"A lager to start. A Guinness for main. And a gin and tonic for dessert. Plus a palate-cleansing course of scratchings. That’s how most group dinners at the pub tend to go, but that isn’t the case at The Compton Arms. This little Islington pub is home to a superb and always-changing rotation of kitchen residencies. Currently, it’s Tiella, with a 10-dish menu of rustic Italian dishes like crunchy sage and anchovy fritti with perfectly unsociable aioli and a scoop of sheep’s ricotta smothered in honey and Calabrian chilli. " - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna