Can a pie be life-affirming? Marina O’Laughlin certainly makes Portland’s sound so The Guardian reviewer loves this recently opened Fitzrovia venture from the Quality Chop House’s Will Lander. “…it takes reservations and doesn’t charge like a rhino.” Meanwhile The Observer’s Jay Rayner is on another one of his jaunts, this time in Lyon The critic-in-chief […]
The Harden’s survey results for the 2015 guide are in Find out which London restaurants are hot (and which are not) with our results based on 65,000 restaurant-goer reports. Grace Dent blows her Christmas budget at Roka Aldwych The Standard’s reviewer finds great robatayaki at wickedly expensive prices – “Think The Wolf of Wall […]
The Editors’ review of Heddon Street Kitchen It’s a competent operation but we can’t help but feel Ramsay’s association has inflated prices. Grace Dent can’t find her sea legs at Sea Containers Why would anyone call a restaurant something so “bloody awful”? the Evening Standard’s reviewer wants to know. Tuscan wine dynasty opens […]
The first review of Tredwell’s is in and it aint good Marcus Wareing’s latest venture isn’t incompetent, it’s just cynical, says the Standard’s David Sexton. Complete overhaul at the Compleat Angler Atul Kochhar, of Mayfair’s Benares, takes over the Riverside restaurant (formerly Aubergine). Grace Dent finds rather delicate portions at Kirazu Smaller, fiddly […]
Grace Dent eats humble pie – and burgers – at Bobo Social The Evening Standard reviewer is forced to admit she judged this posh burger concept by its cover. Pop-ups in very poor taste? From death row dinners to human burgers, east London pop-ups become more outré. Oh dear, Marylebone’s Opso has a bad […]
The Editors’ review of La Tagliata We find a very modern Tuscan villa with a competently realised menu. Zoe Williams – the loan dissenting voice on The Palomar Only two stars in the Telegraph? Has the Israeli restaurant gone so badly downhill since our visit just two months ago? Read our review. Brasserie […]
The Editors’ review of L’Anima Café Some of the food is of very high quality but there’s scope for greater consistency here. Opso? More like Oops Fay Maschler doesn’t enjoy her trip to Marylebone’s new Greek restaurant. Canvas to take over Le Cercle Restaurant ups sticks from Marylebone to Sloane Square. Kurobuta […]
The Editors’ review of Penkul & Banks This relaunch on the site of Beard to Tail (RIP) looks set to become a handy all-day destination. Ms Maschler’s five star review for new Barrafina The Standard’s critic is one of the first through the doors of the Covent Garden outpost, finding ‘vivacious, ambrosial’ food. […]
What better way to while away the long summer nights, or the (hopefully) scorching summer days, than by enjoying a meal outside? Now that the fine weather is here and holidays are imminent, there’s plenty of opportunity for dining al fresco in London. We’ve rounded up the best gastropub gardens, riverside patios and rooftop terraces […]
The Editors’ review of Pavilion It’s handy enough for a pricey shopping lunch, but not a destination restaurant. Grace Dent is in a Viennese whirl over Fischer’s The Evening Standard critic loves Corbin & King’s new Vienna-style café. Smith & Wollensky to open at Adelphi US steakhouse to open its first London outpost […]
