500 Italian Restaurant

I have eaten at this restaurant twice. Good service, polite and knowledgeable staff, clean space, quick service, good quality food and interesting variety of dishes. Recommend!

Fabulous, relaxed restaurant with delicious Italian food. I had my birthday party there and introduced a load of friends to 500 who hadn't been before and we all loved it. I've been lots of times and the menu is great, the people are friendly and it's authentic Italian modern food cooked with care and love. Can't recommend it highly enough.

As always delicious food and excellent local restaurant. We were a group of 6 and the service was excellent. I particularly liked the starter sharing platter and monkfish.

Not as good as last time. Pasta underdone not much seafood Sharing plate was excellent as usual Good deal on wine Tuesday night 30% off

Always amazing food, impeccable service and a lovely relaxed atmosphere that still feels special. My only problem is that it’s so difficult to get a table. Love this place.

Lovely local restaurant. Took my mum for mother’s day. Friendly staff, good authentic Italian food.....buffalo mozzarella from Puglia and rabbit were particularly memorable .....would strongly recommend.

The pasta and bread was freshly made and very tasty. The ravioli was among the best I’ve had. The staff are incredibly friendly and helped make the experience very enjoyable.

Great food quick service and reasonable prices in family run unfussy dining room. Will go again. Good wine list too and discounts for early sitters who are out by 8pm

IN SHORT: DELICIOUS FOOD AND GREAT WINES FROM ALL OVER ITALY WITH A GOOD SELECTION OF SARDINIAN AND SOUTHERN ITALIAN WINES. EXCELLENT AND FRIENDLY SERVICE.

Really great food, wine, atmosphere and staff. Maybe an easy place to walk straight past, but don't! We went on a recommendation and weren't disappointed......Starter sharing platter for two was great and so was the rabbit and the simple ice cream for pudding. Friendly and understated. Fab!

Being Italian, I hardly ever eat in Italian restaurants in the UK, as I find their menus unimaginative and the usual rehash of well known dishes. 500, however, has taken the road less travelled and produced a menu to rival any high quality local restaurant in Italy. At one point, as I was eating my delicious roast rabbit with roast potatoes, I had to remind myself I was on the Holloway Road & not in my dad's dining room back in Umbria. My broad beans soup was equally delicious, as were my partner's venison ravioli & my son's strozzapreti with slow cooked beef sauce. Good size portions were also a big plus. I'm looking forward to going back to 500 to try one of the very appetising fish dishes on the menu!

Wonderful staff, good atmosphere . Nice light restaurant. Enjoyed the food. There was a particular dish I was looking forward to which was no longer on there menu. Money off wine on Tuesdays was a welcome surprise.

Lovely local restaurant with interesting choices on the menu. Food was great, very tasty and large portions - good value for money. The staff were very chilled and able to accommodate gluten free and vegan requirements. Would definitely recommend.

I had booked a table at 6pm for 2 and in the end there were 3 of us, but this is no excuse for the restaurant to give us the worst - and tiny-table, suitable for 1 person rather than 2 or 3 and stuck at the edge of a drafty doorway into a corridor. What they said was that all the other tables were booked. But at just after 8, half of the tables were still empty. If there are going to offer a web discount for early diners, then they need to treat these customers equally. This is the second time something like this has happened to me so Im assuming it wasn't accidental. If you still want to go for the early sitting under the web offer, I urge anybody to ask for a proper table-or go somewhere else. The food itself was nice enough but not up to the high standards of the past.

Very pleasant experience. Excellent and imaginative food,well priced wine, and friendly but not intrusive service. Would return there and recommend it. A very happy group of four people.

This is a lovely place with great food and service. Have been many times and it is always great. We're lucky to have it in the neighbourhood.

My choices are limited because of my special dietary requirements, gluten & dairy free, but Ican always find something to enjoy at 500. Service as ever was excellent.

Excellent food; understated restaurant. Well worth a visit. Try the burrata - to die for! We are always made to feel most welcome and find ourselves returning time and again!

Amazing food and very good service! Excellent value!!! We'll be back for sure!

I haven't been here for a while, but I am glad to see that the standard hasn't dropped. The food was as good as ever, and the house wine excellent.

Really good food for a fair price (as compared to other london places with food this good!). Nice ambience, super friendly staff and very close to archway station.

The food was excellent and the service was friendly and efficient. I would recommend the restaurant to other friends who are visiting the London area.

Excellent food, good service but few staff due to lack of customers on a Saturday lunch time. Great value. Atmosphere slightly lacking but may be due to the time we were there. Would recommend

Amazing food! 500 is a true gastronomic experience. The pheasant starter and veal main were particularly excellent. Also has a great selection of good wines.

500 is a great restaurant serving original Italian food. The ever-changing menu has unusual combinations like burrata and fresh chestnut puree or pan-fried halibut with seared spinach. Good short wine list. Charming management and staff.

Another lovely meal at my favourite restaurant. Good service, excellent food, good atmosphere - what more could anyone want. Will be going again in the new year

Always excellent, a perennial local favourite. The food is fresh and delicious, the staff genuine and friendly. I don't go as often as I should!

Everything was wonderful! The service was efficient and discreet, and all of our courses were great. Wine list good and reasonably priced. A lovely evening to celebrate my father's birthday.

The food was very good but I have nothing else to say at all but have to fill 25 words for this silly web site. Done - and that makes 26!

Delicious food in a relaxed atmosphere with attentive human staff. Pasta cooked the real Italian way and ossabuco to die for. You'll have to look carefully to find it!

It was really good food. Opulent. My favourite Italian restaurant in North London. Nice Christmas menu too. Lovely. We always return here as it's so nice.

charming service - tasty osso buco but a little tough but very happy with the evening. It's a pleasure having such a lovely restaurant to go to locally.

Most enjoyable. Friendly service. Good interesting menu. Several starters available as small helpings. Nice buzzy atmosphere. Everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves and in no hurry to leave.

The best sharing platter for a starter, excellent service and a good atmosphere in the restaurant. We would go again if it was closer to home!

We had a lovely lunch here. The food felt properly 'Italian' and the wine was good and not over-priced. The service was attentive and helpful. Will definitely go again.

Really lovely food, service and atmosphere. Lunch is so relaxed and quiet with a warm friendly feel and interesting menu. Really lovely small independent restaurant. Highly recommended.

This is a lovely restaurant. Small, bustling (you really do need to book). The service is attentive without being intrusive. The menu is always quite short - which is a good sign, meaning that a lot of attention goes into each dish to make it special. We both had the crab starter; I then had the hake and my companion had ravioli. All delicious; the only criticism we had of our food was that there wasn't enough of it. Hence only a five!

Excellent, as usual - spaghetti with a buttery sauce and white truffle (freshly grated at the table by the chef), saddle of lamb and a coppa 500.

The service was impeccable and the food good but the restaurant is very noisy as are so many London restaurants. Overall a good eating experience.

Excellent food and very efficient and friendly service An outstanding Italian Restaurant with a wide range of starters main dishes and desserts.The wine list is excellent with a wide choice. The Nero Diavola is particularly good.