Picture - Fitzrovia (Fitzrovia)

• The menu reads as the mouthful that is contemporary Eurasian tapas (an oxymoron if there ever was one)
• We end our many small plates with a very good
• The wine list is a pleasing selection of quirky and not so quirky names
• Great Portland Street is hardly a thriving foodie scene
• Re usually lumped with extraneous phrases likes &ldquo
• A cocktail list with playful names
• If Picture was a person it would be Agness Dean in a dress
• Lenoble Brut champagne with elderflower and St German Liquer
• Highlights are the Lebanese fried chicken with bulgar wheat
• Some fantastic ravioli with riccotta and greens
• Pad it out with aioli fries and share an unbelievable panna cotta at the end
• Aforementioned Barrafina) and are now being forced to the periphery to try new spots
• Re trying too hard and are relying on this restaurant choice to help restore any cool credentials your initial chat eroded
• What you need to do to propel this forward is to trick them into dinner
• Upon their return assertively tell them that the plan is to eat and then guide them to table
• Tucked away in Marylebone is Picture Restaurant
• The bar and restaurant is the creation of a lovely trio
• In the kitchen are Alan Christie and Colin Kelly
• The dishes served are my favourite kind
• Simple ingredients with elements of that Michellin starred background peering through
• Catching up with a friend from America
• As my date is not a meat eater
• Everything was beautifully presented
• Each dish creating a picture with simple ingredients in both flavour and presentation
• Both were luscious with fantastic flavour combinations and I&rsquo
• The service at Picture was warm and very hospitable
• The bar has a moodier vibe with a communal table at the front for an informal snack or afterwork drinks
• The food is inventive and simple with exciting elements
• The hard surfaces mean that noise levels are cranked up to eleven
• Either (a) allows diners to try more dishes or (b) is a cunning way for restaurateurs to improve profit margins by encouraging diners to order more than they would normally
• The plates here were priced at £
• Example wines were Stonedale Chenin Blanc
• Bread is bought in from Boulangerie de Paris (probably the best restaurant bakery in London at present)
• The cheese was fine though the figs were rather tasteless
• Crisp pressed pork with watermelon and barbecue sauce had tender meat and a pleasingly tangy sauce (14/20)
• Slow poached egg and mushroom marmalade with a sourdough cracker worked well
• Peanuts and choi salad was a well designed dish
• The meal concluded with chocolate mousse and raspberries
• At these prices you are not going to encounter expensive ingredients
• The capable chefs do a good job with what their price point allows
• They have a selection of small starters that are great to nibble one
• The main menu is divided into Vegetables
• The chicken pie which I recently tried is really good
• And of course a mention to the talented chefs Colin and Alan who are busy in the kitchen cooking up delicious dishes
• Picture Restaurant is an ultra chic restaurant
• Our meal began with the mini sourdough baguettes
• The right blend of textures was the perfect ending to the meal
• Next time you find yourself in Oxford Circus with a grumbling stomach and a waning will to live
• Because the food coming from it is more than pleasing
• Grilled and crunchy tenderstem broccoli with cooling goat&rsquo
• Chopped plum tomatoes and the briney piquancy of capers was expertly seasoned (£
• Then there was cod with girolle mushrooms
• Best friends with firm puy lentils
• One of those dishes the heart gets a little heavy over when all that remains is the empty plate (£
• A chocolate mousse with blackberries and a scoop of splendid peanut butter ice cream and brittle (£
• A vanilla panna cotta with an almost ethereal silken texture
• We thought we might be the first ones through the door at 11.50am but Leyla of The Cutlery Chronicles was already on site snapping away for her new food photography portfolio
• Getting us seated and started with some delicious bargain beef bites (£
• ) whipped butter was up there with the equivalent offerings at Trinity and The Dairy in Clapham Common
• Possibly the best two courses of the lunch
• We left wondering if we should also have got involved with the Ravioli of Italian greens with ricotta and chilli
• The presentation at Picture is phenomenal across the board
• The Sea Bream was another success
• Dad was less enamoured with his crisp brandade which he thought wouldn't get ordered as often if the description said croquettes instead nothing wrong in particular
• Dad was also pleased with his choice ("
• Can't go wrong with hazelnuts"
• I also have it on good authority from Leyla that the Shoulder of lamb with merguez sausage
• Dad's always keen to end with a tart (wahay) and we loved the cheeky presentation
• Peanut butter was close enough to give me my weekly fix
• Plus Picture have a secret weapon in Tom whose energy and good humour helped us all to forget that it was only lunch time on a Monday
• Actually the most important thing to me is always the food
• Mr Silver will attest to the fact that my moaning is absolutely endless if I haven't liked the food in a restaurant
• A restaurant who's concept is good food with no pretension
• Rennie and me are best friends
• The thing I love most about Picture restaurant is that they don't get silly when it comes to pricing their food
• To start we were served a squash veloute
• Laced with cumin powder and drizzled with a little yogurt
• Plum tomatoes and capers was a dish which should be the foundations of how to make simple food
• The tenderstem was perfectly cooked
• Crispy around the tops and with some serious smokiness running through it all
• This shoulder of lamb with merguez sausage
• I assume it was slow cooked with the lamb which meat it turned quite soft
• By the time I'd finished with it the plate was spotless
• They threw all the stops out and served us this pan fried sea bream with puy lentils
• Expertly cooked fish which was pristine white
• The soft puy lentils were perfect for soaking up all the juice on the plate and the streaks of dill flavour running through the dish were lovely
• So a year on seeing a revamped menu and a kitchen going all serious on me was a lovely thing to experience
• Picture restaurant was also awarded a Bib Gourmand this year by the Michelin guide
• If you didn't know already Bib Gourmand's are awarded for excellent value and very true words they are here
