Tempo Restaurant in Food & Travel Magazine by Rachel Truman / October Issue

"Yoshi Yamada has created an approachable, good value and appealing menu where sharing is very much encouraged. Perfectly crisp calamari and whitebait, oozing burrata Pugliese with tender baby artichokes and swordfish carpaccio, cut through with citrus segments and slivers of fennel, preceded plates of the lightest gnocchi known to man. [...] Special mention should go to the pastry chef, also Japanese, whose terrific breads and delicate lemon tart reveal a deftness of touch"

"20 Restaurants for Right Now" by John Mariani in Virtuoso Life Magazine - September/October 2010 Issue

"In a city ravenous for modern cucina italiana, Tempo opened with a bang and immediately drew a chic Mayfair crowd that dresses to dine in a room done in Amalfi Coast blue accentuated with tables of hand-painted glass. [...] Specialities are small-plate antipasti like seared octopus and pomegranate salad, but this being Britain, there is succulent roast rib eye of Scottish beef with bone marrow, potatoes, and kale."

Interview with Henry Togna and Yoshi Yamada in Mayfair Times / September Issue

"The most important thing is the food has to be excellent. The second - which is only a degree under - it has to be consistent. Then we have to have the ambiance and, of course, the service. And if we do that, people will inevitably come here. So Yoshi and I have done a deal: we're in a no compromise situation. Quality is everything."  Henry Togna

"Small plates providing big taste at Tempo on Curzon Street, London" - Entree Newsletter, Sept - Oct 2010

"Curzon Street in London has always been a favorite of ours [...] Now, we have another excellent reason to go there seeing as our friend, the dashing Henry Togna, former owner of the iconic townhouse hotel 22 Jermyn Street, has opened Tempo at 54 Curzon Street, a cozy and casual new restaurant serving up modern Italian cooking. [...] Result: a very snazzy crowd has beat a path to the door of Tempo and they seem over the moon with Head Chef Yoshi Yamada's Eastern sensibility intertwined with Togna's warmth and devotion to top drawer Italian cuisine and Dydak's graciousness. Oh, almost forgot: desserts, so much a part of a quality Italian dining experience, are memorable at Tempo. Mercifully, a lunch or dinner at Tempo will not require you to second mortgage your estate."

Anna del Conte Review

"A delicious lunch at your restaurant which is so attractive in its chicness and its friendliness - a difficult balance to achieve with such success. The food is indeed memorable. I know now where to go when I want to have a perfect lunch in a perfect ambience with perfect company"

Anna del Conte, Italian food writer and author of "Risotto with Nettles"

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