Restaurant review: Bianco43, Greenwich

By Victoria Purcell on October 20th 2011

Nikki Spencer gets a taste of Italy – without leaving SE10

I feel like I’m on holiday,” my boyfriend, Fergie, comments as we sip a glass of prosecco at Bianco43, Ristorante and Pizzeria, and I know exactly what he means. With the white walls, wooden tables and chairs, colourful crockery and wafting aromas from the pizza oven it’s as if we have suddenly been transported from Bianco43 in Greenwich town centre to a bustling taverna in Naples.

I have to admit I have always been a bit dubious of “authentic Italian” restaurants since discovering that all  the staff at my favourite student haunt in Manchester came from Chile – but Bianco43 is the real McCoy. The owner hails from Naples, as does their “pizzaiulo”, the maestro pizza maker who presides over the impressive oven at the rear of the restaurant.

Perhaps not surprisingly, given all that effort, there are  a lot of pizzas to choose from, with and without tomato sauce, alongside pasta dishes and a handful of meat and fish options. After an afternoon walking around Greenwich market we are ravenous and rapidly demolish a large plate of garlic focaccia followed by grilled sea bass for him and  a vegetarian pizza for me.

It all goes down very well. The sea bass is declared “perfect”, and my pizza has a light and fluffy base, good thick tomato sauce, al dente vegetables, and just the right amount of chargrilling. Fergie rounds off the meal with  a homemade tiramisu, and an amaretti for good measure, while I go for the fruttini, a gorgeous looking, and tasting, plate of homemade lime, strawberry and nut sorbets.

And at the end of the evening there’s no need to get on a plane to get home. Buonissimo!

Bianco43, 43 Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BL; 020 8858 2668; www.bianco43.com

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