Taormina Bayswater is a traditional Italian restaurant at 19 Craven Terrace, a short walk from Hyde Park and Paddington. The dining room offers a warm, established setting for lunch or dinner, with a menu that moves through antipasti, pasta, pizza, meat and seafood. Familiar recipes and generous choices make it suitable for both a simple meal and a longer occasion.
Antipasti include chicken and Parmesan stracciatella soup, mixed Italian meats with marinated vegetables, chilli and garlic king prawns, grilled sardines, bruschetta and fried calamari. Pasta choices range from tomato and basil rigatoni to spinach and ricotta cappellacci, baked lasagne, beef ravioli with rosemary butter and black pasta parcels filled with Cornish crab.
Classic pizzas cover Margherita, buffalo mozzarella with basil, pepperoni Diavolo and Napoletana with anchovies, capers and olives. Diners can also choose chicken in lemon, cream or white wine sauces, grilled lamb cutlets, fillet steak and several veal preparations. Saltimbocca combines veal, Parma ham and sage, while the house involtino is filled with ham and cheese.
Seafood includes whole trout with butter and lemon, sea bass in fennel seed sauce, mixed fried fish, grilled tuna and king prawns cooked with tomato, white wine, herbs and garlic. Sauteed potatoes, fried courgettes, spinach, broccoli and rosemary mushrooms can be added alongside. The breadth of the menu captures the comfortable pace and variety of a classic neighbourhood Italian restaurant.
Address: 19 Craven Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 3QH, United Kingdom
Taormina Bayswater Menu
Antipasti
Stracciatella Soup
chicken broth with egg & parmesan cheese
Antipasto Misto
various Italian, cold meats & marinated vegetables
Gamberi alla Diavola
king prawns in oil & garlic and hint of chilli
Sardine alla Griglia
grilled sardines
Bruschetta al Pomodoro
Garlic toast with tomato & basil
Calamari Fritti
Deep fried squid rings
Bianchetti Fritti
fried whitebait
Insalate
Insalata Caprese
tomato & buffalo mozzarella
Insalata Mista
mixed side salad
Insalata e Tonno alla Griglia
grilled tuna, mixed salad & boiled egg
Insalata di Prosciutto Cotto
Italian Cooked Ham salad
Paste e Risotti
Ravioloni Burro e Rosmarino
large braised beef ravioli served with a butter & rosemary
Gnocchi Panna e Pesto
small dumplings in a cream & pesto sauce
Rigatoni al Ragu Genovese
meat & tomato sauce
Penne all'Arrabbiata
tomato, chilli, basil & garlic
Linguine alla Marinara
mixed seafood sauce
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
egg & pancetta, with or without cream
Spaghetti all'Amatriciana
tomato, basil, onions & bacon
Gnocchi con Nduja e Salsicce
Italian sausage with nduja, onions & basil
Rigatoni alla Gorgonzola
the famous blue cheese with cream
Tortelloni Neri al Granchio
Cornish crab filled black pasta in a lemon butter sauce
Risotto Crema e Funghi
rice with cream, parmesan & mushrooms
Carne
Fegato e Lardone
calves liver & bacon plain grilled
Piccatine all’Elisabetta
Veal slices with mushrooms in a cream & white wine sauce
Saltimbocca alla Romana
veal slices, parma ham & sage in a white wine sauce
Pesce
Trota alla Mugnaia
whole trout in a butter & lemon sauce
Spigola ai Finocchi
fillets of seabass in a fennel seed sauce
Frittura Mista di Mare
mixed fried fish
King Prawns Provinciale
tomato, white wine, herb & garlic sauce, with rice
Grilled Tuna
with a parsley, lemon & garlic dressing
Pesce del Giorno
Fish of the Day, please ask your waiter
Legumi
Patate Saltate
sauteed potatoes
Zucchini Fritti
deep fried courgettes
Patate Bollite
boiled new potatoes
Spinaci
spinach sauteed in butter
Patate Fritte
Fries
Carrots
Buttered carrots
Funghi
mushrooms sautéed with rosemary
Broccoli
Pizza
Margherita
Buffula e Basilico
Diavolo
Napoletana
Quattro Stagioni
Parma
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- Carbonara Typical in London: £14.95 £15.00
- Chicken parmigiana Typical in London: £15.90 £16.50
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