Vieni had only just opened when I lunched there. It is a fresh-looking comfortable space, cheerful and spirit-lifting with the service being enthusiasastc and friendly. The restaurant had come about as a result of another partnership of two accomplished young women - chef Angelina Adamo and front of house manager, Charlotte Carter. The style of food is Sicilian and is generously portioned and rustic and the name of the restaurant in Italian means ‘Come here’ which seems fair enough.
To tickle up my tastebuds I ordered what turned out to be a disappointingly small portioned plate of salami and pecorino. True, the salami was delicious but a little more of it would have been very pleasing. Then on to the starter of wild garlic mozzarella arancini. This was very good, nicely sized, the coating enjoyably crispy and the contents tasty, all enhanced by a robust sauce.
I gasped when presented with my remarkable main - I had chosen Sicilian fennel sausage served in a bowl with stew of butter beans, soffrito and cavalo nero and a side dish of Jersey royals which were unnecessarily roasted. The great coil of sausage was far too much for one old bloke and suffice it to say that Lucy The Labrador was happy to receive a doggy bag of some of it on my return home. It was a great pleasure to eat and that went for the both of us.
The individual zabaglione was excellent and rounded off an enjoyable meal. There’s so much going on in the Jewellery Quarter foodwise that one feels one ought to move there but the dog would disagree as someone thought it was a good idea to have no green space in the area apart from the churchyard of St Paul’s and the cemeteries but then again it was originally built as a place where people worked for a living rather than sitting around doing nothing of any particular use except of course those restaurateurs who work hard and produce something of great worth - the Jewellery Quarter dining scene.
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Rating:- 🌛🌛🌛🌛
13 February 2026.
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