Teca THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Teca

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Teca

54 Brooks Mews
London, W1
020-7495 4774
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Cuisine: Italian
Grown-up Italian with superior cooking.
Openings: Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner Mon.-Sat.

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THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Teca Restaurant Review:


Tucked in a mews at the back of Bond Street, this bright, airy corner site could do with a better view. The room, however, is comfortable, minimal and brightly coloured mixed with pale wood with a vast expanse of large windows allowing plenty of daylight in. The menu is refreshingly short, playing three or four risotto and pasta melodies, and splitting main courses equally into fish and meat. Starters might include skate in ravioli with artichoke, the pasta dressed in a sea-fresh butter sauce, and salmon with spring onion and wilted lettuce or a salad of grilled summer vegetables. Mains run the likes of lamb with potato purée and wild mushrooms, or sea bass, roasted so the skin is cracklingly crispy. Desserts play in a successful duet mode: chocolate mousse with cherry compote, chocolate-stuffed dates with mint sauce. The wine list is impeccable and all-Italian, the white coming direct from the glass-fronted teca, or cave, at the back of the room, which also stocks a first-rate supply of cigars. Service is charming and efficient.