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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/14-05-08/review-of-the-reviews---london/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-05-08/review-of-the-reviews---london/ Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/13-05-08/review-cote-soho-w1-bistro/ In Soho, the second member of a new Gallic bistro chain (brought to you by many of the people who created Strada); it’s a useful enough place, in a chain sort of way, and friendly too, but our visit http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/13-05-08/review-cote-soho-w1-bistro/ Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/13-05-08/ramsay-to-emigrate-to-dubai/ Outpouring of national grief knows bounds http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/13-05-08/ramsay-to-emigrate-to-dubai/ Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-08/greece-london-kerasma-2008-participating-restaurants/ Sixteen restaurants run special menus http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-08/greece-london-kerasma-2008-participating-restaurants/ Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-08/conran-era-draws-to-close/ Sir Terence selling out at top of market? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-08/conran-era-draws-to-close/ Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/12-05-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-05-08/country-bumpkin-comes-to-south-kensington/ Four further branches planned http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-05-08/country-bumpkin-comes-to-south-kensington/ Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-05-08/wine-better-more-pay-predictably-irrational/ … are greedy restaurants doing you a favour? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-05-08/wine-better-more-pay-predictably-irrational/ Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-05-08/cognac-canapes/ Last chance to book Rémy Martin event at Leith’s http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/09-05-08/cognac-canapes/ Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/08-05-08/yau-cha-moon-ganton-soho-w1/ Cha Cha Moon finally rises in Soho http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/08-05-08/yau-cha-moon-ganton-soho-w1/ Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/08-05-08/hix-emilia-franco-manca-momofuku-vanilla-black/ what the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/08-05-08/hix-emilia-franco-manca-momofuku-vanilla-black/ Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/08-05-08/the-clissold-arms-review/ A laid-back but high quality gastropub that’s all the more welcome in the gastronomically deprived environs of Muswell Hill. Typical Conversations We Have with our Customers: No 14. <b>Reader< http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/08-05-08/the-clissold-arms-review/ Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/07-05-08/ramsay-pronounces-as-buckingham-palace/ British cuisine has shed “dogmatic” reputation http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/07-05-08/ramsay-pronounces-as-buckingham-palace/ Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/07-05-08/bel-canto-city-london-paris-gladwin/ Bel Canto to sound out in City http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/07-05-08/bel-canto-city-london-paris-gladwin/ Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/07-05-08/gazette-review/ A basic Balham bistro, aiming to offer a true Gallic experience at reasonable prices; on our visit, however, the food was very up-and-down, and service was shocking. The first Gazette is hidden-awa http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/07-05-08/gazette-review/ Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/06-05-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/06-05-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-05-08/eyck-zimmer-kisby-lowry-manchester/ But another prodigal son returns http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-05-08/eyck-zimmer-kisby-lowry-manchester/ Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-05-08/manicomio-comes-to-the-east-end/ June opening for offshoot of Chelsea Italian http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-05-08/manicomio-comes-to-the-east-end/ Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-05-08/birmingham-kenilworth-antona-simpsons/ Andreas Antona transfers Simply Simpson’s to his HQ city http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/02-05-08/birmingham-kenilworth-antona-simpsons/ Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/01-05-08/review-of-the-reviews--london/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/01-05-08/review-of-the-reviews--london/ Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/01-05-08/review-hix-oyster-and-chop-house-smithfield-ec1/ A plain Smithfield establishment on the former Rudland & Stubbs (RIP) site, bearing the name of a former Caprice group executive chef; our early-days sampling of the meat-heavy English menu showed sig http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/01-05-08/review-hix-oyster-and-chop-house-smithfield-ec1/ Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/30-04-08/vivat-bacchus-hays-london-bridge/ Popular wine ’n’ cheese specialist to open near London Bridge http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/30-04-08/vivat-bacchus-hays-london-bridge/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/30-04-08/london-city-recession-restaurants/ Still bums on seats, but wine spend may be down http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/30-04-08/london-city-recession-restaurants/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/30-04-08/the-betjeman-arms/ By the tracks at the new St Pancras, a run-of-the-mill ‘English’ pub-cum-brasserie, from Geronimo Inns, with ideas above its station. "Yeah it's good... well, it's all right... it's fine." O http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/30-04-08/the-betjeman-arms/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/29-04-08/review-beehive-pulze-marylebone-w1/ Italian bistro-meets-Marylebone boozer – Claudio Pulze’s latest addition to London’s dining scene (his 50th!) is an odd and hard-to-characterise venture, offering good food at good prices, and f http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/29-04-08/review-beehive-pulze-marylebone-w1/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/28-04-08/review-connaught-darroze-latium-ledbury/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/28-04-08/review-connaught-darroze-latium-ledbury/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/28-04-08/ramsay-st-ives-toronto-strategy/ Next month Timbuktu? