How do you know a place is new? The proprietor is at the door when you arrive. He is holding a smile and a polite word. “Hi, folks” he says, “welcome, do you have a reservation, or can I get you a table for two?” All nods. A new place is - in many ways - like the first few dates of a new relationship. Hopeful, eager. On its best behaviour.
Ara - Redhill Road, Astrol Square - is visually disarming. Greens everywhere. Low lounge chairs. Hanging lights. A generous window overlooking what appears to be a vacant lot someone has kindly fenced off - hopefully not for another architectural crime.
