Cuisine: American / Italian

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Where?: 78, Westbourne Grove, London. W2 5RT

Closest station(s): Bayswater, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill Gate, Queensway.

Telephone: 0207 065 6814

Website: www.tnyrbt.com

I didn’t know what to expect from this largely Italian influenced American diner in Notting Hill, on paper it doesn’t really sound like my cup of tea. Having walked in my pre-conceptions immediately disappeared; this was not a tacky rehash of a 1970s diner this was out of the 20s or 30s.

The menu isn’t just beef burgers either (in fact it has only one on the menu); there are formaggi and salumi selections; delicious boards of cured meat or cheese at which to pick. The sliders (mini-burgers) were good and the steak was great. The real highlight were the giant prawns, they certainly lived up to their name and were packed with flavour.

The food at Tiny Robot really is surprisingly good however it does not end there. It has a great cocktail selection and the service is excellent. Apart from an abomination of a Martini the rest of the cocktails were well made and certainly packed a punch.

This is not a fine dining experience however the décor and music have created somewhere that a group of friends can have a great time. It is open for brunch at weekends; gets busy enough to have a lively atmosphere during the week and is packed at weekends. Thanks to it being small sharing plates it is easy to plough through lots of delicious dishes making the bill creep up – though food wise you would be unlikely to spend more than £20 -30 per person.

A great place to go for a few cocktails or equally to have a long relaxing bite to eat.