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Al Duca

Address:	4-5 Duke of York Street SW1Y 6LA
Tel	020 7839 3090
Email:	alduca@btconnect.com
Website:	Visit Al Duca website
Price: £42.00	Wine: £16.00	Champagne: £34.00
Opening Hours:	Mon-Sat 12N-3pm 6-11pm (Sat 12.30pm- )

Square Meal review of Al Duca:

For many, Al Duca is the perfect local’s local, despite service & table spacing continuing to ruffle feathers. Given that you can have a three-course lunch or dinner for a mere £26.50, it’s perhaps unrealistic to expect acres of elbow room, though we would like to see staff slow down & smile a touch more. That aside, Al Duca has much to recommend it, from the bright, appealing decor of light wood furniture, terracotta floors & fresh flowers to the quality of cooking, in which inventive combinations result in spot-on flavours. Starters showcase simple assemblies of well-sourced ingredients – beef carpaccio with truffle-scented wild mushrooms & parmesan shavings, say – while mains continue the theme in the likes of pan-fried fillet of wild sea bass with basil-scented courgettes & grilled radicchio. Pastas are more rustic but every bit as good: try the conchigliette with bacon, turnip tops & chilli. An all-Italian wine list, mostly under £30, adds to the easy-going appeal.