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Manteca

Italian · Shoreditch

49-51 Rivington Street, EC2A 3BB

Budget £40 · typically ~£40 pp·31 min walk

Location

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

Taste

8.8

How good the cooking actually is.

Value

8.5

What you get for the money.

Discovery

7.5

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

Authenticity

8.5

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

Local confidence

8.0

Whether locals who care about food actually go.

Why we recommend

Rivington Street pasta bar — bold Italian cooking, open kitchen energy, consistently excellent pasta. Less formal than West End Italian.

  • Standout orders

    Duck ragu and truffle tagliatelle, and highlight the outstanding focaccia and house-cured meats — named again and again in recent reviews

  • Atmosphere & service

    Attentive staff, lively atmosphere, and excellent wine selection

  • Worth knowing

    Food can be inconsistent

What to order

  • Handmade pasta

    From reviews

    Keeps coming up in Google reviews — order the Handmade pasta if it's on the menu.

  • Nduja dishes

    Our pick

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

  • Seasonal secondi

    Our pick

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

Good for

Something amazingNew cuisine

Practical notes

Book weekends. Walk-in bar sometimes.

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