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Italian, Pizza
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Reviewed 14 January 2024

Cosy and welcoming atmosphere with the most attentive staff I have ever had. Nandor especially stood out for his warm welcome and care. Exceptional experience, amazing coffee too!

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 10 January 2024

A lovely warm welcome and gorgeous food on a very cold Balham night. Worth leaving the house for. Terrific specials board and non-alcoholic drinks selection.

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed 4 December 2023

Loved our dinner! Great vibes, incredible friendly service and the food was perfect and original 🫶🏼

Date of visit: December 2023
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Reviewed 20 October 2023 via mobile

Excellent warm reception and friendly, welcoming. Would recommend if you are on the area. Great homemade tiramisu....

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 16 October 2023

Great pizza, service and atmosphere once again. Lovely place and I’d recommend to all pizza lovers

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 12 October 2023

Please note inaccuracies on the website… Kids eat free is NOT available. We were charged for our child’s meal even when we said we had gone there specially for the kids eat free as advertised on the website. Saturday opening time 12.00 noon is NOT...correct, we were told 1pm opening time. We were allowed in at 12 but the door was locked behind us! Manager was rude when these inaccuracies pointed out. Restaurant seems badly run and the manager poorly and scruffily presented. We filled in the online form to complain but this has been ignored. Finally, we were both extremely ill with vomiting after visiting this restaurant which has put us off ever visiting Franco Manca again. This is a shame as we have been frequent and happy customers of various other Franco Manca restaurants for many yearsMore

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 20 July 2023 via mobile

Good food - lovely service Nandor was a very busy man but the food was delicious and his service top class. Good place to eat solo or with a gang.

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 14 July 2023

Friendly staff…..Thanks Nandor…..Bloody good pizza. Still bloody good pizza and friendly staff…..Thanks again Nandor

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 2 July 2023

Wanted pizza near our flat in Balham while on vacation with our kids in London and this place was perfect. Pizza was delicious and arrived quickly, homemade lemonade in small bottles that the kids loved, and run by a friendly manager (owner?) who made us...5 Americans feel special for walking through his doors. Would recommend to anyone in the area needing a good bite and friendly spot for lunch or dinner.More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 1 July 2023

Very good pizza and service to match! I personally recommend the number 7 - you will not regret 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 1 June 2023

Great meal at Franca Manca Balham as always. Fantastic service, delicious food, friendly staff and Andor went above and beyond to make our dinner enjoyable. We will definitely be back!

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 11 May 2023

This is Maurilio Antonio writing a review regarding the service that we had here, we were in 4, as soon as i walked in, Alex approached me in one of the most gently way i've ever seen. I've been working for big restaurant and different...staff and i 've always said that there's no one like me. Alex was almost there and that's why i am taking some time to write this review regarding him. Alex is like a special key for Franco Manca, because he speaks very good English plus the most important thing is that he is been in Italy, apparently he knows about different staff about Italian cuisine which it made me happy ; also the pizzas were ok as an Italian man i can judge the pizza " they can do better no matter where you from !" Speaking on the behalf of my friends, the chefs almost satisfied their request. Kitchen 1 to 10 - 5 Service 1 to 10 - 8.7 kind regard M.A.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 29 April 2023

The pizzas were lovely here. However the service is very slow. It took 20 minutes for us to have our order taken and then another 40 minutes for our pizza to be served. The staff were pleasant but very inattentive.

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 16 April 2023

Empty restaurant on a Sunday - only two other small tables occupied. Sharing starter arrived missing substantial parts of it. Went to complain and saw our pizza just waiting outside the oven, having been already cooked. The chef was sitting down at a table playing...with his phone. Seriously???? Appalling. Never again. We walked away, never to return. Why do people put up with such crap? God knows.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 16 November 2022 via mobile

Nice pizza served very quickly by chefs. Starter of “grilled artichokes with burrata” were blatantly straight out of a jar but maybe I should have expected that from a pizza chain. I ordered number 5 pizza and anchovies had been put on cold after the...pizza had been cooked which I also wasn’t expecting. Garlic dip was way too garlicky and overpowering. Aperol sprits was very small served in a small water glass. Service by the waiting staff left a lot to be desired. Although pleasant, the waiters were inattentive and one was verging on clueless. At every stage of the meal after politely waiting for them to come to us we had to ask for their service. We asked for drinks, asked to order food, asked to order more drinks, asked for the bill, asked to pay the bill - we were brought the bill we already had again, finally paid and left. At no point did the waiting staff approach us without being asked because they were so slow or distracted by talking to each other or the chefs at the pass (which we were sat right beside). All in all a below average experience saved from disaster by the tasty pizza.More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Franco Manca Balham is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4.5
  • Atmosphere: 4