It’s old rich people who keep top restaurants going. Right? Not on the basis of a visit to Mayfair’s new £80-a-head Nobu Berkeley, where your reviewing team (average age 42) were very amongst the more senior citizens present. Are we just getting on a bit? Did that explain why the noisy ‘cavern’ of a bar/holding […]
Even the most dedicated advocates of Canary Wharf would be hard put to place ‘diverse range of quality eating-places’ at the top of its list of attractions. ‘Chain hell’ might be closer to the mark. Indeed, the worse and more ‘commercial’ the chain is, the more prominently its premises seem to be sited. All to […]
Portugal. What springs to mind? Golf and beaches rather than haute cuisine. It has its Port industry, of course — and produces half the world’s cork (used mostly for’you guessed it). And in fact the name for this excellent Smithfield newcomer comes from a family-owned wine-maker in the Douro Valley. Drink is a theme – […]
What is the number one requirement of a decent business restaurant? Service has to be top of the list. Service which puts people at their ease. Service without embarrassingly long pauses. Service which doesn’t get in the way just as you’re launching into your Big Point. On this front, Axis – very neatly positioned between […]
