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L'Albufera
 
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Address: Melia White House Hotel,  Albany Street,  NW1 3UP
Telephone: 020 7391 3002
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L'Albufera is in the London Borough of Camden
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L'AlbuferaIn an era when eating in London seems to be all about wacky ingredients, flashy decor and crazy gimmicks, this wonderfully refined comtemporary Spanish restaurant came as a blessed relief. The decor oozes good taste, with a pallet of greys, dark greens, polished wood and a muted Old European style. The low-ceilinged dining room is in a far corner of the ground floor, avoiding the 'lobby' feel that spoils many hotel restaurants, though its lack of windows may make it a little bleak in summer.

Gourmet Spanish food is comparatively rare in London, and many of these ingredients are familiar only from cheap and cheerful tapas, so you may find yourself surprised by the astonishing quality of the cooking here. The undoubted highlight of our meal was roast suckling pig, which, once you'd bitten through the crisp skin, seemed to disappear into the tongue in a mass of melting juices. It was accompanied by a divinely chewy chorizo mash. Our starters, seafood soup and scallops, were good solid brasserie fare, with tough flavours of the sea.

The puddings arrive on a trolley and are prepared in front of you, which is entertaining, but if you only have space for one more thing, make sure it's the Spanish cheeses, because this is surely one of the best cheeseboards in London.

I should point out that my companion had a deeply disappointing baby squid grille, which was salty, gritty and definitely not worth the gourmet prices, but given the outstanding quality of the rest of our meal, I'm quite happy to believe that this was a tiny glitch in an otherwise outstanding restaurant.

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Salt Yard
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Salt Yard

54 Goodge Street, Fitzrovia,  London,  W1T Map
12 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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Fino

33 Charlotte Street (entrance on Rathbone Street), Fitzrovia,  London,  W1T Map
13 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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Queen's Head & Artichoke
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Queen's Head & Artichoke

30-32 Albany Street, Regents Park, Regent's Park,  London,  NW1 Map
1 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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110 Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia,  London,  W1T Map
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Wellcome Collection
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Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road, Bloomsbury,  London,  NW1 Map
10 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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Madame Tussauds

Marylebone Road, Marylebone,  London,  NW1 Map
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Villandry
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Villandry

170 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia,  London,  W1W Map
6 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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St Marylebone Parish Church Grounds,  Marylebone High Street, Marylebone,  London,  NW1 Map
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Slade School of Fine Art

UCL University,  Gower Street, Bloomsbury,  London,  WC1E Map
10 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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La Cucina Caldesi

118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone,  London,  W1U Map
13 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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Regent's Park

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9 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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Inner Circle,  Regent's Park, Marylebone,  London,  NW1 Map
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George & Dragon
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George & Dragon

151 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia,  London,  W1T Map
4 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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119 Hampstead Road,  NW1 Map
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5 Cavendish Square, Marylebone,  London,  W1G Map
14 minutes walk from L'Albufera
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