The Vigata restaurant is located on Liverpool Road in the heart of Islington. Surrounded by one of the highest concentrations of high quality restaurants found anywhere in London, Vigata thrives thanks to its commitment to high quality service and word-of-mouth marketing - it is a popular with the locals and is also on the tourist trail, renowned for its passionate Italian cuisine.

While the interior décor of Vigata is rather simple - think Ikea meets a home improvement show where the sellers are told the more neutral the better - the warm welcome one receives is akin to dining out in Italy, where the attentive staff is ever eager to ensure all dining parties enjoy a memorable meal for all the right reasons. Whether it is the wine, the cuisine or the ambience that impresses, Vigata is evidently popular with couples, groups of friends, families and business associates.

Sicilian food is the staple at Vigata, where only the very finest and freshest ingredients are used in every dish, which benefit from traditional cooking techniques that help to develop a home-cooked style taste. Dishes worthy of note include the seared tuna steak, the seafood risotto, the calzone pizza, the buffalo strip ravioli and the lamb shank slow-roasted. For drinks, the wine list is impressively varied and contains some lovely Barolos.