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Italian restaurant · Holborn

Italian cooking, the proper way, on Red Lion Street

Handmade pasta, fresh fish and rustic meat dishes, with wines from across Italy. White tablecloths, warm service, and a table waiting for you.

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Mon–Fri 12:00–22:3045 Red Lion Street, WC1R 4PF

Isolabella's shopfront at 45 Red Lion Street, with its grey awning reading Italian Restaurant
Grilled lamb cutlets with sage and a herb butter sauce
The dining room: white-clothed tables, dark leather chairs and arched mirrors along the walls
The dining room on Red Lion Street

Benvenuti

Traditional dishes from Italy, with a Mediterranean touch

Everything is cooked with care and served with attention to taste and presentation: a long menu of pasta, risotto, pizza and salads, Italian-style seafood, and rustic meat dishes that are not to be missed.

Our team look after you the Italian way — warm hospitality, a welcoming room and wines to match every plate.

  • Made by handHandmade ravioli and tortelloni, filled with ricotta, beef or pumpkin
  • From the seaDover sole, sea bass, bream, clams and Devon crab
  • Gluten-free pastaSpaghetti and penne on request — allow 15 minutes

Set menu 2026

Three courses and coffee, one simple price

£44.50per person

Includes VAT and coffee or tea. 10% service is added to the bill.

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Starters

  • Ravioli all’aragostaLobster ravioli in tomato cream sauce
  • BurrataCherry tomatoes, olive oil and basil
  • Bresaola, rucola e parmigianoCured beef, rocket and parmesan
  • Gamberoni piccantiKing prawns, chilli, garlic, white wine

Mains

  • Ravioli burro e salviaRicotta and spinach, butter and sage
  • Branzino alla mugnaiaSea bass fillets, lemon and butter
  • Costolette di vitelloGrilled veal chops
  • Pollo crema e funghiChicken breast, cream and mushrooms

Dessert

  • Panna cottaWith berry sauce
  • TiramisùHomemade, traditional
  • Torta di meleApple pie and ice cream
  • Gelato alla nocciolaHazelnut ice cream, amaretto

La cantina

Wines from Piedmont to Sicily

Our list is chosen to match the food: crisp whites for the seafood, Chianti and Montepulciano for the pasta, Barolo and Amarone for the veal and steak.

  • 30+Italian wines on the list
  • £6.25by the glass, from 125 ml
  • £29.95house wines by the bottle
See the wine list

From the list

  • Gavi di Gavi, La Merlina£54.95Piedmont · refined and tangy, a hint of lime
  • Pecorino Vellodoro, Umani Ronchi£45.95Abruzzo · peach, mango and candied rose
  • Chianti Classico, Castello di Albola£47.95Tuscany · forest fruits, smooth and velvety
  • Barolo Riserva, Batasiolo£67.95Piedmont · jammy, nutty and floral
  • Amarone della Valpolicella£73.50Veneto · black cherry, prune and sweet spice

Find us

In the heart of Holborn

Opening hours
Monday12:00 – 22:30
Tuesday12:00 – 22:30
Wednesday12:00 – 22:30
Thursday12:00 – 22:30
Friday12:00 – 22:30
Saturday17:00 – 22:30
Sunday17:00 – 21:30

45 Red Lion Street, London WC1R 4PF

Directions
  • HolbornCentral & Piccadilly lines, 5 min walk
  • Chancery LaneCentral line, 6 min walk
  • BusesTheobalds Road and High Holborn

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Online bookings for up to 15 guests. For larger parties, call us on 020 7405 6830.

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