Bar Shu

Mr Creosote (30s, Male, London)

Far and away the best of the recent crop of Szechuan restaurants in London. Terrific food that has a subtlety some Szechuan joints can lack, but bear in mind that the ground-floor dining room you can see from the street is a much more attractive space than the rather gloomy upstairs dining room. Service was a little careless – the waitress sloshed water all over the table without noticing – and food arrived all in one go rather than as starters and mains, which always feels like a way to please the kitchen rather than the customer.