⦿ In the Observer, Jay Rayner reviewed Barbecoa, the new Piccadilly flagship from Jamie Oliver (pictured, left, with Raymond Blanc), a grand and expensive “meat and smoke extravaganza“. “It feels like a big New York brasserie crossed with a branch of Hawksmoor. The real action is downstairs in a basement space which laughs in the […]

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It seems as though a few of the usual suspects were off on holiday last week, so here’s a somewhat truncated version of our review of the reviews. Find out where the critics ate this week… First up, did you know that Pret a Manger had launched an evening service restaurant on The Strand? Surely […]

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