One word: Amazing!

I went with my mum, who has trouble climbing steps, so as this restaurant is all on the ground floor without any that's already a plus for me.

The staff were really attentive, knew what they were doing, served ladies first (an etiquette I find severely lacking in several upmarket restaurants these days), and were generally really friendly.

The place is clearly an old factory room that they've basically gutted and re-decked. Considering how many art studios are surrounding it that's no surprise. There's also a lot of art inside the room, funky lights, funky furniture – basically they've done a pretty damn good job jazzing up an otherwise plain black hollow room.

The food was divine. I had the chicken with ‘all the trimmings’ (basically the yorkshire puddings failed that day so they called it that instead, at least they have a sense of humour). My mum had the duck with goats cheese and beetroot salad. Both were equally incredibly tasty and filling. We also had the mushroom and gorgonzolla starter to share – I'd asked for it as a side, so the waiter had also asked the chef the same, so it came a lot smaller than a normal starter. He said they'd charge us half for it, but ended up just not charging us for it which was impressive, especially since they took the initiative to say all that before I had a chance to say anything. They did run out of desserts though which was a shame, but it was about to close for the day when we were offered that menu so that's fair enough.

There was a lot more on the menu, though it's a single page with starters and desserts – standard fare for most small modern restaurants.

Locating it was a bit awkward as you can see the building from far away but it's not obvious how to get to it. Drive down Western road (from either direction), turn into Coburg road, then take the first left (no through road – that's Clarendon Road).

It does get quite noisy inside there, but not too heavy that you can't hear the rest of your party… More