Al Duca
| Address: | 4-5 Duke of York Street SW1Y 6LA | |
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| 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- ) |
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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.

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