Situated amongst many a smart establishment on Dover Street, Alloro is an equally chic restaurant with a calm and cool décor that makes your meal a real pleasure. Alloro, which is Italian for bay leaf, was opened to huge critical acclaim in June 2000. It has remained a busy, vibrant restaurant for both lunch and dinner service ever since.

Keeping to a simple recipe of Italian favourite dishes, the seasonal menu never ceases to exceed expectation and Alloro continues to remain the backbone of the Mayfair business lunch trade. Much of their food is quite classical in style, and typically for Italian restaurants the starters are simple dishes packed with flavoursome fresh ingredients such as crab and avocado salad. For the main course both char-grilled tuna steak or roast duck breast make excellent choices.

In the evening the atmosphere at Alloro changes as a more elegant clientele descends upon the restaurant to enjoy long and leisurely dinners accompanied by an intriguing wine list encompassing not only traditional favourites but also less well known producers.