There is a reason the first thing to hit most tables at Fiena is bread. Garlic bread, plain or with cheese pulled into strings, bruschetta with marinated plum tomatoes, and zucchine fritte from the group menu all do the same job: buy the table time while the mains get decided, from midday daily in King's Cross.
Bread with a bakery behind it
The awning outside says bakery and the kitchen means it, sourdough proved overnight for breakfast, toasted Italian bread under the bruschetta, brioche in the morning baps. Carbs are taken seriously on Judd Street.
Build the spread
Add padron peppers, arancini and a caprese and you have an aperitivo hour that accidentally became dinner, no regrets available. The drinks list will suggest a spritz to match.
Fiena, 4 Medway Court, Judd Street, WC1H 9QX, minutes from King's Cross station. Book a table or walk in.