Caminata

Truly is one of the best restaurants not only in Balham but London as a whole. Excellent food, service and atmosphere. Every time I leave Caminata I have a big smile on my face.

Excellent service and high quality food. Delicious crab bruschetta and sour dough pizzas. All ingredients very fresh. Our first visit and will be returning very soon.

Fantastic food and service... excellent wine also, however they ran out of the wine that we had ordered but gave us the next wine up for the same price... top stuff!

As always - great food and service. We had to wait for our table and the waiter brought us over a couple of glasses of prosecco - a really nice gesture, they really know how to look after their guests and make them feel welcome

Caminata is awesome ! Easily the best of the restaurants in Balham. It has great food and great service, and it is very reasonably priced.

Amazing food and great service. Couldn’t have asked for more. Very good value too. Will be going back very soon (probably this week as it was so good!)

Service a excellent, food was lovely and restaurant had a great atmosphere. Very welcoming to my parents who were visiting from Scotland and fantastic knowledge of the menu.

Amazing ambience as there was a lovely busy buzz of happy people. The service was great as the staff were informative, helpful and friendly. Best of all the food was super and I would return.

Is this place under new management? Menu and wine list remains similar and food was great, but slightly different atmosphere. Goats cheese croquets were great, spicier than expected but delicious

Lovely food, great staff, good wine - it was a great night out. Only criticism is that its a bit cramped / tight for space!

Food was delicious and service exceptional. Cost is reasonable, we paid around £25 a head for two courses and a glass of wine :) would recommend

Caminata always turns out fantastic food....Josepi is an amazing host and the staff is always acommodating with great service. Mrs Reid and I will definitely be back!

Very good value with a good choice of quality food. Friendly and efficient service. The restaurant was easy to book online and we will certainly visit again.

We had a lovely family meal in the evening. The restaurant is pretty, the staff are pleasant and the food was delicious. Will come again.

Consistently great. Excellent food and polite and attentive service. We often go here and always have the same positive experience. Great for adults and kids.

We really love this restaurant - always a lovely atmosphere and great food - especially as they often will make the pasta option into a risotto which I really like.

Really nice restaurant, great service and food but it can get very hot in the summer!!

Was great night. Thanks for serving and for the food and for the great choose of wine.We will back very soon .More regards for the staff .

a+ 25 words to say the pizza was good the pasta was good the atmosphere was good the rest of it was good very very good. twenty eight.

we had a lovely meal at Caminata. everything was fresh and the service was excellent.

The food was absolutely delicious, the atmosphere was intimate but buzzing, and the service was great. We are lucky to have this lovely restaurant as our local!

I love this place. I live locally and have been several times. Food is always amazing and the staff are super friendly. Highly recommend the Gnocchi

I am only marking this badly because our table was cancelled that afternoon because they couldn’t fit us in. You shouldn’t let us book if the table is not available. I went to speak to caminata and they were polite and apologetic, however it did leave us in a mess on a Saturday night as it was too late to book a table somewhere then and it was for a birthday meal. I usually really like caminata.

This restaurant never fails do deliver a beautiful meal. Food, wine and atmosphere was great as per usual. My favorite place to eat in the area!

Delicious food, great atmosphere and lovely staff! It's a great local Italian and my favourite restaurant in Balham. I would definitely recommend this restaurant, thank you!

Best Italian in Balham/Clapham area! The pizza's are amazing! The service was great and it's not surprising to see this place packed every evening. Looking forward to my next visit.

Friendly and welcoming. Superb food and service. I was so impressed by that the manager introduced us to the chef. And for the fellas a waitress who is a dead ringer for Katie Holmes!

La Caminata is a fantastic restaurant. I've tried most of the pasta dishes on the menu and enjoyed them all. To top it off, the staff is super friendly and welcoming.

I love Caminata! Amazing food, great service and the atmosphere and decor of the restaurant is very good. The value for money is also very good and competitive for Italians in London.

The service is always brilliant, everyone is so friendly. The food is always beautiful. Love that the pasta is homemade and the pizza is the best in town!

Excellent food - we had pizza and it was fab. The waiting staff were really friendly and very efficient. Also, great wine - highly recommend!

Always great food and staff Thats why we keep going back We always take new friends there and when they are around again , they want to go back

Had a lovely zucchini starter and the ever excellent charcoal based pizza. Caminata is one of my fav restaurants in the area as it never fails to impress

Excellent food and service. Staff are very helpful. Good atmosphere an quick service. I was also able to have a session after to teach me how to make a pizza!

Nagyon finom volt a pizza, mint ahogy a Lasagne is. Pörgős, olaszos, kedves kiszolgálás mellett. Érdemes asztalt foglalni, mert hétköznap este is tele van az étterem.

Great food, they do stone baked pizzas and homemade pasta. Service was very friendly. Proper rustic Italian and the wine selection was great. Recommend to go!

As always a superb experience. Their pizzas are the best I've ever had, in particular the charcoal base. The beers they have are excellent and the service is superb too!

Been a few times several years apart. EVen when busy the food was excellent and reasonable and service fabulous. A lovely buzzy charming neighbourhood restaurant

A good restaurant with excellent pizzas. The price is reasonable value for money and there is a good drinks menu. The service is reasonable too.

The service was amazing (as ever). It was my girflfriend's birthday and they brought a cake out as a surprise for her. The food was fantastic. I redommend the Al carne pizza.

The food was amazing and fresh, the pasta is made fresh in the restaurant and tasted divine. The surroundings were quaint and authentic. The service from the moment you step in is 10/10, whether its giving recommendations to attention to detail and quick service, this was a really lovely restaurant to eat at, I was thoroughly surprised.

Always good food and friendly service! Menu offers a good selection of dishes but pizza is my favourite by far. It has become a popular spot in Balham recently. Always full.

Lovely food, lots choice even for me as a picky vegetarian! Excellent value and good service. Busy so definitely make sure you book in advance.

Nice ambience in the restaurant, but tables very close together. Food was good but nothing special, and a bit expensive for what you got. Melanzana nice but aubergines slightly chewy. Seafood pasta not as fresh as it could have been. Good beef carpaccio. Service fine, but perfunctory. Overall decent meal but left slightly underwhelmed.

Caminata never disappoints. Great food, service and atmosphere. Also have some new items on the menu - even more reason to revisit very very soon!

Service was outstanding, so helpful and fast. Almost too many delicious sounding options on the menu, I'm just going to have to keep going until I've tried them all. The restaurant was recommended to me by someone who had lived in the area and I was not disappointed. It was made even better by the fact it's on tastecard.

A bit of a local institution, and rightfully so! Fabulous service, delicious food (amazing pizzas!) and a decent wine list - my favourite Balham restaurant. A great atmosphere and you're always really well looked after

Excellent, friendly service and gorgeous food. The menu has lots of choice and includes gluten free options. We went for a birthday celebration and had a great evening.

I had a girls celebration for my birthday here , I have been twice before and love the genuine Italian welcome and freshly prepared food .It is in every bodies price range and everything tastes delicious .Only one comment to be negative from one of my group which was lack of a different type of desserts from the usual ! ( they offer Typical Italian desserts that are lovely though ! )Good night was had by all .

All in all, I couldn't fault the food, or the service. But I asked for my pizza to be made on the new charcoal dough, and unfortunately this request was forgotten about. Also, i believe they use garlic oil instead of garlic butter, and it meant the garlic bread wasn't that 'garlicy.' I'll definitely be back though, as the waiter was very apologetic about my pizza, and took it off the bill.