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Artusi

Italian · Peckham

161 Bellenden Road, SE15 4DH

Budget £30 · typically ~£35 pp·1 min walk

Location

84Score
LocalBite score from taste, value, discovery, authenticity, and local confidence — not Google stars.

Taste

8.7

How good the cooking actually is.

Value

8.4

What you get for the money.

Discovery

7.2

How easy it is to stumble on, versus already famous.

Authenticity

8.8

How true it is to the cuisine — not a diluted version.

Local confidence

8.5

Whether locals who care about food actually go.

Why we recommend

Bellenden Road Italian that cooks like a home kitchen with a serious pasta habit. Generous, seasonal, no theatre — Peckham regulars treat it as their week-night go-to.

  • Why locals go

    Generous, seasonal, no theatre — Peckham regulars treat it as their week-night go-to

What to order

  • Handmade pasta

    Our pick

    Bellenden Road Italian that cooks like a home kitchen with a serious pasta habit.

  • Seasonal secondi

    Our pick

    Ask what landed today — the kitchen rotates this based on what's best in season.

  • Olive oil cake

    Our pick

    A curator staple at Artusi — the dish we'd send a first-timer toward.

Good for

Something amazingFood + wine

Practical notes

Small room. Book ahead Thu–Sat.

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