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Hardens.com -- the most authoritative restaurant and venue guides for London and the UK. en-gb Copyright (C): Harden's Ltd http://images.hardens.com/images/HardensLogoRSS.jpg http://www.hardens.com/ 60 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 Saturday Sunday http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/03-07-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-caleya-iberica-britannia-gallery-mess-saatchi-compass-lutyens/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/03-07-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-caleya-iberica-britannia-gallery-mess-saatchi-compass-lutyens/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-07-09/gordon-ramsay-holdings-2008-accounts/ 2008 accounts beg big questions http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-07-09/gordon-ramsay-holdings-2008-accounts/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/29-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-palm-eastside-inn-keelung-carpenters-arms-san-lorenzo-fuoriporta/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/29-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-palm-eastside-inn-keelung-carpenters-arms-san-lorenzo-fuoriporta/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/26-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-caponata-st-pauls-gravetye-manor-landmark-twotwentytwo/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/26-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-caponata-st-pauls-gravetye-manor-landmark-twotwentytwo/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/26-06-09/michael-caines-abode-canterbury-hygiene/ But Harden’s gave it bottom marks first! http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/26-06-09/michael-caines-abode-canterbury-hygiene/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/25-06-09/il-vaporetto-sw1-santini-joseph-ettegudi-italian-belgravia/ An expensive Belgravia Italian on the former site of Mimmo d’Ischia (RIP); the design (by Joseph, of boutique and brasserie fame) is smart enough, but the operation is wreathed in complacency. OK http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/25-06-09/il-vaporetto-sw1-santini-joseph-ettegudi-italian-belgravia/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/24-06-09/confirmed%3A-blumenthal-coming-to-london/ Can Fat Duck offshoot possibly maintain standard? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/24-06-09/confirmed%3A-blumenthal-coming-to-london/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/24-06-09/savoy-reopening-put-back-to-2010/ No great surprise? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/24-06-09/savoy-reopening-put-back-to-2010/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/23-06-09/roux-ben-zur-torretta-del-lago/ In Texas, first US venture for father of London restaurant scene http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/23-06-09/roux-ben-zur-torretta-del-lago/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-comptoir-libanais-gallery-mess-saatchi-whole-foods-market-graze-felin-fach-griffin-aubergine-compleat-angler/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-comptoir-libanais-gallery-mess-saatchi-whole-foods-market-graze-felin-fach-griffin-aubergine-compleat-angler/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/19-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-boundary-palm-planet-hollywood-high-timber/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/19-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-boundary-palm-planet-hollywood-high-timber/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/19-06-09/villandry-kitchen-wc1-holborn-bistro-pizza/ Much better value than its parent establishment (in Marylebone), this first branch of a proto-chain, near Holborn tube, offers a sensibly short menu of bistro staples (and pizzas too) at reasonable p http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/19-06-09/villandry-kitchen-wc1-holborn-bistro-pizza/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/16-06-09/review-of-reviews-crabshakk/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/16-06-09/review-of-reviews-crabshakk/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/15-06-09/caring-plans-0.5bn-restaurant-and-club-empire/ London restaurants footfall static, spend down http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/15-06-09/caring-plans-0.5bn-restaurant-and-club-empire/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-keelung-rasa-sayang-more-cadogan-arms/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-keelung-rasa-sayang-more-cadogan-arms/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/12-06-09/palm-sw1-knightsbridge-steakhouse-usda-prime-belgravia/ A mega-pricey US-import steakhouse, on the Belgravia site long known as Drones (RIP); for those prepared to pay the premium for USDA meat, it may make a congenial destination, especially if someone el http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/12-06-09/palm-sw1-knightsbridge-steakhouse-usda-prime-belgravia/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/11-06-09/park-plaza-westminster-bridge/ Park Plaza largest new hotel “for a generation” http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/11-06-09/park-plaza-westminster-bridge/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/11-06-09/the-fellow-n1-kings-cross-bistro-gastropub/ A bistro-style boozer, right by King’s Cross, worth knowing about if you’re looking for a stop-off from your journey; for others, the formula lacks enough in the way of distinctiveness to be worth http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/11-06-09/the-fellow-n1-kings-cross-bistro-gastropub/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/10-06-09/gordon-ramsay-media-commitments/ ‘Media’ career seems ever more all-embracing http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/10-06-09/gordon-ramsay-media-commitments/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/10-06-09/pret-tuna/ Baguettes survive cull http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/10-06-09/pret-tuna/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-06-09/drabble-de-setfano-lfdg-david-herbert/ Exodus from London Fine Dining Group http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-06-09/drabble-de-setfano-lfdg-david-herbert/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-whitechapel-gallery-eastside-inn-terroirs-river-cottage/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-whitechapel-gallery-eastside-inn-terroirs-river-cottage/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/08-06-09/cadogan-arms-sw3-chelsea-tom-ed-martin-gastropub-pub/ A King’s Road pub, relaunched – and much tarted-up – by the Martin brothers (of Gun etc fame); the food can be pretty good, but we do wonder if – as an eating place – the formula quite ‘wo http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/08-06-09/cadogan-arms-sw3-chelsea-tom-ed-martin-gastropub-pub/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/05-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-palm-more-villiers-commander-serpentine/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/05-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-palm-more-villiers-commander-serpentine/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/03-06-09/petrus-kinnerton-street-belgravia-new-site/ We exclusively reveal location http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/03-06-09/petrus-kinnerton-street-belgravia-new-site/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/03-06-09/hardens-19th-annual-survey-closed/ More than 85,000 