Harden's survey result
Summary
Wreathed in the über-Eurotrashy environs and telephone-number prices of Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov’s well-known, Mayfair glamour-magnet, it’s hard to form a totally balanced judgement on its Italian dining room. It’s fabulously “overpriced” of course, but most diners do actually feel the “classic Italian cuisine” is “proper” and “delicious”.
Summary
Wreathed in the über-Eurotrashy environs and telephone-number prices of Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov’s well-known, Mayfair glamour-magnet, it’s hard to form a totally balanced judgement on its Italian dining room. It’s fabulously “overpriced” of course, but most diners do actually feel the “classic Italian cuisine” is “proper” and “delicious”.
Summary
A few fans – all of whom seem to have put ‘Investment Banker’ in the occupation field of the survey form – feel the food is “first rate” in the Italian section of Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov’s Eurotrashy Mayfair hang-out. Those not blessed with a career in the money factories are more apt to feel the experience is “appalling all-round”, with particular antipathy to the Sputnik-high prices – “bare-faced robbery!”.
Summary
“Come to see and be seen” – “but not on an empty stomach, as you pay so much for the location not the food” – if you visit the Italian rear dining room of this glam, Russian-owned eurotrash-magnet in Mayfair, which serves “unexceptional Italian fare at exceptional prices”.
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Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £22.00 | £26.00 |  |
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Traditional European menu
| Starter | Main | Veggies | Pudding |
|---|---|---|---|
| £15.50 | £49.00 | £8.00 | £13.00 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £38.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 15.00% |
50a Berkeley St, London, W1J 8HA
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑12 am |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑12 am |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑12 am |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑12:30 am |
| Friday | 12 pm‑12:30 am |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑12:30 am |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑11 pm |
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