North Kensington, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

Insta-star (3M followers!) chef Thomas Straker’s “packed” two-year-old off Portobello Road wins praise for its “convivial” style and “excellent” Med-inflected menu, including signature flatbreads that are “the best ever”; plus starters like burrata, carpaccio or pasta followed by seafood and steaks ordered by the 100g. Launched on the back of social-media success under lockdown, there’s a minority criticism that it’s “oh so trendy (so I’m told) – but frothy, superficial and ultimately boring and expensive”. Top Menu Tip – “knockout duck gnocchi”.