text: Occupying what used to be Nicolsons where some of Harry Potter was apparently penned this is a welcome change back from the sites most recent use as a Chinese buffet restaurant The space is well lit particularly by the setting sun at this time of year and furnished in an understated yet quirky fashionnnn The service is prompt and pleasant and the range of wines well priced ranging from ua to around the ua mark Unusually for a modest establishment of this sort they stock a dessert wine but that is to be commendednnn Opting for the pretheatre menu ua for two courses ua for three my starter of potted duck was an ample size although more than one pickle would have been an improvement My companions soup of the day was pronounced a success although I have forgotten the flavour Our main courses of skirt steak with champ braised onions and baked feta with beetroot blood orange and chick peas were both great NB this was a starter deliberately ordered as the second course and the cheese board brie manchego and a soft blue is the first I have had in a long time where the proportion of biscuits to cheese was spot on if only Qype would award half stars that alone would have been enough for onennn I can readily see myself revisiting here soon