Ensconced in the corner of a busy street, Lucca Ristorante, named after a city in Tuscany, is a good place for those hankering after some comforting Italian fare. The décor is delightfully quirky with blue upholstered chairs and walls painted in different colors.

The menu works well within the Italian culinary lexicon so the sight of fettuccine, gnocchi and ravioli is reassuring. You could start off by choosing an antipasti of tomato basil bruschetta or zuppa del giorno, followed by a pasta course of linguini tossed with mussels, broccoli and roasted garlic white wine sauce. For mains a Cornish game hen arrives with wild long grain rice, figs and berry coulis, while porkloin is accompanied by cannelloni bean puree, haricot vert and natural reduction. Finally save room for desserts of flourless chocolate soufflé cake and vanilla crème brûlée.