"This fine dining restaurant has the feel of a living room where you’re worried about breaking anything for fear of bankrupting yourself. But the food at this modern European spot is tasty. Like, really tasty. This isn’t fiddly, fancy stuff you play around with. It’s bolshy flavours—scallop and crab-stuffed courgette flower, gorgeous lamb with a garlic purée you want to exfoliate with—that you can gobble up like a trust fund. The a la carte menu is similarly punchy in price, as is the tasting. But for a blowout meal or a treat-yourself set lunch, Elystan Street is a restaurant you could easily settle into." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak