Golborne Grove

NOTE: Golborne House has recently changed hands and is now called, Golborne Grove. The Head Chef from The Grove Restaurant, 83 Hammersmith Grove, London, has taken over the kitchen at Golborne House with the intention of turning is into a modern Mediterranean restaurant.

Despite the fact that this is still basically a pub, Golborne House seems to have become one of the ultra-trendy places to be seen, in that very fashionable area, Notting Hill. However, despite its simple appearance, this is somewhere that wants to be taken seriously for its food, and, on the evidence so far, it is definitely succeeding. The style could be loosely described as Modern British, which seems to encompass almost everything these days, in the case of Golborne House it is means that it is tasty, tempting, 'a la mode' food.

Starters could include: mezze platter of Lebanese salads and toasted pitta; crab cakes with guacamole and rocket or garlic bruschetta with panfried chicken livers, walnuts and balsamic vinegar. Mains run from roast salmon with zucchini frite, salsa verde, rocket, mizuna and roast cherry tomatoes to fettucine with field mushrooms, thyme and ricotta and cream, while carnivores could enjoy their rib-eye steak with horseradish mash, broccoli and beetroot confit; but save room for their desserts like lemon and ricotta cheesecake or double chocolate and walnut fudge brownie with chocolate sauce and ice-cream, and finish with a plate of Spanish cheeses with guava jelly and oatcakes.