Star Rating
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La
Ruga
59
Orford Road
E17 9NJ
Map
Tel 020 8520 5008
A taste of Italy on your doorstep? La Ruga is a small, warm and friendly
restaurant in the heart of Walthamstow Village with a relaxed and
comfortable ambience. It has an attractive
forecourt eating area which is underused due to the E17 climate. La Ruga
is bit more up market and is not a pizzeria so expect to spend a little
more. The menu is small and changes on a regular basis which is good as
this suggests the use of seasonal produce.
The strange thing about Trattatoria La Ruga is that the menu has to be
read from a chalkboard. This wouldn't be too much of a problem if you
could read Italian. Most of us have to rely on tediously interrogating
the waiter. ''What was the first starter again?'' ''What sauce did you
say came with the lamb?''
I think this
is a bit silly, pretentious and unnecessary, but for the time being we’ll
call it a quirk. The staff are very patient, helpful and used to this,
so don’t be shy.
The food is freshly cooked and therefore takes a little time to prepare.
Is it worth waiting for ? Well, the main courses (meat and fish etc.)
have always been fairly well cooked and tasty, vegetables are served as
part of the main course and as no choice is offered this generally means
roasted potatoes, green beans and spinach, The quality of the veg varies
and on the last visit potatoes
seemed warmed up, beans squeaky and the spinach a bit similar to what
mother used to ruin on Sunday afternoons. No bones about it, La Ruga is
expensive for the area and I personally would expect more care and
consistancy.
The wine is good quality but expensive, starting from around £16. A
word of warning, the house wines, at £18, are not the cheapest on the
on the list. Starters are £7 to £9, main courses a little under £20
and sweets around £6. La Ruga has recently begun a Saturday and Sunday
lunch offer of two courses for £12. Maybe this could be an opportunity
to sample the food without too much wallet pain.
Sept
08.
Posted 8th January 2010
We booked La Ruga for New Years Eve
with a couple of friends. As usual the food was great, the atmosphere
wonderful & a great time was had by all, we left the restaurant at
about 1.30pm.
So a big Thank you, to Debbie, Ricardo,
Salvo, Nickie and of course all the rest of the kitchen staff for
making it such a great evening.
Sharon
Posted
10th November 2009
Still
the best in the Village and beyond. Where is Gordon Ramsey and his F
Word when you need him? Sal, Ricardo and Nicky, keep up the good work.
Joe
Posted 9th January
2009
La Ruga is another lovely restaurant in E17, although, recently, their
prices have gone up quite a bit we noticed and the menu does not
change very much.
Having said that, we have always found the
service delightful and the food very well cooked and is a very cosy
and warm atmosphere.
They do a special £12.50 lunch menu at
weekends, although choices are very limited, but definitely worth
giving it a try.
S
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