Its unpretentious interior, decorated with patterns of rope upon the walls, did not fully prepare David for the excellent meal that the Arab proprietor served with the minimum of delay, mousakha chicken, with nuts and spices on a bed of kouskous.

Designing witty, highly styled yet unpretentious interiors, he avoided the formality that had typified much apartment design in New York.

With its pleated aluminum facade and refreshingly unpretentious interiors, the addition is a reminder of how architecture can have a profound public impact when its values are in the right place.

On the whole, Glimmerglass and Tchaikovsky might have been better served by a simpler approach to both direction and design, perhaps taking a cue from the chastely unpretentious postmodern interior of the Alice Busch Opera Theater itself.

You're in for a feast at Babette's, in a chic yet unpretentious warehouse-like interior of exposed brick walls and vintage painted signs.

The unpretentious interior of Fernandes Patisserie (516 Marrickville Road; 61-2-9568-2114) belies the delectability of its Portuguese pastel de nata (custard tarts) that come in coconut cream, ricotta, almond and lemon flavors.