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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 4th October 2026 The Guardian Dante Mayfair, Claridge’s Grace Dent managed to find nice things to say about the New York import permanently installed in the main restaurant space at this grand hotel, going against the flow of reviewers who […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 27th September 2026 The Observer Mor, Cornwall Tanya Gold hailed the new restaurant from chef Tom Sellers overlooking “the most pristine and eerie beach in Cornwall” at the Carbis Bay Hotel, host to the world’s leaders for the G7 […]
Our round-up of wha the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 20th September 2026 The Guardian Kid, Soho Grace Dent gave her seal of approval to the “distinctive, delicious” cooking at one of the year’s most anticipated new restaurants, from ex-Mangal II chef Sertaç Dirik and restaurateur David Carter of […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 6th September 2026 The Guardian Kintsu, Colchester Grace Dent sang the praises of “a small regional indie doing its very best in rather weird times”: chef Paul Wendholt’s ambitious set menu outfit (eight courses plus extras for £90) closed […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 31st August 2026 Financial Times Saarawos, Elephant and Castle Jay Rayner was impressed by the Thai cooking he encountered in the upstairs back room at an old boozer called The Albert Arms, where young ex-Fallow chef Ice Pongnat Ramanat […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23rd August 2026 The Times & Sunday Times Keller, Whitstable Giles Coren enjoyed his meal at a “loose, affordable and fantastic” new wine-bar/restaurant from chef Daniel Smith and sommelier Elliott Ashton-Konig of the Fordwich Arms in Canterbury. If every […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 16th August 2026 The Guardian Kinz, Notting Hill Grace Dent was transported back to a 1980s Duran Duran video by a former Lloyds Bank now converted into a “cinematic” triple-height Lebanese restaurant that is a very different proposition from all […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 9th August 2026. Financial Times Keller, Whitstable Jay Rayner had been tracking this new venture from chef Dan Smith and sommelier Elliott Ashton-Konig, the crew behind the Fordwich Arms near Canterbury, since before it opened – and found his anticipation […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 19th July 2026 The Guardian Vieni, Birmingham Grace Dent found the “happy hubbub” of satisfied diners in Brum’s Jewellery Quarter at a “small, Sicilian and scrappy” restaurant from Angelina Adamo, a chef whose motto is “Bite off more than you can chew”. […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 12th July 2026 Financial Times Margaret’s, Cambridge Jay Rayner gave a big thumbs-up to this “diffusion” restaurant from chef Sam Carter and his wife Alex Olivier, apparently named after a regular at their “more grown-up” venture Twenty-Two, which is […]
