The Tapster

Rather perversely located in the basement of a modern, smoked-glass office block, this murky, subterranean branch of the Davy’s wine bar chain retains its ‘olde-worlde’ charm thanks to rickety snugs (known as ‘offices’), flickering candles on old wooden tables & racks of dusty wine bottles lining the walls. Spanish tapas & sharing plates of hand-carved Ibérico ham & chorizo picante are a new venture for the kitchen, which otherwise deals in familiar grub along the lines of dressed Devon crab, rare topside of beef or linguine with baby spinach, pine nuts & pesto. Whitstable Bay & Corona are the pick of the beers, but it’s the attractively priced wine list that steals the show with familiar French names backed up by some fruity New World numbers.