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Yummy mummies and merchant bankers exalt: SW3 is home to another Italian eaterie.

Let's break open the bubbly/roll over and play dead - you choose.

Iniga Restaurant and Bar is the brainchild of Noura Salloum, a virgin in the bizarre bistro world. Luckily, she's rounded up a team of experienced restaurant pros - Marcello Santese, ex-Daphne's and Aura; Gebler Tooth Architects (the Electric Brasserie), and chef Claudio Deli - to turn the former Zaika Bazaar site into something 'new' (suspect, I know).

There's the obligatory modern Italian menu, a signature dish that sounds like a Starbucks order - venison and coco ravioli served in a butter and sage sauce - an impressive Italian wine list, and an extensive ­ yeah, innovative - cocktail list.

The cool thing about this place - apart from the moderately funky optic fibre décor - is the bar, with live music Thursday through Saturday, and a blues singer from 11pm.

Second mover advantage abounds: it's been open since February (but they just did their formal launch), so they should've ironed out all those annoying little nasties.

But get there quick: cool fades and virgins find someone better in bed.

Iniga
2a, Pond Place, SW3
Tel: 020 7589 6589
 
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