Val Taro Ristorante

8 out of 10 stars

Long-established, much-loved traditional Italian place. Wine bar in the basement; restaurant at street level. It has a loyal band of regulars, but newcomers are immediately made to feel at home too. Old fashioned Italian cuisine, excellently cooked. Recent experiments in tapas are rather surprising but successful, but stick to Italian classics and you won't go wrong. The wine list is impeccable, and, like everything else at Val Taro, most reasonably priced. We hear the owners are looking to retire, but a law should be passed to prevent this catastrophe. Recommended: all the pastas, the Dover sole, calves' liver, melting fillet steaks.