The Palmerston

"Very good food and extensive wine list. Very popular (still), so can be quite noisy, even early evening. I DO wish they would make the tables for two a bit bigger though..."

"Food as fabulous as ever. Epic bread and butter and a recent dinner included a typically delicious robust beetroot dish with red wine salsify, pecorino, walnuts and bitter leaves; creamily tasty salt cod brandade with crostini, fennal salad and olives; braised kid crepinette with mash, hispi cabbage and onions and splendid baked pollock with salsify, violet artichokes, clams and creme fraiche. Slight reduced mark for service as not sure how else to highlight that they are falling among natural wines and choose not to highlight / warn you about these on the list, meaning we had to drink a bottle of something entirely indifferent with an excellent dinner. I am with Jay Rayner on this. Too many natural wines are poor, dull or just nasty and however virtuous it may seem to sell them, I do not want them with great food that someone has cooked and brought to me. "

"We had a superb and interesting meal seated at the counter. On top of the interesting and delicious food (and wine at a very reasonable price) we had the benefit of interesting fellow diners at the counter. "

"We had a superb and interesting meal seated at the counter. On top of the interesting and delicious food (and wine at a very reasonable price) we had the benefit of interesting fellow diners at the counter. "