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  • Olivomare

     
  • How brave is this? A seafood restaurant that is perfectly content to be a seafood restaurant without the decorative fishing nets or token meat and poultry options for carnivores. Olivomare’s stark minimalist monochrome fish-patterned decor is as single-minded as the menu. On the night we dined at this sibling to fellow Sardinians Olivo and Olivetto, it was a solely (sorry) seafood affair. Not just seafood, either, but impeccably fresh, intelligently cooked seafood. House-made monkfish ravioli with tomato and bottarga (dried mullet roe) were silky and uplifting, while calamari fritti actually tasted of sweet calamares and not deep-fried cardboard. We also loved sea-sweet, chargrilled sea bass cooked in a salt crust, and a crisp bream fillet sympathetically accompanied by a colourful summery salad of fregola (a couscous-like Sardinian grain). Desserts, including sebada cheese fritters and good sorbetti and gelati are, thankfully, seafood-free but just as much a celebration of freshness. Even the (Italian) waiters are fresh, in a good way.

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  1. Posted by Kristina on 02 Jul 2008 12:13

    Last Saturday we had the worst ever expierence in this restaurant - slow service, 2 maincourses were not available without prior notice, side dish arrived just before finishing.

  2. Posted by Oliver Romain (registered user) on 07 Jun 2008 16:33

    Olivemare is a fantastic dining experience in all respects. The decor and furniture is unique and inspirational. Even the hall to the lavatories is an experience, reminding us of the trick entrance in Gene Wilder's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    The food is wonderful and the service flawless and friendly. Our meal came in at £55 per head for starters, mains and a half a bottle of decent red each, coffees and brandies.
    Real attention is paid to every detail even the staff's vintage jazz ties! We will be back when we next come to London.

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  • Details

  • 10 Lower Belgrave Street, Belgravia, SW1W 0LJ
  • Area: Belgravia
  • Tel: 020 7730 9022
  • Category: Fish
  • Travel: Victoria tube/rail
  • Times: Lunch served noon-2.30pm, dinner served 7-11pm Mon-Sat
  • Price: Main courses £14-£26.50
  • Credit cards: AmEx, DC, MC, V
  • Services:
    • Child facilities: Children admitted
    • Disabled: toilet
    • Outdoor tables: 4, terrace
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