Our food
Our menu features various family favourites from our childhood, along with New York Italian-American classics.
The dish, ‘Mom’s spaghetti’ is made to the same recipe handed down from my grandmother, and something we ate on special occasions when growing up. You’ll see photos of us in the restaurant, eating them as children.
All pasta sauces are made by hand, daily, and our mother makes the desserts - so make sure you give them a go.
We work closely with our suppliers, receiving daily deliveries of fresh and imported ingredients. Our pizzas are prepared with our own 48-hour slow fermented dough, giving it crispy yet fluffy goodness.
Gluten-free pasta and pizza bases are available, just let us know when ordering if you have any specific dietary requirements so we can cater for you as best we can.
Here’s our vegetarian and vegan menu, gluten free menu, and halal options.
Allergen information can be found here.
Aperitivi
Smoked almonds 6
Nocellara olives 6
Rosemary garlic bread 8 (add mozzarella 2)
Starters
House salumi 15
• selection of italian cured meats
Cheese antipasto 14
• selection of Italian cheeses, grilled vegetables
Seafood cocktail 17
• shrimp, Devon crab, Marie Rose
Mozzarella sticks 11
• with ‘nduja and hot honey (vegetarian available)
Italian burrata 11
• with cherry tomatoes and basil oil (vegan available)
Pasta
Mom’s Spaghetti 22
• pork and beef meatballs, red sauce, Parmesan
Penne alla vodka 17
• Our vodka red sauce, chilli, Parmesan
(vegan available)
Lamb ragù rigatoni 19
• braised lamb, rosemary, anchovy
Grasso’s lobster linguine 39
• Lobster, vodka red sauce, chilli
More on each pasta dish over here.
Mains
Chicken parm 24
• herb-crusted chicken, marinara sauce, mozzarella
• add spaghetti pomodoro 8
• add fries 7
The Big Caesar
• baby gem & romaine, anchovy dressing, parmesan crumb, grated parmesan, croutons
• with herb-crusted artichoke 19
• with herb-crusted chicken 22
Sides
Kale & parmesan salad, lemon dressing 9
Fried zucchini 9
Rosemary salt and pepper fries 7
Head here for more info on our main course dishes.
Pizzas
Our pizzas are made to order, by our team of experienced pizzaiolos. We prepare our own 48 hour cold-fermented dough, resulting in a crisp yet fluffy pizza.
And we use both fresh, seasonal ingredients, and those imported from Italy. If you’d like to read up more about our pizzas at Grasso, you do so here.
Cheese Pie 16
• tomato, mozzarella, basil, Parmesan
Meatball Melt 19
• house meatballs, fennel sausage, tomato sauce, mozzarella, parmesan
Eggplant Parm 17
• garlic roasted eggplant, parmesan crumb, pesto, tomato, mozzarella
Pepperoni Passione 18
• pepperoni, chilli, hot honey, tomato, mozzarella, Parmesan
New New Yorker 17
• woodland mushrooms, marinated artichoke, confit garlic, tomato, mozzarella, Parmesan
The VBR 19
• vodka sauce, burrata, rocket, parmesan
• add Parma ham 4
Desserts
Our dessert menu is short and sweet, with just two items — both of which are made by our mother every morning.
Tiramisu 9.50
Made with amaretto for a nice kick
New York Cheesecake 9.50
NY style, baked in the oven with a blueberry compote
Dietary information
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While we are able to cook our gluten free pasta in separate water, our gluten free pizza bases are cooked in the same oven as other pizzas. In addition, high amounts of gluten-containing ingredients in our kitchen make it difficult to rule out the spread across the kitchen and dishes.
Gluten free options can be found here. -
Our chicken is halal and is cooked separately to other meats, but other items in the kitchen and the restaurant are not halal. Our Parmesan contains rennet (but we do have a vegetarian version available upon request). We can also make our mozzarella sticks without ‘nduja, and our vodka sauce without alcohol.
Here’s a menu with halal options.
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We have gluten free pizza bases and pasta available. Just mention when placing your order.
Gluten free options. -
We are able to cater for those who follow a vegan diet, and can use vegan cheese on our pizzas.
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We have various vegetarian starters, pizza and pasta dishes available.
Pasta, pizza, and more in Soho
We’re an Italian restaurant with a New York vibe, serving pizza, pasta, and East Coast classics like mozzarella sticks, chicken parms, Caesar salads, and more.
