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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 8th November 2026 Financial Times Zylia, Covent Garden Jay Rayner talked up a Greek restaurant “we need” in order to counter the notion current in London that Greece’s culinary tradition must be “buffed and polished like it’s a 25-year-old going […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 1st November 2026 Financial Times Beau, Belfast Jay Rayner was highly impressed by a small-plates restaurant that opened “down an unpromising service lane last year in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter”. The chef is Lottie Noren, who recently competed in Great […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 25th October 2026 The Guardian Outlier, Glasgow Grace Dent followed up a tip from a stranger to have brunch at a four-year-old art space with a kitchen whose “carefully orchestrated can’t-be-arsedness is really quite magical [and] intensely likable”. She was […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 18th October 2026 Financial Times Miokuru Handroll Bar, Soho Jay Rayner dropped into one of the half-dozen handroll bars that have opened within a couple of hundred metres of Piccadilly Circus in recent months, where he enjoyed “one of […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 11th October 2026 The Guardian Indian Café Racer, Birmingham Grace Dent enjoyed the ride at a cult Brum outfit that started out in the back room of a pub and has now expanded into “fancy new” 65-cover premises. Its […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 4th October 2026 The Guardian Dante Mayfair, Claridge’s Grace Dent managed to find nice things to say about the New York import permanently installed in the main restaurant space at this grand hotel, going against the flow of reviewers who […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 27th September 2026 The Observer Mor, Cornwall Tanya Gold hailed the new restaurant from chef Tom Sellers overlooking “the most pristine and eerie beach in Cornwall” at the Carbis Bay Hotel, host to the world’s leaders for the G7 […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 13th September 2026 Financial Times Igni, Mayfair Jay Rayner savoured a meal of “only highlights” from ex-Cycene chef Theo Clench, who has taken over the live-fire kitchen of what used to be called Humo. The experience is best enjoyed […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 31st August 2026 Financial Times Saarawos, Elephant and Castle Jay Rayner was impressed by the Thai cooking he encountered in the upstairs back room at an old boozer called The Albert Arms, where young ex-Fallow chef Ice Pongnat Ramanat […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23rd August 2026 The Times & Sunday Times Keller, Whitstable Giles Coren enjoyed his meal at a “loose, affordable and fantastic” new wine-bar/restaurant from chef Daniel Smith and sommelier Elliott Ashton-Konig of the Fordwich Arms in Canterbury. If every […]
