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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week to 27th October 2024. London Standard Fonda, Mayfair David Ellis headed to Heddon Street, which week by week enhances its claim to be the epicentre of gastronomic Mayfair, to visit chef Santiago Lastra’s follow-up to Kol, the all-conquering and decidedly upmarket […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week to 20th October 2024. London Standard Sael, St James’s Market David Ellis was the first critic to review the latest of Jason Atherton’s current wave of five London openings, finding it “a restaurant for anyone, at any time, on any occasion”. […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 13th October 2024 The Guardian Café François, Borough Market Grace Dent hailed “a new London landmark” that “could well turn into Borough Market’s most useful rendezvous point”, given the quality of its food, the number of seats (has taken […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 6th October 2024 The Observer In a footnote to Jay Rayner’s damning review last week of restaurant 18 at Rusacks hotel in St Andrew’s, 18’s executive chef Billy Boyter this week announced his departure after just eight months – with […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 29th September 2024 London Standard The Ritz, Piccadilly In a week when ‘fine dining’ emerged as a coincidental theme for reviewers, David Ellis was clearly in the mood to celebrate his elevation to the role of the Standard’s chief […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 25th August 2024 The Sunday Times Daquise, South Kensington Charlotte Ivers may not have discovered a new restaurant, but she scored a genuine scoop in her review of this legendary and much-loved Polish institution (est. 1947), breaking the news […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 28th July 2024 Evening Standard Henri, Covent Garden David Ellis headed to what he calculated was Jackson Boxer’s sixth restaurant on the go, “a Paris-inspired bistro — wanting to be ooh la la, va va voom On-ree, not claret-at-the-golf-club […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 16th June 2024 Evening Standard Paulette, Maida Vale David Ellis had never given a five-star review before his visit to this neighbourhood bistro in the heart of Maida Vale, “on the grounds that nothing is perfect”. And neither was […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 9th June 2024 Evening Standard The Counter, Soho David Ellis expected great things from the second helping of Kemal Demirasal’s upscale Turkish cooking following his success of the first Counter in Notting Hill last year – “God it was […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 12th May 2024 The Times Oma, Borough Market Giles Coren wins the ‘review of the week’ award for his rave over the latestBorough Market hotspot, which he rates as “hands down, pants off, run around screaming, slam-dunk best-of-the-year-so-far joint in […]
