La Rosetta N16

Walk into La Rosetta and you're in the kind of neighbourhood Italian that actually does the basics brilliantly. The sort of place where they've clearly thought about everything from the quality of their flour to why you're ordering a second bottle of wine. The room itself is unpretentious—warm lighting, closely spaced tables that somehow don't feel cramped, the gentle hum of satisfied diners. You'll find locals who've been coming for years sat next to first-timers, and the staff move through it all with genuine warmth rather than performance. The pasta is the thing here; made with care, seasoned properly, no mucking about with unnecessary flourishes.