“I’ve been twice in the past three days, and I’m going back on Friday. I may review it again next week. I may not bother going anywhere ever again”
— Giles Coren
Times
“Trullo, like all great restaurants, makes the business of running them look simple”
— Jay Rayner
Observer
Top 10 Young Chefs in Europe — Tim Siadatan
— Wall Street Journal
Best Young Chef Award — Tim Siadatan, Highly Commended
— Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011
“Cooking, great; presentation of dishes, great; ingredients, great; inspiration, great; wine list, great; service, great; prices, great”
— Charles Campion
“Oh, the food. Impeccable. And priced like somebody has no interest in getting rich”
— Giles Coren
Times
“I’ve got students from the first three years that are getting better than me in a handful of areas. Fifteen is having to up its game now because Trullo is a mile and quarter up the road. Tim runs a bloody great restaurant — he’s now competition.”
— Jamie Oliver
“. . . for being so simple and yet so good, was the Italian Trullo at Highbury Corner, which delivered on almost every level and made it look easy”
— Jay Rayner
Observer
Most Welcome Arrival, 2010
Best Emerging Italian Restaurant in Europe (excluding Italy), Runner Up 2012
— Birra Moretti
“The price-quality ratio is quite amazing”
— David Sexton
Evening Standard
“What more could you ask from a neighbourhood local”
— David Sexton
Evening Standard
“Great food, expertly cooked and served by friendly waiting staff . . . . there’s no secret to Trullo’s success”
— Jay Rayner
Observer
“To eat the dishes produced in Trullo’s tiny kitchen is very heaven”
— Tracey MacLeod
Independent
Bib Gourmand 2010 & 2012
— Michelin Guide
“We could have been eating in that perfect, elusive little Tuscan trattoria Islingtonians dream of finding on holiday, if it hadn’t been for the London buses trundling past outside”
— Tracey MacLeod
Independent
“. . . it’s a taste of the wild that you don’t often find in London’s more chi chi Italian restaurants”
— Guy Diamond
Time Out
“Trullo’s excellent value for the standard of its dishes”
— Guy Diamond
Time Out
Best Neighbourhood Restaurant — Runner Up
— Time Out Restaurant Awards 2010