A welcoming new Mayfair Italian with a happy soul; our early-days meal was a little up-and-down, but this is a destination which looks set for success nonetheless. Harden’s reviews are sometimes criticised for not talking enough about the food. We’re never quite sure why. Sir Terence Conran, who’s made a lot of money feeding people, […]
In the heart of Kennington, a really handy all-purpose gastroboozer, which was already well into its stride on our early-days lunchtime visit. The latest ‘Renaissance’ pub will come as no surprise to those who’ve visited siblings such as the Avalon, in Balham. Its airy old premises, once a woody wine bar on one of Kennington’s […]
Adjacent to the Museum of London, a simple but satisfying City brasserie that makes a better than usual adjunct to a cultural day out. We have so many cultural facilities in London, many of them ‘world-class’, but how many of these come with dining facilities to which that epithet could similarly be attached? Various Tate […]
Atop Centre Point, a surprisingly – but not disagreeably – plain and straightforward dining room, with one of the finest vistas in town. To visit the landmark which is Centre Point is to be taken back to a different, poorer London. The building (completed in ’66) may at the time have been perceived as a […]
