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FIVE BEST: Places to nibble on cicchetti

1. Tempo

54 Curzon St (Clarges St), London, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · Mayfair · 16 tips and reviews

Evening StandardEvening Standard: Cicchetti are the nibbles on offer at traditional Venetian restaurants and wine bars. The crostini di nduja (made from a Calabrian sausage) is highly recommended. Read more.

Polpo is one of FIVE BEST: Places to nibble on cicchetti.

2. Polpo

8.0
41 Beak St, Soho, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · 169 tips and reviews

Evening StandardEvening Standard: Soho's answer to a Venetian "bacaro". The anchovy and chick pea crostini is delicious and the mortadella, gorgonzola and walnut is an inspired combination. Read more.

3. Bocca Di Lupo

8.6
12 Archer St, Soho, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · 142 tips and reviews

Evening StandardEvening Standard: The entire menu is devoted to small-plate dining which means it keeps getting pigeon-holed as "Italian Tapas". Try the luganega, a thin Venetian sausage with nutmeg, cinnamon and clove. Read more.

4. Cecconi's

8.7
5a Burlington Gardens, London, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · Mayfair · 227 tips and reviews

Evening StandardEvening Standard: The menu here lists 15 or so cicchetti (£3 to £8), including breaded baby mozzarella and artichoke crostini with Parmesan, roast quail with pancetta and baby cuttlefish and polenta. Read more.

5. Enoteca Turi

7.5
87 Pimlico Rd, London, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · City of Westminster · 19 tips and reviews

Evening StandardEvening Standard: There are plenty of small plates here, priced £1.95 to £4.95 - look out for brown bread crostini topped with lardo and chestnut honey or the deep-fried baby artichokes. Read more.