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Pescheria Mattiucci is a specialist Italian fishmongers which also doubles as a restaurant. They sell only fresh line-caught fish from the sea around Southern Italy, which also forms the basis of their menu.

The venue is austerely and cheerfully decorated, with blue plastic barrels and tall chairs around the walls providing most of the seating photo. In the evening, the empty fish counters are also reused as tables photo, which is more suitable for a larger group than the wall seating. Access is step-free throughout and the toilet is not only a fully provisioned disabled toilet but one of the cleanest and most interestingly decorated photo that itsbruce has seen anywhere.The menu varies from day to day. There are no distinct main, side or starter dishes, although the staff recommend beginning with a plate of Crudo (raw fish) and then having several of the selection of cooked fish dishes along with a vegetable plate.

On the February 2011 night that itsbruce and Jen first visited, the menu consisted of one vegetable plate (£15) and 6 cooked dishes (£10) in addition to the Crudo (£12). Wines were avaiable at £30 or £35 per bottle or £5 per glass. Having warned the staff about Jen's shellfish allergy, we started with the Crudo, raw portions of tuna fillet, tuna belly, sea bream fillet and cod tartare served on chopped raw vegetables (carrot in orange juice, fennel, salad leaves) with three different varieties of salt photo and a basket (actually a metal tin) of bread. This was a lovely dish, making the most of the fresh ingredients; the contrast between the tuna belly and fillet was enlightening and the salt set off the flavours very effectively.

Description of the rest of the meal to follow shortly but I have to go out and don't want to lose what I have typed.

Note: the opening hours listed here are when they serve meals. The opening hours on their website are their total business hours, including the times when they are only operating as a fishmongers.