sicilian kitchen and bar in the bustling heart of East London. Take an immersive journey into the captivating cultural heritage of Sicily, where every dish tells a story, and every bite is a taste of Mediterranean history.

Welcome to our ‘Cucina’, our kitchen, where executive chef Alfio Laudani takes his Catania roots, and marries them with the freshest of quality sourced ingredients, creating seasonal menus of familial Italian flavours.

Sotto Cucina & Bar will launch at Hyatt Place London City East in Whitechapel, London on 14th May 2024; a contemporary Sicilian kitchen and bar led by Sicilian executive chef Alfio Laudani.

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Italian, Sicilian, Mediterranean
Hours of operation
Daily 12:00 pm–10:00 pm
Phone number
020 8159 1234
Website
https://sottorestaurant.london/
Payment options
AMEX, Cash not accepted, Diners Club, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Alfio Laudani
Private party facilities
Sotto Cucina & Bar offers small, private dining rooms that can accommodate groups of up to twenty five people.Our clients will be able to rely on our team of event planners and chefs to make your event truly memorable, no matter the occasion, from a large gathering to a simple get-together with family and friends.

Location
45 Whitechapel Rd , Black Lion House, London, Greater London E1 1DU
Neighborhood
Shoreditch
Cross street
Whitechapel Road
Parking details
None
Public transit
Aldgate East underground Station
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Private Room, Vegan, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 18 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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3.8

3.8 based on recent ratings

3.8Food
4.3Service
3.5Ambience
4.1Value

Noise • Energetic

18 Reviews

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OpenTable Diner
VIP
Los Angeles
2 reviews
1.0
2 reviews
Dined on July 25, 2024
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
We arrived on time for our reservation and they said the kitchen was closed.
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OpenTable Diner
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on July 5, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Location is convenient, food is delicious & staff is very kind & nice. Have a happiness time with family.
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ChelseaDiner
London
72 reviews
3.0
72 reviews
Dined on May 31, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Subterranean restaurant in the Hyatt hotel. Wines very expensive, foccacia rations tiny. Overall, expensive for what it is.
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Paolahuerta
Puebla
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on May 30, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
We had a very nice meal! The food was great! Order the Merluzzo (cod) and the Chicken they were awesome!!
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Catherine
VIP
London
186 reviews
4.0
186 reviews
Dined on May 24, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 2
What is a chef with such talent, and a team of young, efficient, marvellously kind, and welcoming waiting staff, special thanks to Andrei (you deserve the next top award to be celebrated), Yahiya, and the seafood loving waitress from Malaga, doing being hidden away in the atmosphere lacking basement of a hotel in Whitechapel?! So much better than I had expected, and with such delicious food and service that we will definitely be going back to eat here despite the hotel lobby, breakfast room vibe. Everything my husband and I tried was delicious, and, better than that, created with both skill, care and high quality ingredients. The insalta di mare featured a generous portion of moist yielding and flavour packed pulpo, the caponata brought an authentic splash of Palermo to London, the olive oil and focaccia were ace, and my main of branzino still makes me grin with delight the day afterwards. Never has seabass seemed so luxurious. Moist, plump, yielding flesh resting on an oozing tomato, oil, & capers flavour packed bed of delight. I left the plate clean, bar the tail fins! Great wine recommendation from Andrei, the Carratto, served in my husband, Andy´s, and my favourite half carafe measure, being the perfect accompaniment to a top fish based meal: (Andy´s cod cheeks were top too). Anyway, I urge you to dine at Sotto Cucina & Bar, this small oddly placed restaurant deserves to be visited, the staff congratulated, and the excellent menu enjoyed to the full. Love Catherine
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chorusgirl
Essex
7 reviews
4.0
7 reviews
Dined on May 23, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The welcome snd service were exemplary and even when one is f the diners found the pasta a little too al dente the restaurant were very accommodating and replaced the pasta without question Will certainly come again
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OpenTable Diner
London
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on May 22, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing experience - lovely food and very attentive staff! Will be back!
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Chrispy
London
52 reviews
3.0
52 reviews
Dined on May 21, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
Food is adeqate and the restaurant is popular during the current soft openning offer period. Unfortunately the room feels like a hotel breakfast room ( which it is) somewhat repurposed as an Italian resturant in the evening. This feeling is enhanced as you arrive past the hotel reception area which is in sight of most of the restaurant. The menu and the actual dishes are a bit dissapointing considering the history of the chef ; it feels a bit dumbed down to fit the requirements of a modest hotel restaurant.
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Mladen
London
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on May 19, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
We’ve used Hot Diners offer and were very happy with food and service received.
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ThemisT
VIP
London
57 reviews
3.0
57 reviews
Dined on May 16, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
We used Hot Dinners introduction and received a 50% discount on both food and drinks. If it wasn’t for that and the fact that the service was superb and our waiter very pleasant, I would have given it two stars. We started with the arancini - it was so hard it couldn’t be cut (I was worrying it was going to fly across the room while trying to cut it) and lack flavour. The pasta lacked flavour as well.
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Sotto Cucina & Bar is rated 3.8 stars by 18 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Dec 21, 2024

7:00 PM

45 Whitechapel Rd , Black Lion House, London, Greater London E1 1DU

Additional information

Cross street
Whitechapel Road
Neighborhood
Shoreditch
Hours of operation
Daily 12:00 pm–10:00 pm
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Italian, Sicilian, Mediterranean
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
None
Public transit
Aldgate East underground Station
Payment options
AMEX, Cash not accepted, Diners Club, JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Alfio Laudani
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Private Room, Vegan, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
https://sottorestaurant.london/
Phone number
020 8159 1234
Private party facilities
Sotto Cucina & Bar offers small, private dining rooms that can accommodate groups of up to twenty five people.Our clients will be able to rely on our team of event planners and chefs to make your event truly memorable, no matter the occasion, from a large gathering to a simple get-together with family and friends.

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