Historical version 8 of La Lanterna, SE1 2BA (view current version)
- 020 7250 7420
- Lantern Buildings, 6-8 Mill Street, SE1 2BA (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- pizzerialalanterna.co.uk
- noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 6pm-11pm Sat; 1pm-10:30pm Sun
Reasonably-priced and good quality Italian restaurant on Mill Street, near Shad Thames, not far from Tower Bridge.
Note: According to a comment on LondonSE1, as of August 2014 it's been "closed for refurbishment" for quite some time.
Juliet has never had a problem getting a table for two, even on a Friday night, but it's usually reasonably busy.
The food is good although not spectacular. Decent selection of vegetarian and vegan options (of the pizza/pasta variety - they're happy to produce pizza without cheese). I believe they also have a secondi menu with meat stuff on but have never paid attention to it. Pete thought the minestrone was technically a bit salty (though we both liked it, because we like salty things). Cheese & mushroom ravioli was good, as was the veggie pizza. Good wine selection, and the waiters are friendly.
There seems to be a special offer for booking a table through the website (March 2008).
Getting here: To get from Shad Thames to Mill St without going all the way up to the Jamaica Rd, there is a footbridge over the canal by the edge of the river.
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