Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 3rd May 2026 Financial Times Sentosa, Bermondsey Declaring that “going to a restaurant with one particular dish in mind is a noble approach to eating out”, Jay Rayner set his heart on a rare-in-London plate of Singapore chilli crab at […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26th April 2026 The Guardian Impala, Soho Grace Dent was left “punch-drunk with memories” after a meal at this new venue from the all-conquering Super 8 group, where chef Meedu Saad has conjured up a “hazy blend of styles, […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 19th April 2026 The Times  Burro, Covent Garden Giles Coren hailed the new opening from chef Conor Gadd as “one for the ages”: a “great, rustic Italian in a beautiful airy space with plenty of easy West End glamour.” Long […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 12th April 2026 London Standard Impala, Soho David Ellis was thrilled by the “one-off” cooking at former Kiln head chef Meedu Saad’s Egyptian-inspired grill, which he hailed as “fusion food without the naffness” in the mould of “West-African-but-not-really” Ikoyi […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 5th April 2026 London Standard Teal, Hackney David Ellis marvelled at the “astonishingly, masterfully good” debut restaurant from high-profile chef Sally Abé, finally free to do her own thing as boss after head chef stints at the Harwood Arms, […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 29th March 2026 Financial Times Aces Foodcraft, Fitzrovia Jay Rayner hailed “one of the most impressive openings in a long while” at this East/West hybrid from Romanian-born chef Alex Craciun, last seen in London 10 years ago as head […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 22nd March 2026 Financial Times Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, City of London Jay Rayner ascended to the 60th floor of 22 Bishopsgate to sample the new offshoot of Gordon Ramsay’s flagship, whose £250 menu – just £10 less than the Prestige […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 15th March 2026 Daily Telegraph Simpson’s in the Strand William Sitwell hustled a table for the first night of full trading at “the hottest ticket in London”, earning bragging rights as the first national critic into print on restaurateur […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 1st March 2026 The Guardian Pavyllon, Mayfair Grace Dent, a proud member of the early-rising “5am Club”, followed a heavily hyped trend to sample an upmarket power breakfast at the Four Seasons hotel on Park Lane, suggesting: “Perhaps now […]

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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 15th February 2026 The Times & Sunday Times Materia Prima, Notting Hill Following her debut review of London’s oldest restaurant (Rules), new Sunday Times restaurant critic Camilla Long turned her attention to one of its newest, a “high-concept, Japanese-adjacent” […]

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