You can find us on Dean Street, in the heart of Soho.
Nearby Tube stations, include Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus, with Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square just ten minutes away.
We’re a few minutes walk from Oxford Street, Regent Street, Marylebone, Fitzrovia and Covent Garden.
And we’ve been recognised by Cosmopolitan as the best Italian restaurant in London.
“Founded by Seanie Grasso, whose mum’s family went from Syracuse in Sicily to NYC to London, Grasso in Soho is a proper, family-run Italian-American joint.
Little Italy faves dominate the menu, including the signature dish of mom’s spaghetti and meatballs (made to the original family recipe), shrimp cocktail, mozzarella sticks with nduja and wild honey, penne alla vodka, tagliatelle alfredo, lobster linguine, and chicken parm. Grasso also slings pizzas, made with an in-house two-day dough technique, with toppings like vodka sauce, meatballs, fennel sausage and eggplant parm.
Add on a couple of Brooklyn’s G&Ts or Cherry Coke Long Island Iced Teas and you’ve got yourself a good time.”
About Italian American cuisine
What is Italian American food?
Italian-American food came about when Italian immigrants (mostly from Southern Italy and Sicily) moved to America, and had to adapt their cooking to their new surroundings.
So while our food is inspired by the old country, it’s not the same as traditional Italian cuisine - it’s its own thing. So, expect bolder flavours, and more generosity with ingredients like cheeses and sauce.
How is Italian American food different to Italian?
While Italian food can vary depending on the region, Italian-American dishes celebrate heartiness and comfort. Rich, slow cooked tomato sauces, generous portions, and bigger flavours.
Italian-American cooking gives a nod to its heritage, while adapting to more modern times. And it’s given birth to dishes like like spaghetti and meatballs, the chicken parm, and Caesar salads.
Our connection to Italian American food
Our family has Sicilian heritage, originating from Syracuse, on the east of the island. While our side settled in London, great uncles and aunts settled elsewhere, including New York. Each taking the recipes they had been taught by those who had come before them.
Growing up, we would eat various pasta dishes weekly, from simple penne pomodoro after school, to spaghetti and meatballs when we were celebrating a birthday, or other event such as Easter. Pizza was a Saturday night treat, whether that meant popping out to a local Italian, or having an American style delivery.
Today, our mother makes the pasta sauces each morning, using techniques that came from that tradition. The red sauce and meatballs in our ‘Mom's Spaghetti’ dish is the same one we grew up eating. She also makes every New York-style cheesecake and tiramisu.
What you’ll find at Grasso
Our menu reflects our heritage and the journeys made by other Italian immigrants to the East Coast of America.
You’ll find childhood dishes like spaghetti and meatballs, pomodoro, and cheesecake, alongside chicken parm, penne alla vodka with its creamy, slightly spicy sauce, and mozzarella sticks served with 'nduja and honey.
Our pizzas use 48-hour fermented dough, baked in a stone-based oven, topped with fresh and imported Italian ingredients.
To finish, we have a tiramisu, and a New York-style baked cheesecake. Both made by our mamma, Anna every morning.
Alongside the food, you’ll find a full selection of cocktails, an extensive wine list, and low and no alcohol drinks.
This is all backed by a soundtrack of disco and soul, giving the Studio 54 vibes.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Grasso is a restaurant that specialises in Italian-American cooking in Soho, London.
Our menu includes pizzas made with 48-hour fermented dough, pasta with daily-made sauces, and classics like chicken parm, meatballs, and mozzarella sticks. -
We're Italian-American rather than traditional Italian, focusing on the bold flavours and generous portions.
Some of our recipes come from our grandmother, and our mother makes sauces and desserts fresh daily.
Unlike other places, we're genuinely family-run.
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Grasso is located at 81 Dean Street in Soho, London, just a few minutes from Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus stations, Oxford Street, and many of London’s most popular theatres and sights.
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Yes, we recommend booking a table at our Soho restaurant, especially for evenings and weekends.
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Yes we do! Although we can’t guarantee we’ll have space in advance as this depends on reservations and other walk ins.
So we would always recommend making a reservation.
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That would be our mozzarella sticks. Other popular items include the chicken parm, Mom's Spaghetti and Pepperoni Passione pizza.
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Absolutely. With 180 seats, we can accommodate groups of various sizes.
We also offer semi-private and private dining spaces for special occasions and parties.
Get in touch for more info.