• I'm a huge sweet tooth fan but this chocolate mouse with banana and peanut butter cream didn't quite tick all of the boxes for me
• Especially in their tasting menu is something that looks
• Dessert is always a dish which is the easiest to play with and for a restaurant serving already great food
• The meal here at Picture restaurant was an extremely accomplished one
• The service is still very personal
• My girlfriend is allergic to wheat and this was no problem at all
• The poached hen's egg was particularly good
• Every dish is a real treat and the staff are more than happy to explain each one
• My only worry is that we're in danger of being a bit spoiled
• Their general amiableness and attention was just one of the things that made the meal so enjoyable
• Whipped butter is on its way to being a cliché
• The oven fresh seeded rolls that came with it were faultless
• Breaking apart with a soft crunch and puff of steam
• 8.50) that was ice cold and also completely lovely
• Restaurant cocktails are all about the "
• The tasting menu began with a chilled red pepper soup
• A colourful gazpacho ey thing that reminded we are still in the dying days of summer
• So when cold soup is done properly
• The best thing it's possible to do to broccoli (in my own cheerfully clueless opinion) is boil to soften it
• The only thing I could have lived without was the bits of beetroot
• All the beauty was in the tasting
• So yes the above is aged hangar steak (we were told) with swiss chard
• Particularly the beef which was noticeably strong in flavour
• Hangar steak is pretty chewy at the best of times
• That coupled with the high rims on the bowl it was presented in made sawing up the pieces to eat quite a fierce challenge
• There is very little you could pick fault with from the moment we stepped through the door to the moment we wobbled happily off into the night
• Those who stay open often do their best to lure in trade &ndash
• Picture restaurant is where you are likely to find me shedding the last of Monday blues from now on
• A great excuse to crack open a decent bottle and drown your sorrows that the next weekend is four whole sleeps away
• The tasting menu is remarkable value at £
• We started with a velvety squash velouté
• The second course seemed to sense that we were perking up
• Creamy goats cheese curd and tender broccoli were cut with fruity plum tomatoes and piquant capers
• Crisp pork cheek with braised celery
• The bavette was the star dish
• More generous than the tiny morsels you often get with tasting menus
• It was a beautiful example of this underrated cut with loosely packed meat fibres
• My only gripe about the dish was that the heavy handed use of cumin in both the jus and the carrot puré
• After all that I was feeling rather like Mr Creosote and wondering how I could manage anything more than a &ldquo
• The silky chocolate mousse with blackberries and peanut butter cream was not too heavy or sweet
• The taster menu at Picture is absolutely divine
• The dishes are varied but still complement each other perfectly
• The portions are agreeable we were quite stuffed in the end
• My favourite was the pork cheek with rhubarb
• All dishes were very tasty and presented very nicely
• I had some of the very best cooking in London in that price bracket
• Not to mention it was a tasting menu instead of the usual 3 courses
• There really is no other reason to go
• The first 45 minutes we were one of only a handful of tables in there
• We started off with a beef bite which is not on the tasting menu
• Goats curd and lemon was delicious and one of my favourite dishes
• Probably the best carrot I&rsquo
• Those little orange rockets were delectable
• The pork cheek was crispy on the outside and squidgy meaty inside
• The sea bream with green beans
• Fennel and red chard was another stand out dish for me
• 28 day aged beef with white onion
• Young beetroot and greens was another good looking plate of food
• T seem to get as excited as we had done with the previous plates
• Probably because 28 day aged beef you know is going to be amazing before you&rsquo
• Chocolate mousse with Williams pear and honeycomb was the dessert course of the menu
• We rounded the evening off with a cheese course which you can add on for just £
• The guys have stuck to their roots here with an English Tunworth
• Served alongside chutney and some crumbly crackers the portion size was just right
• The service is very personal and relaxed and the team extremely friendly
• Great service and good food it is no wonder I&rsquo
• We soon realised we were the last table left in the restaurant and although the team were not rushing us out the door
• The interior is quite basic with wooden tables and chairs which remind me of being back in school canteens
• The main focus here is clearly the food and the most popular attraction is the tasting menu with aperitif for a very reasonable price of £
• Pork cheek served with watermelon
• Chocolate mousse with strawberries and oatmeal biscuit
• Was crispy and warm and served with a generous amount of butter
• Since we booked with bookatable
• A cocktail was included with our six course menu
• The mushrooms were seasoned perfectly and the chicken thigh was so tender
• I loved the roasted carrot with the crispy onions on top
• The pickled carrot in the previous dish was too overpowering and we would have preferred that to not be on the plate
• Worth checking it out and the price is reasonable too
• Pork cheek with a watermelon salad
• 28 day aged beef and a chocolate mousse served with strawberries and an oatmeal biscuit
• I took my mum here for lunch several months ago and the menu is totally accommodating for those who have an intolerance for gluten
• I went here with my friends and we all loved Picture - Fitzrovia (Fitzrovia)
• Place had great cozy atmosphere and staff was so attentive and helpful
• We were looking for a quiet place for team lunch and this was suggested as a good choice
• The background music is not loud and there are not many tables so it is easy to talk
• The food is good however it is on the expensive side
• When prices are actually all right
• Flavoury experience with unexpected combinations
• Monday no corkage on BYO wine which is a massive plus and enabled me to hold a working lunch with wine tasting there
• The quality of the coffee surprises me and it is not common to find a good cappuccino in a restaurant like this
• Our second visit to Picture was just as good as the first
• T as good as the previews reviews were suggesting

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