Bufi East Finchley, Exclusive Hire

For years this was myself and my wife’s favourite Italian restaurant in all of London. We have been going consistently for approximately 5 years. The last few times we went, we noticed the quality had declined. It took 3 visits for us to verify that it wasn’t “just a bad night” as any establishment may experience. The Paccheri Con Zucchini, Salsiccia E Burrata used to be my wife’s favourite pasta dish EVER. But unfortunately they have now changed this completely. I can only assume that there is a new chef. It is really disappointing and i hope they manage to turn it round to its former glory. The pizza’s are still good but have suffered cost cutting measures. One last thing, they need to do something about the draft in the restaurant. There are two doors at the entrance, one is permanently open and the second doesn’t close properly. This has resulted in cool air running through, forcing many customers having to wear coats.This should be an easy fix by fitting spring in front of door.

Booked a table for Sunday lunch via App on their website. Booked for 3 people at 1pm. Website says they open from 12:30pm on Sundays. Got to the restaurant and it was closed. Called the number on the website, it just rang out. Tried 3 times, no option to leave message. So I sent an email to address on their website and it bounced back. An hour later got an email from their booking agent asking about my experience at Bufi. Well this review is my answer.

The takeaway pizza we had this evening was exceptionally poor. It looked like a child had thrown on a random assortment of toppings, making it far too dense. The garlic pizza was burnt, and the wrong type of mushrooms were used. Overall, it was basically inedible. We definitely won’t be ordering from here again.