Caldesi in Marylebone

Regional Italian Restaurant in Marylebone

Address: 118 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2QF
Phone: +44 20 7487 0750
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-14:45 & 17:45-22:00; Sun 12:00-15:00

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Menu prices: £7–£38.50 · ££ · Median main: £18.75 · 32/32 with a published price

A little corner of Italy in Marylebone: regional Italian cooking from celebrity chef Giancarlo Caldesi, with handmade fresh pasta, wood-fired pizza and a strong Italian wine list.

Cicchetti

• Garlic & Parmesan Sourdough Flatbread — £8.00

  Sourdough flatbread with garlic and parmesan
• Truffle Arancini, Parmesan Fondue — £9.50

  Crispy truffle arancini with parmesan fondue
• Mozzarella Fritta, Arrabbiata Sauce — £8.50

  Fried mozzarella with spicy arrabbiata sauce
• Smoked Almonds & Corn — £7.00

  Smoked almonds with corn
• Nocellara Green Olives — £7.50

  Nocellara del Belice green olives
• Crispy Kale, Chilli & Garlic — £7.00

  Crispy kale with chilli and garlic

Antipasti

• Burrata — £18.00

  Apulian burrata with peperonata
• Calamari Fritti — £16.50

  Crispy deep-fried squid and baby squid with tartar sauce
• Calamari Livornese — £16.50

  Slow-cooked calamari in tomato sauce with chilli and garlic
• Vitello Tonnato — £19.00

  Slow-roasted veal fillet with tuna, caper and mayonnaise sauce
• Brusketta — £14.00

  Tiger cherry and sun-dried tomatoes with basil, garlic and balsamic
• Beef Carpaccio — £18.50

  Marinated beef fillet with rocket, parmesan shavings, lemon and mustard dressing
• Insalata Basilico — £14.00

  Chopped salad with basil, cherry tomato, cucumber, radicchio and celery

Homemade Pasta

• Linguine Caldesi — £17.50

  House linguine in tomato, garlic, chilli and cream sauce
• Seabass Ravioli — £20.00

  Seabass-filled ravioli with tomato concasse, Amalfi lemon butter and parsley oil
• Tonnarelli Truffle — £29.50

  Tonnarelli with black truffle, butter and parmesan
• Pappardelle Ragu — £22.00

  Hand-cut pappardelle with 12-hour Tuscan beef and pork ragu
• Penne Arrabbiata — £17.50

  Penne in spicy tomato sauce with parsley
• Lasagna — £21.00

  Tuscan slow-cooked beef and veal ragu with besciamella and parmesan
• Fettucine Toscane — £19.50

  Tuscan sausage with porcini, cream, rosemary and sage oil
• Zucconara — £23.00

  Pumpkin and guanciale pasta with pecorino and black pepper
• Lobster Ravioli — £29.50

  Lobster-filled ravioli with bisque, butter and parsley

Pizza

• Margherita — £16.50

  Mozzarella, tomato and basil
• Ortolana — £17.50

  Pepper, aubergine, courgette and mushroom
• Piccante — £20.00

  Spicy salame, nduja, mozzarella, tomato and oregano
• Truffle Quattro Formaggi — £28.00

  Mozzarella, gorgonzola, parmigiano, taleggio, wild mushrooms and truffle

Secondi

• Fegato Burro e Salvia — £32.00

  Pan-fried calves liver with butter, garlic and sage, mashed potato
• Milanese — £38.50

  Classic on-the-bone breaded veal cutlet with rocket, cherry tomato, parmesan and Caldesi sauce
• La Parmigiana — £20.00

  Oven-baked aubergine with tomato sauce, basil and smoked mozzarella
• Nduja Gamberi — £29.50

  King prawns with spicy nduja and toasted bread
• Branzino al Cartoccio — £28.50

  Seabass fillet baked in paper with white wine, cherry tomato, taggiasca olives and thyme
• Tagliata di Manzo — £36.00

  British dry-aged sirloin with porcini gravy, rocket and parmesan