The best pizza deal in town: Ecco
Pizza. An easy option but always a comforting one.
I tend to stop @ Pizza Express – there’s always one on your way. I like their crispy Leggera option with its salad, the coffee served with a miniatured dessert rather than a full calory one….
However go as a family and the bill rises quite fast.
My friend Juliette advised me to try Ecco instead. No deco, cheap but-oh-so-tasty. One thing I have learnt is always to trust her – she gets it right every time!
The place is a 10mn walk from Covent Garden, on your way to the British Museum. True, it doesn’t look like much – you would walk by not even noticing it. A few tables inside, pretty basis deco. The staff however is welcoming and really friendly.
And look at the price: from £3.50 an 11′ pizza?!
I select a veggie option (tomato sauce, mozzarella, shallots, peppers, mushrooms. £4.75 to eat in - £4 to take out) and watch the chef prepare the dough. Whithin 10 minutes it is on my table. Wow. It is huge. Lots of tomato sauce, lots of cheese, lots of everything. At that point you still hesitate: how can it be that great value AND good? I have no idea how they make any profit, but it definitely is fab. You actually taste the fresh ingredients, the real basil leaves which I can’t recall having done for a loooong time unless I have made it myself at home. The dough is just right, filling and a bit crispy on the side. You thought you just couldn’t handle the whole thing but you just couldn’t stop biting into it again, you know just to check it was as good as you thought. There are only crumbs left…
Definitely where I will go around Covent Garden. The kind of pizza you want to share with your best friend while having a good chat though I’d probably get some cupcakes from Ella’s first, order the pizza to take away and head for Embankment gardens if the weather’s sunny.
Sincerely cannot wait to have another one!
Ecco
186 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5RU
Pssst: for a fun pizza, why not try a beetroot one? Or why not this new restaurant which proposes a corn-crust?
10 Responses to “The best pizza deal in town: Ecco ”
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hmmm ca a l’air bon, tu me tentes!! bon, je note l’adresse et q je reviens, j’y vais
bisous!! -
Cou cou Coralie,
D´après l´image, elle semble une véritable pizza italienne… Miam!
Bisous
Elisa -
Bonne et pas chère! Que demander de plus! Elle a vraiment l’air succulente cette pizza! Et avec le soleil qui pointe le bout de son nez, une belle idée que d’aller se régaler dans un parc!
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Chocoralie says:
La souris rose: a ce prix la, je t’invite, dis-donc.
Elisa: elles sont delicieuses, Juliette avait bien raison.
Nath: figure-toi que c’est a, quoi, 1 minute meme pas de ton Travelodge. Tu as du passer devant tous les jours!! En fait, just’en face du premier travelodge ou on s’est arrete…
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Oh ! Tu m’en bouches un coin! Je ne l’avais pas remarqué! J’y avais juste vu un petit magasin électricité-droguerie pour y acheter un adaptateur! Pas les mêmes prises en Angleterre!
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hahah tu partages les bons plans??!!!! T’as bien raison hehe j’adore ECCO c’est trop bon, trop pas cher et dans le centre. On y va quand ensemble??? Bises xx
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Nath: moi non plus. Et je suis passee… des centaines de fois devant!
Juliette: mais oui, quand c’est aussi bon et pas cher que ca, je leur envoie des clients, ils le meritent! Mais je te donne le credit, c’a n’est pas une de mes trouvailles, tu as tout le merite sur ce coup-la… On y va quand? Un vendredi soir apres le 21 juillet avec Julie qui ne peut pas venir a l’apero blog mais aimerait tout de meme trinquer avec nous…
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Deal! Je suis en France le week end du 23-25, et aussi ils ferment tôt… un midi ou fin d’aprèm c’est mieux
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On finira bien par trouver une date!
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