reports submitted by UK’s restaurant-goers http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/03-06-09/hardens-19th-annual-survey-closed/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-06-09/blumenthal-little-chef-menu-roll-out/ ...without Blumenthal http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-06-09/blumenthal-little-chef-menu-roll-out/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/02-06-09/chelsea-kitchen-sw10-fulham-road-brompton-bistro/ Surprisingly true in spirit to the original establishment of the same name, this Brompton bistro offers basic nosh for not much dosh – it’s already very busy. The old Chelsea Kitchen – on the http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/02-06-09/chelsea-kitchen-sw10-fulham-road-brompton-bistro/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/01-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-ba-shan-baozi-inn-sanctum-soho-no-20-comptoir-libanais/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/01-06-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-ba-shan-baozi-inn-sanctum-soho-no-20-comptoir-libanais/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/01-06-09/gordon-ramsay-pr-stragegy-sunday-times-phil-hall/ Can strategy last? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/01-06-09/gordon-ramsay-pr-stragegy-sunday-times-phil-hall/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/29-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-corrigan-eastside-inn-baretto/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/29-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-corrigan-eastside-inn-baretto/ Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/28-05-09/drapers-arms-gastropub-barnsley-islington-n1/ In a quiet part of Islington, an elegant Georgian boozer recently relaunched with gastro-ambitions; the straightforward English food is the weakest part of a ‘package’ which, overall, offers good http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/28-05-09/drapers-arms-gastropub-barnsley-islington-n1/ Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/27-05-09/galvin-new-city-restaurant-spital-square-spitalfields/ Church hall converted into three dining areas http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/27-05-09/galvin-new-city-restaurant-spital-square-spitalfields/ Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/27-05-09/the-chippy-w1-soho-fish-chips/ Just off Oxford Street, this North Soho chippy makes a plainly elegant destination for classic fish ’n’ chips; the post-3pm menu offers particularly good value. Full marks for descriptive brevi http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/27-05-09/the-chippy-w1-soho-fish-chips/ Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/26-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-gordon-ramsay-boundary-serpentine-brompton/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/26-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-gordon-ramsay-boundary-serpentine-brompton/ Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-05-09/quags-closed-for-two-days-after-diner-dies/ Management took decision voluntarily http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-05-09/quags-closed-for-two-days-after-diner-dies/ Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/22-05-09/the-wine-theatre-se1-south-bank-blackfriars/ Lacking the sense of excitement implied by the name, this South Bank wine bar is perhaps of most note for offering free Mediterranean-style nibbles to early-evening drinkers. The rather intriguing http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/22-05-09/the-wine-theatre-se1-south-bank-blackfriars/ Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/21-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-gallery-mess-saatchi-loft-drapers-arms-establishment/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/21-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-gallery-mess-saatchi-loft-drapers-arms-establishment/ Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/21-05-09/twotwentytwo-landmark-hotel-marylebone/ In the vast Marylebone hotel, a luxurious but entirely uninspired new restaurant, where the prices suffer from delusions of grandeur. Beware: it is impossible for the horrible, loud and inapproriat http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/21-05-09/twotwentytwo-landmark-hotel-marylebone/ Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/20-05-09/gordon-ramsay-chef-change-claridges-mark-sargeant/ Sargeant concentrates on publishing and TV http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/20-05-09/gordon-ramsay-chef-change-claridges-mark-sargeant/ Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/20-05-09/eastside-inn-ec1-bistro-gallic-french-bjorn-van-der-horst-smithfield/ An haute-cuisine bistro (plus fine dining room) on the Smithfield site which was formerly Vic Naylor’s (RIP), where chef/patron Bjorn van der Horst’s largely classic Gallic cuisine is realised to http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/20-05-09/eastside-inn-ec1-bistro-gallic-french-bjorn-van-der-horst-smithfield/ Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/19-05-09/palm-steakhouse-london-french-fries-chips/ New Palm charges £7.50 a portion – is this a record? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/19-05-09/palm-steakhouse-london-french-fries-chips/ Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/19-05-09/madsen-scandinavian-sw7-south-kensington/ A plain but quite charming Scandinavian restaurant, hard by South Kensington tube; we found the food unexciting, but of generally good quality. Urged on by a rave review elsewhere, we finally got a http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/19-05-09/madsen-scandinavian-sw7-south-kensington/ Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/18-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-marco-pierre-white-boundary-langans/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/18-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-national-marco-pierre-white-boundary-langans/ Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/15-05-09/frank-bruni-leaves-new-york-times/ NY Times’s Bruni moves on http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/15-05-09/frank-bruni-leaves-new-york-times/ Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-sanctum-soho-albion-fino-drapers-arms-portobello/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-05-09/review-of-the-reviews-london-sanctum-soho-albion-fino-drapers-arms-portobello/ Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-05-09/john-mariani-chicago-menupages/ In the US, they do things bigger and better… http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-05-09/john-mariani-chicago-menupages/ Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/14-05-09/ba-shan-w1-soho-chinese/ A Chinese ‘tapas’ bar, in a calming Soho setting that feels like a Japanese tea house – the concept may be unusual, but this offshoot of the famous Bar Shu is already making quite a name for the http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/14-05-09/ba-shan-w1-soho-chinese/ Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-09/ten-things-celebrity-chefs-wont-tell-you/ A handy checklist, in the Wall Street Journal! http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-09/ten-things-celebrity-chefs-wont-tell-you/ Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-09/conran-plans-birmingham-trio-for-2010/ And capital trading is going well too http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-09/conran-plans-birmingham-trio-for-2010/ Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news