BritishReviews Archive

  • Tweet In the greenest corner of South East London, The Rosendale in West Dulwich has been reborn courtesy of peranial pub-upgrade specialists, Renaissance Pubs.  With other pubs in their impressive...

    The Rosendale, SE21

    Tweet In the greenest corner of South East London, The Rosendale in West Dulwich has been reborn courtesy of peranial pub-upgrade specialists, Renaissance Pubs.  With other pubs in their impressive...

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  • Tweet Despite an apparent recession, one of the highlights of London’s hospitality scene in 2011 has been the re-emergence of the luxury hotel.  Whether it’s celebrity favourite, The W Hotel,...

    The Northall, WC2

    Tweet Despite an apparent recession, one of the highlights of London’s hospitality scene in 2011 has been the re-emergence of the luxury hotel.  Whether it’s celebrity favourite, The W Hotel,...

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  • Tweet Take a look at the Laughing Gravy’s website and the blurb suggests that it is ‘London’s best kept secret’. Expecting this to be a euphemism for ‘generally empty’, I...

    Laughing Gravy, SE1

    Tweet Take a look at the Laughing Gravy’s website and the blurb suggests that it is ‘London’s best kept secret’. Expecting this to be a euphemism for ‘generally empty’, I...

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  • Tweet Long-standing Streatham pub, The Manor Arms, has looked to the past to take it into the future with its recent relaunch.  Set on the site of a former grimy...

    The Manor Arms, SW16

    Tweet Long-standing Streatham pub, The Manor Arms, has looked to the past to take it into the future with its recent relaunch.  Set on the site of a former grimy...

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  • Tweet The megalithic bronze statues and towering blocks of commerce in Exchange Square make for an unlikely setting for the city outpost of the newest pub from Geronimo Inns. The...

    The White Horse, EC2

    Tweet The megalithic bronze statues and towering blocks of commerce in Exchange Square make for an unlikely setting for the city outpost of the newest pub from Geronimo Inns. The...

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  • Tweet Consider the food offering at most of London’s main attractions and it’s no wonder that we have an admittedly undeserved reputation for less than brilliant food.  However, by partnering...

    Tom’s Kitchen @ Somerset House, WC2

    Tweet Consider the food offering at most of London’s main attractions and it’s no wonder that we have an admittedly undeserved reputation for less than brilliant food.  However, by partnering...

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  • Tweet Take a bunch of restaurant staff who have shed blood, sweet and tears working their way up to work in some of London’s finest bars and Michelin-starred restaurants and...

    Prince of Wales, SW15

    Tweet Take a bunch of restaurant staff who have shed blood, sweet and tears working their way up to work in some of London’s finest bars and Michelin-starred restaurants and...

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  • Tweet Those well aquainted with Blackadder the Third will know that The Prince Regent was not blessed with political prowess. Instead he was more of an extravagant dandy dedicated to...

    York & Albany, NW1

    Tweet Those well aquainted with Blackadder the Third will know that The Prince Regent was not blessed with political prowess. Instead he was more of an extravagant dandy dedicated to...

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  • Tweet As the economy has boomed, the foodie world has largely become influenced by style over substance.  We’ve all been wowed by a ‘pithivier of this’, ‘foam of that’ and...

    The Avalon, SW12

    Tweet As the economy has boomed, the foodie world has largely become influenced by style over substance.  We’ve all been wowed by a ‘pithivier of this’, ‘foam of that’ and...

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  • Tweet For every Nobu and The Ivy that is name-checked as a celebrity hang-out, there exists a far less conspicuous restaurant providing the same, if not better dining experience for...

    The Rib Room, SW1

    Tweet For every Nobu and The Ivy that is name-checked as a celebrity hang-out, there exists a far less conspicuous restaurant providing the same, if not better dining experience for...

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