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/28-04-08/ramsay-st-ives-toronto-strategy/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/25-04-08/mcnally-minetta-tavern-balthazar/ Balthazar king acquires Minetta Tavern http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/25-04-08/mcnally-minetta-tavern-balthazar/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/25-04-08/pho-fires-up/ New branch in Fitzrovia http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/25-04-08/pho-fires-up/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/25-04-08/review-mokssh-indian-chelsea-sw10/ A would-be-trendy Indian restaurant-cum-cocktail bar, on the Chelsea ‘Beach’; it offers good and sometimes innovative cuisine, but the atmosphere on our visit was rather flat. The site which is http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/25-04-08/review-mokssh-indian-chelsea-sw10/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/24-04-08/review-of-the-reviews--london/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/24-04-08/review-of-the-reviews--london/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/24-04-08/review-mosaico-italian-mayfair-w1/ Something of a club for affluent Mayfair locals, this convivial basement Italian offers straightforward cooking at prices which would not be sustainable in most other parts of town. Chefs are a rat http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/24-04-08/review-mosaico-italian-mayfair-w1/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/23-04-08/scottish-restaurants-boom/ Record openings in Edinburgh and Glasgow http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/23-04-08/scottish-restaurants-boom/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/23-04-08/review-cruse-cruse9-islington-n1/ A brave, newly-built restaurant – on a rather obscure north-Islington site – which has attracted some very positive press reviews; on our early-days visit, the food – which has a touch of the http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/23-04-08/review-cruse-cruse9-islington-n1/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-04-08/butcher-and-grill-to-expand/ New kid on the Wimbledon block http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-04-08/butcher-and-grill-to-expand/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-04-08/el-bulli-pips-blumental-for-worlds-best-restaurant-title/ Third win for Spanish legend http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-04-08/el-bulli-pips-blumental-for-worlds-best-restaurant-title/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-04-08/min-jiang-to-open-on-10th-floor-of-royal-garden/ Kensington hotel to host Sichuan-with-a-view http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/22-04-08/min-jiang-to-open-on-10th-floor-of-royal-garden/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/21-04-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/21-04-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/21-04-08/jamie-oliver-to-open-a-fifteen-in-leeds/ Also revamps his chain plans http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/21-04-08/jamie-oliver-to-open-a-fifteen-in-leeds/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/18-04-08/maze-grill-w1/ The latest addition to the Gordon Ramsay stable, this Mayfair steak-specialist offers food of consistently high quality; prices are high, though, and neither the setting nor (in the early days) the se http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/18-04-08/maze-grill-w1/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-04-08/more-nonsense-from-which/ Any story to jump on a bandwagon? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-04-08/more-nonsense-from-which/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-04-08/reviews-maze-grill-saf-franco-manca/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-04-08/reviews-maze-grill-saf-franco-manca/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-04-08/ramsay-eclipses-oprah-on-us-tv/ Hell’s Kitchen a top ten show for younger viewers http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-04-08/ramsay-eclipses-oprah-on-us-tv/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/16-04-08/iznik-kaftan-chelsea-sw3-review/ A (grander) offshoot of a north London Turkish restaurant of some note; a good and friendly all-rounder, it seems a little out of place among the shiny boutiques of Brompton Cross. Here’s an oddi http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/16-04-08/iznik-kaftan-chelsea-sw3-review/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/16-04-08/cafe-boheme-review-soho-w1/ Spruced-up and relaunched in spring 2008, this classic Gallic café/bistro retains its charms as a definitive heart-of-Soho rendezvous. No one ever went to Café Bohème for the food, and that’s http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/16-04-08/cafe-boheme-review-soho-w1/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/15-04-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ What the professional critics say http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/15-04-08/review-of-the-reviews---national/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-04-08/cafe-royal-to-become-hotel/ Once-celebrated dining room looks set to be revived http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-04-08/cafe-royal-to-become-hotel/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-04-08/pantechnicon-rooms-continue-belgravia-resurgence/ All neo-Georgians now? http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-04-08/pantechnicon-rooms-continue-belgravia-resurgence/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-04-08/nobu-for-sale/ Price tag – $400m http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/14-04-08/nobu-for-sale/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant news http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/14-04-08/missouri-angel-ec3/ A straightforward and welcoming pub-conversion, in an ‘emerging’ quarter between the City and the East End; the menu – which has an American slant and a particular emphasis on steaks – is real http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-reviews/uk-london/14-04-08/missouri-angel-ec3/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant review