Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 17th September 2023. ***** The Telegraph William Sitwell enjoyed a “lunch of great confidence” at Story Cellar, the newly opened Covent Garden spot from Tom Sellers, whose Tower Bridge place Restaurant Story is closed for a major refurb, so he […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 10th September 2023. ***** The Observer “Slapping the words “nose to tail” on your website is a gutsy flex for a new restaurant, when it’s located fewer than 250m from Fergus Henderson’s St John.” Jay Rayner reviewed Origin City, a […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 3rd September 2023. ***** The Observer “The neo-Byzantine, gold-tiled glories of the Criterion on Piccadilly Circus have finally got the restaurant both they and London deserve.” Jay Rayner visited the new, grand, branch of Masala Zone on a much-revamped site […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 20th August 2023. * The Guardian “This is why we put on shoes and go out to eat.” Grace Dent reviewed Mountain, the new Tomos Parry restaurant in Soho; as with his other openings, this has created “a gasping hubbub […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 13th August 2023. ***** The Times “Two people at the top of their game. Near perfection.” Chitra Ramaswamy awarded what we believe to be her first 10/10 across the board this week, dining at Eòrna, a “tiny-in-numbers, […]
ROTR was on holiday last week – here’s a two-week summary of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 6 August 2023. ***** The Evening Standard On 26 July, Jimi Famurewa reviewed Gengelly’s at The Earl of Derby of Telegraph Hill, a “handsomely restored Victorian drinking hole on a south-east London backstreet […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23 July 2023. ***** The Evening Standard “This Balearic beauty is a grill on fire.” Jimi Famurewa is the first of our regular critics to review Mountain, “Tomos Parry’s spanking new, instantly thronged successor to the Michelin-starred […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 16 July 2023. ***** The Observer “Ambitious, clever, relaxed, and hugely enjoyable.” Jay Rayner was in Bury St Edmunds in the heart of Suffolk, enjoying the fruits of labour of two ex-Pea Porridge chefs and their catering […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 9 July 2023. ***** The Guardian “I shall never tire of seeing the power of a good restaurant bringing joy to its community.” Grace Dent was in the delightfully named Slaggyford, Northumberland at The Kirkstyle Inn where […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26 June 2023. ***** The Evening Standard “A few doors down from the East End’s beigel shops and Bangla curry houses — we have an all-new, affordable institution, built upon principles of soulfulness, succour and the timeless […]
