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Critic's Choice: Kensington Park Road

A grown-up brasserie, an Italian with kitsch dècor and sound antipasti and a cheerful, old-established pasta and pizza place all feature among Charles Campion's top picks...

Notting Hill Brasserie
92 Kensington Park Road, W11
A grown-up restaurant tailored to its W11 clientele. Despite being styled a brasserie, there are separate lunch and dinner services, with familiar modern British dishes. £30pp ex-drinks. (020 7229 4481)

Luna Rossa
192 Kensington Park Road, W11
On the site that was formerly 192, one of the iconic restaurants of the Eighties and Nineties, Luna Rossa is a cheerful Italian with kitsch dècor, sound antipasti, and pizzas straight from the oven. £24pp ex-drinks.(020 7229 0482)

Osteria Basilico
29 Kensington Park Road, W11
Cheerful, old-established, pasta and pizza place that is generally reliable. The antipasti make a good show, service is brisk and there is a pleasing businesslike air to the restaurant. £22pp ex-drinks. (020 7727 9372)

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