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Grill Americano

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A selection of cocktails.
1 / 13A selection of cocktails.Supplied
Inside the midnight blue dining room.
2 / 13Inside the midnight blue dining room.Supplied
Rib-eye.
3 / 13Rib-eye.Supplied
Lobster tortellini, tomato consomme and crayfish oil.
4 / 13Lobster tortellini, tomato consomme and crayfish oil.Supplied
Grilled King George whiting, extra virgin olive oil,Llimone.
5 / 13Grilled King George whiting, extra virgin olive oil,Llimone.Supplied
Profiterole con nocciole.
6 / 13Profiterole con nocciole.Supplied
Sit up at the bar for a steak sandwich.
7 / 13Sit up at the bar for a steak sandwich.Luis Enrique Ascui
Octopus carpaccio with chilli, lemon and extra virgin olive oil.
8 / 13Octopus carpaccio with chilli, lemon and extra virgin olive oil.Supplied
Dishes from the chef’s choice menu.
9 / 13Dishes from the chef’s choice menu.Amy Hemmings
Peach semifreddo.
10 / 13Peach semifreddo.Peter Dillon
The Americano cocktail.
11 / 13The Americano cocktail.Supplied
Bistecca alla fiorentina.
12 / 13Bistecca alla fiorentina.Supplied
Grilled calamari on olive tapenade.
13 / 13Grilled calamari on olive tapenade.Adrian Lander
Good Food hat15/20

Grill Americano

Italian$$$$

A shrine to midcentury glamour.

Bellini, bella? Pretty in pink in a fluted glass, it comes on a silver tray and tastes of peaches and prosecco with a dash of elderflower and extravagance. When this dramatic, deep-blue dining room isn’t channelling a Manhattan steakhouse – epic steaks, mac-n-cheese, retro coat-check tokens – it nods to the most fabled bar in Venice with white waiters’ jackets, studded leather seats and the heady sense that money is no object.

Even the beef carpaccio is a Harry’s tribute, the meat cross-hatched with tangy tuna mayonnaise. Calamari curls nestle alongside housemade tartare, and clear tomato consommé is poured at the table over lobster folded into delicate tortellini.

Plump veal cutlet is simply crumbed and served in rosy slices; as with the top-shelf wood-grilled steaks, you’ll want sides. Flattering lighting, a deep wine list and showy desserts round out a high-rolling package suffused with brio.

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