Barbarella

You walk into Barbarella and immediately clock the theatre of it all—the energy, the marble, the sense that something's actually *happening* here. This is Big Mamma's playground in Canary Wharf, and they've done what they do best: taken classic Italian soul food and made it feel like an event. The pasta is proper—handmade, generous, the kind that makes you understand why Italians get genuinely upset about how it's treated elsewhere. Expect queues at peak times and a room full of people who aren't messing about when it comes to their carbonara or tagliatelle bolognese.