Big Mamma to open 'intimate trattoria' Carlotta in Marylebone

The Italian restaurant group will open Carlotta in Marylebone Village in May, its fifth London venue.

Described as its ‘most intimate trattoria yet’, the 'plush' venue will feature a long skylit dining room with leather furnishings, golden drapes and a soft suede ceiling as well as a Venetian marble cocktail bar and a ruby red terrace. The basement will be home to an 80’s style drinking den in midnight blue that will also house an open kitchen.

It will serve dishes inspired by famiglia-style Neapolitan and Sicilian classics ‘with a retro Italian-American twist’.

Menu items will include rosé veal tartare; tempura shrimp cocktail; penne alla vodka with Cornish crab; and lamb arrosticini skewers. True to its other venues it will also serve a show-stopping dessert, which this time comes in the form of a giant 10-tiered choco fudge cake.

Big Mamma recently launched Jacuzzi in Kensington​​ and is also behind London restaurants Gloria, Ave Mario and Circolo Popolare.