Planque London restaurant review: ‘Last month it was named the city’s best restaurant in London – but is it just another trendy East London small plates joint with notions?’

Our food critic was impressed by the food and wine at this ‘hideaway’ headed by an Australian chef

Planque restaurant. Photo: Anton Rodriguez

I’d been curious about Planque for a while, the restaurant fluttering around the fringes of my subconscious. But there are always so many new places to explore in London – and old favourites to revisit – it kept falling off the list.

And Planque seemed a bit of an oddity, not quite sure whether it was a restaurant or a members-only wine club. (Spoiler alert: it is both, but you don’t need to worry about the latter.) I feared it might be a bit annoying.