Due to its location, during the week modern Italian restaurant Senso is usually packed out with hordes of noisy besuited salary-men. That said, come the weekend its atmosphere becomes a lot more calm and tranquil – a feature not lost on dating couples looking for a romantic spot. We went there last weekend and had a fantastic dinner. Pasta was the order of the day, the most outstanding dish of which was a veal ravioli in cream sauce, savoury and recklessly creamy, closely followed by the penne ragu made with wild boar’s leg, braised until spoonabley soft in a rich sauce of red wine, tomatoes, onions and garlic. Indeed these two simple dishes easily outshone the fancy signature dish - lobster linguine – which was chewy and insipid. The wine list was extensive and had some good by the glass offerings – for dessert we went for a very nice vin santo. Dessert offerings were bog-standard - with that old horse tiramisu being brought out for a flogging once again - so we chose the Italian cheese plate - and a very good choice it was too: a brilliant gorgonzola made an admirable appearance alongside 4 other Italian classics, all served with good bread and dried dates. Lovely.