Indigo at One Aldwych

Comfortable armchairs, widely spaced tables, affable staff & the buzz filtering up from One Aldwych’s smart Lobby Bar make this mezzanine dining space a more relaxed option than its sister restaurant Axis. The menu offers pasta, risotto & salads in two portion sizes (with create-your-own versions of the latter), in addition to a range of dishes showing diverse international influences. Crab ravioli with salmon foam comes as a dense parcel of well-seasoned flesh, Thai rare beef salad offers authentic Asian flavours, & perfectly flaky hake fillet might be beefed up with savoury strozzapretti & grilled treviso salad. Clever desserts such as ‘pear textures’ are more than an afterthought, & the reasonably priced wine list is arranged by style. Weekend brunch & a theatre menu (2/3 courses for £21.50/24.50) are also useful deals.