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How we read reviews →Fitzroy's celebrated wine bar for European share plates, with cacio e pepe potato dumplings regulars can't stop ordering.
Intimate, moody wine-bar dining room. small and unfussy, with an upstairs private space for celebrations; reviewers repeatedly describe it as cosy and characterful rather than formal.
A curated, adventurous wine list with sommelier-guided pairings, a private upstairs function room for group bookings, and a rotating Sunday set-lunch menu.
Draws on Eastern and Western European traditions. reviewers single out pierogi and Polish-inspired dishes alongside French-style confit and Italian-leaning potato dumplings. more a modern-European reinterpretation than one strict lineage.
Praised for quality but genuinely pricey. the $55-70-per-head set menus deliver well-executed shared dishes that some call worth it and others call small for the price.
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