Da Claudio - Scarborough

A fresh new Italian face on the Scarborough restaurant scene, Da Claudio is known for its personal hands-on style and unshowy food. The kitchen avoids trattoria clichés in favour of authentic regional dishes based on sound ingredients.

Menus change monthly, but high points might include tiger prawns cooked on rock salt with garlic, parsley and cream, bracciole di carne (braised beef rolls stuffed with Pecorino and Scamorza served with chilli and tomato sauce) and sea bass cooked 'al cartoccio' with thyme, artichokes and white wine. There's also an intriguing choice of pasta and risottos, plus homemade desserts to round things off. The wine list features a good choice of bottles from the Italian regions.