Rafael's

Rafael's Review

All great restaurants should be as laid back as Rafael's. Situated in a quaint pink-hued basement room replete with eccentric trinkets, the restaurant is clearly not in thrall to prevailing trends and is all the better for it. Not only does chef/proprietor/all-around-good guy Rafael Torrubia create affordably priced masterpieces with an Iberian twist, he's also likely to deliver dishes such as a sea bass and salmon duo with pesto or a wonderfully authentic tortilla with chorizo to your table himself. Despite his Spanish background, Torrubia's use of ingredients such as curry in his sauces shows that as well as being a man of the people, he is also a man of the world.