This newly opened restaurant in Royton is a great place for a mid week treat. Well lit, clean sharp lines and well placed mirrors give it a spacious feeling even though it's a relatively small venue. It makes it not too big so it feels empty with a few in but big enough to cope with large groups or a busy weekend. We went on a Thursday and it was pretty busy so glad we booked. They did accept walk in diners while we were there but I would definitely suggest booking in advance. It's a new venue and already seems to be a hit so don't leave it to chance. The owner was there to greet us and all the staff were friendly and attentive without being intrusive.
There were five of us that had dinner so we ordered a garlic bread to share which was half tomato and half cheese (both were really nice). It was a kind of thin pizza type and came out really quick almost as soon as we had ordered. We had a bottle of very nice Pino Grigo and various beers and coders. Then for starters we had muscles in white wine sauce, prawns and avocado, Carpaccio, ribs and tomato and buffalo mozzarella salad. Drinks were kept on top of so we were never left with empty glasses.
For main courses we had 3 lots of prawn & tomato linguini (I will find out the full description and update) one pasta Salmone and one Carbonara. The food was piping hot and the pasta perfectly aldente. Portion size was just right and left just enough room for two of us to share a couple of desserts ;-)
We shared the Limonchello cheesecake and the chocolate fudge pudding with vanilla ice cream, both were gorgeous. To finish off we got a couple of liquors, limonchello and frangelico. My favourite was the Frangelico which was a hazelnut liquor that just tasted like Nutella. It wasn't creamy looking like baileys, it was more of a clear liquid and tasted amazing. It's the first time I've had that but I will definitely be trying that again.
If you are looking for somewhere new to try in Royton this place is a must. Very reasonably priced and not pretentious or stuffy. Felt really at home and all the diners seemed to be enjoying their experience and food.
Will add more pics next time I go but for now these are the ones of the starters we had.
