The Pasta Brown empire was founded here in 1994, after years of Farmer Brown sandwich bars offering some of the best in London, when it was decided to
expand into the restaurant business offering quality pasta based on long experience.

They never do things by halves so when you walk in you are left in little doubt about the nationality of this restaurant, nor the warmth of the welcome. An ambitious but thoroughly credible menu starts with the antipasti dishes. Whilst mussels mariniere are on the carte it is the provençale version that catches the eye, with tomato, garlic, chilli and white wine. Toasted ciabatta topped with marinated tomatoes with rocket leaves, or butterfly prawns sautéed in garlic butter all possess an undeniably Italian flavour, and establish the confidence that this meal is going to be the real thing, with no corners cut.

The pasta dishes, nearly twenty in number, with penne Pasta Brown as their eponymous leader, bacon, sausage and mushrooms in a creamy sauce, trawl the whole gambit of this much loved staple, giving hard choices to make, particularly bearing in mind the delights yet to come. Try the fettuccine langoustine, cray fish sautéed in garlic butter and dill with a pomodoro and béchamel sauce, closely pursued by the simple but delightful spaghetti carbonara, a rich creamy sauce with bacon and parmesan, followed by a salad of tomatoes, red onions and vinaigrette.