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Slick, suited and booted service gives a first impression of formality at Orso. However, this is countered by folksy hand-painted crockery and the ebullient chatter of the well-dressed continentals who fill the tables in this basement venue. The enduring popularity of the place slightly baffles us, as the food, though undoubtedly appetising and nicely presented, hardly merited a standing ovation on our visit, and some dishes were priced somewhat above their station. We resented paying £17 for some grilled calf's liver with broccoli and balsamic vinegar, and our £10.50 goat's cheese and grilled vegetable ravioli, though delicious and punchy with roast garlic, was gone too soon - we wanted more. Of the starters, warm baby artichokes with roast tomato and mint were a little bland and weirdly textured, but the grilled sardine fillets with salsa rossa scored highly with their crisply grilled finish. Glasses of Puglian Salento negroamaro and Umbrian cabernet sauvignon (£8.50 and £7 respectively) were unremarkable, and we were left cogitating over whether to order pudding - although we fell for the blood-orange cake with vanilla sauce in a big way.
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Meals served noon-midnight daily.
Main courses £8.50-£17. Set meal (5-6.45pm Mon-Sat) £16 2 courses, £18 3 courses incl coffee.
Credit cards AmEx, MC, V
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