Spuntino is part of a class of the new generation restaurant hitting London lately – a grungy casual diner which doesn’t wait on ceremony (no reservations, no telephone and honestly not even a proper website!) Its not particularly sign-posted either so we actually walked past it twice without realising!

With their twist on Nothern American cuisine served in tapas-style portions you could easily convince yourself to eat more than you really should!

Offerings include Spuntini (antipasti) such as spiced nuts, egg & soldiers and stuffed fried olives; Sliders: Pulled pork & pickled apple, ground beef and marrow; Plates: Mac & Cheese, Truffled egg toast, Zucchini, chilli & mint pizzetta, Spicy sausage grits; and Salads.

I wanted to try everything on the menu (of course) but Pat was my control. As a matter of course you’re served some chilli popcorn (though if I’m honest you should try and resist these as you’ll soon become stuffed!) We had Stuffed Fried Olives (which were way too anchovy. Pat’s choice anyway so I left him to finish.)

This was followed by Mac & cheese (Crumbs were great), Truffled egg Toast (toast itself was tough – not sure if it was over cooked but otherwise a delicious, extremely rich dish), Zucchini Pizzeta (mint nice touch but surprised to find it was way too salty for my liking) and then one of the Sliders: Ground Beef & Bone Marrow (extremely Juicy)

If all that wasn’t enough I had to try their Peanut Butter & Jelly “sandwich”. Two triangles of iced peanut-butter parfait with a lot of very sweet jelly. If my arteries hadn’t hardened during the main meal it certainly was well on its way after dessert!

My only bone on contention with Spuntino that rubs me wrong is that it seems to try too hard to be cool. But with food that enticing and good I’m sure I can overlook that to return again.

Our bill came to £45.