Twist, 42 Crawford Street, London W1H 1JW

Twist, 42 Crawford Street, London W1H 1JW
www.twistkitchen.co.uk
07/03/2015

She said: He was dubious about an Italian-Spanish fusion tapas place. I was keen to try a new local. He was right. Twist in short sells overpriced, average tasting little plates of food in a forgettable space a walk too long from the Marylebone heartland. £9.50 was a silly price to pay for a few spoons of ‘homemade’ fettuccine in a tomato sauce as it was for a deep fried ball of cheese. I really wanted to prove his wrong and that decent tapas at decent prices is not the preserve of Middle Eastern cuisine. But as of yet, the evidence remains to the contrary. If you want Italian – go somewhere that will give you a proper plate of pasta and if you want fusion tapas, pick another on our list as this place should be renamed Twisted!

He said: For me Twist encapsulates exactly all that is wrong with many restaurant openings in trendy neighbourhoods: it’s high on concept, often one you would never dream off (Italian tapas dining), high on pretension and design, low on delivery and quality, and low on customer comfort (‘you get your food when it suits us’). The kitchen no doubt thinks that it is dishing out the most sublime creations, using the finest produce. But really it’s just expensive rustic fare, like some Italian interpretation of Ottolenghi, except with miserly portion control. Just in the same way that 99% of people could not tell you if they're drinking a £100 or a £10 bottle of plonk, most people would not know, or care, if the burrata was flown in that morning (was it? Who cares!).  Twist must be popular because it's been going for a little while now; which confirms that just because a bad idea lasts, like Crocs or Scientology, doesn’t make it any more right.