Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 5 September 2021 (with links to last week’s reviews when your ROTR editor was on holiday!) ***** The Observer Jay Rayner reviewed Mangal 2, the Dalston Turkish restaurant now run by the sons of the […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 22 August 2021. ***** The Observer “I do not hesitate to say that what’s being served here is some of the very best sushi in the UK today.” Jay Rayner secured himself a sought-after spot at the […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 8 August 2021 (with links to last week’s reviews when your ROTR editor was on holiday!) ***** The Guardian “I keep a picture of the (“humongous, fiercely seasoned, dark crimson”) king prawns on my phone […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 25 July 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “What to do when the restaurant you’ve travelled quite far to review probably shouldn’t be open to paying guests yet?” Marina O’Loughlin turned the tables on The Hotel […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 18 July 2021. Today (19 July) marks “Freedom Day” in England, with all Covid restrictions in pubs and restaurants now lifted. ***** The Guardian “I sighed with a heady mix of peak elation and existential […]
Here is our football-free, weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 11 July 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “This is not a story of gentrification, but of people keen to make a living doing what they love somewhere they can afford.” Marina O’Loughlin was overjoyed […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 27 June 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “Oh goody, more men playing with fire, more white boys cooking Thai food,” thought our intrepid Marina O’Loughlin when viewing the restaurant’s website ahead of this week’s review, […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 20 June 2021. ***** The Guardian “I’ve done a lot of smiling graciously, but being relentlessly supportive of restaurants couldn’t last forever… For the first time since the pandemic, I am openly narked about a not-very-good restaurant. […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 30 May 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “In years of doing this gig I don’t think a week has gone by without someone complaining — via whatever platform — about the bill.” After a quick detour about […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 23 May 2021. The Evening Standard “Few restaurants embody the pandemic era spirit of perpetual adaptability like Ombra in Hackney.” For his first “back in the room” meal, the Evening Standard’s chief restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa reviewed […]
