Near Marble Arch, a small but bright tapas bar/restaurant which draws its inspiration from San Sebastian, and whose small dishes generally impressed on our early-days visit. We’ve never been too much troubled by ‘authenticity’. That pan-fried fish you washed down with a bottle of local plonk in some idyllic Aegean port is never going to […]
Near Piccadilly Circus, a vast subterranean space re-created by the owners of the Wolseley as an authentic Gallic brasserie on a huge scale; value is quite reasonable, but we are not convinced the formula really ‘works’. Many regular visitors to Paris will have their own favourite brasserie – a sort of home-from-home in the City […]
Mark Hix returns to his trendy Shoreditch roots to create an – ultimately rather conventional – steak (and chicken) house, in an impressive post-industrial space. Mark Hix made his name at the Caprice group, and then set up on his own. The first of his solo ventures was the Rivington, the opening of which was […]
In a small and perhaps slightly subdued space, just off Carnaby Street, a corner barbecue specialist offering a small range of dishes of very high quality. So much wanted to hate this new corner spot, just off Carnaby Street . Trendy menu (American barbecue), street food origins (under Hungerford Bridge, since you ask), bloggers’ delight’ […]
A surprisingly charming Russian restaurant, in a kitschly-decorated townhouse; service is exemplary, but the cuisine displays the traditional tendency to heaviness, and prices fully reflect the Knightsbridge location. So, you arrive at a new Knightsbridge restaurant to find your guest in one corner of the room and a splendidly-attired Russian Orthodox priest in the other. […]
A convivial Bermondsey bar/restaurant from ex-Brindisa supremo José Pizarro, offering interesting tapas-style dishes; it’s quickly become very popular. A sunny day in Bermondsey. We walk in to find a decent-size, woody but comfortable restaurant – formerly the Bermondsey Kitchen – devoid of custom but somehow still filled with cheer. And within a minute, three good […]
A handily-located West End offshoot of the Cinnamon Club mini-empire, offering robust Indian-inspired dishes in a somewhat basic contemporary-style bistro setting. The charming Vivek Singh is one of those ‘ethnic’ restaurateurs who’ve helped make that term pretty much redundant for savvy Londoners. Say ‘Cinnamon Club’ to anyone in the know, and the image that comes […]
On a mezzanine overlooking the fruit and veg section of the Knightsbridge department store, an unsurprisingly pricey café/brasserie, where the quality does broadly measure up to the prices. We wouldn’t normally review a restaurant on the mezzanine of a department store, however grand, but the Galvins are acknowledged treasures of London’s foodie firmament, so we […]
