Albertine Restaurant

Set upstairs at this homely Shepherd’s Bush wine bar, Albertine’s restaurant has a lovely understated cosiness about it. Owned by TV chef Allegra McEvedy (who co-founded Leon, FYI), the menu here is European with a healthy, Italian bent: think things like minestrone and courgette ‘carpaccio’. The best dish of my night was a smoky aubergine topped with sharp caponata – take note: Albertine is a good place to take a vegetarian. No dish was exceptional – the old-fashioned wine bar downstairs is probably more of a draw than the restaurant – but this is a nice laid-back spot to dine after an afternoon spent wining.