Inside

Inside has made it through the past near-dozen years by maintaining high standards, and remains a linchpin of the Greenwich dining scene. The decor is plain and modern, inside and out, sticking to a chic palette of dark brown and cream. Front-of-house operations run like clockwork, and service is so unintrusive as to be considered characterless by some - the atmosphere comes from the warm lighting and the convivial hum of fellow diners.

All the passion is evident in a succinct menu of imaginative dishes dreamt up by chef-patron Guy Awford - Modern European in the main, but with influences from the Middle East and Asia. Almond, honey and rosewater cake was crumbly and delicate, accompanied by a perfect, subtle pistachio ice-cream.

The more conventional dishes we tried were just as accomplished; juicy, roast corn-fed chicken breast, perched on top of kernels of pop-in-the-mouth creamed corn, was bettered only by meltingly soft confit duck leg. A comparatively dull cheeseboard (chèvre, stilton, cheddar) felt overpriced at £6.95, but dining here is generally excellent value - the set menus are a steal.