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 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 Strand Dining Rooms It’s a handy enough place for breakfast or tea and coffee but we’re not sure it persuades as a lunch/dinner destination. Ms Maschler enjoys ‘ethereal’ and ‘extraordinary’ food at Wormwood The Evening Standard critic is back from her hiatus and thrilled to discover a new Notting Hill […]
A new café/bar/restaurant offering ‘eclectic modern European cuisine with an Asian twist’ has just opened in Shoreditch. Penkul & Banks, serving tapas and sharing plates (what else?), takes its name from two furniture craftsmen whose Victorian workshops were sited at 77 Curtain Road. Of course more recently the site was home to a manly-menued place […]
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 […]
The Editors’ review of Ham Yard The food is the usual Firmdale Hotel formula, but the setting is really something special. Beast has Grace Dent roaring and raving “Look away now if London decadence leaves you boggle-eyed”, warns ES’s critic. Get a free glass of bubbly at the new Hawksmoor The Knightsbridge outpost […]
The Editors’ review of Bilbao Berria This Basque-style tapas joint is a welcome break from the usually grimly impersonal restaurants around Haymarket. Grace Dent falls in love with Georgian food at Marani ‘I don’t even like mascarpone that much, or mille feuille, but this is making me quite… emotional’. Vienna waltzes into Marylebone, […]
After food critics in Manchester proved they know their oven from their elbow, it’s the turn of the capital’s restaurant reviewers to do the same. Bill Knott of the Financial Times, Tracey MacLeod from the Independent and The Guardian’s Jay Rayner will all take part in the London leg of Too Many Critics, a series of events […]
The Editors’ review of Bird We ‘get’ bird in Shoreditch Grace Dent reviews Blanchette The woman who loves a good bistro, but doesn’t like to share City Social opens at Tower 42 Jason Atherton’s new restaurant has star quality (in the form of Benedict Cumberbatch) The Standard’s Fay Maschler has a busy week First […]
The Editors’ review of Kurobuta The prices at this ‘relaxed’ Japanese tavern aren’t very informal, but the food is ruddy good Blanchette knows how to please Jay Rayner The Guardian critic eschews a pricier tasting menu spot for this down-to-earth, small plates affair (which we also gave a big thumbs up to) Lee Westcott’s […]
