Ristorante Semplice, London
This Mayfair restaurant offers a modern Italian menu with a focus on authentic ingredients imported from regional producers. On the old site of an Italian café and a fish-and-chip shop, interiors feature oak flooring, leather seating and walls with polished ebony.
Opened: 7 March
Owners: Marco Torri, Giovanni Baldino, Marino Roberto
Head chef: Marco Torri
Manager: Giovanni Baldino
Capacity: 55
Food: Includes home-cured duck breast with rocket, pea shoots and Sardinian bread grilled octopus with a salad of carrot, ginger and Sarawak pepper and Domori chocolate tart with bitter almond sauce.
Price: £30 for three courses, excluding wine
Address: 10 Blenheim Street, London W1S 1LJ
Telephone: 020 7495 1509