Barrafina Covent Garden


I’m chatting up an attractive American viola player à gauche whilst ignoring her husband when a nutty and complex glass of sherry from the the Hart Bros own label- a Manzanilla pasada en Rama (£6)- turns up with some stupendous olives (£3.20).







All three Barrafinas are great places. With a no booking policy unless you are hiring one of their private dining rooms you now have three West End options for getting in. Prices aren’t cheap but for the quality of the produce, the standard of cooking and the buzz of the rooms complaining would just be bad-mannered.