Review Archive

  • Tweet London’s dining scene is more diverse and innovative than it has ever been before.  New upstarts with their increasingly quirky ideas seem to be opening on a daily basis,...

    L’Etranger, SW7

    Tweet London’s dining scene is more diverse and innovative than it has ever been before.  New upstarts with their increasingly quirky ideas seem to be opening on a daily basis,...

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  • Tweet Created by the people behind the highly regarded Thai restaurant group Patara, Suda takes a more specialised approach to their native cuisine by taking its influence from Siamese ‘rice...

    Suda, WC2

    Tweet Created by the people behind the highly regarded Thai restaurant group Patara, Suda takes a more specialised approach to their native cuisine by taking its influence from Siamese ‘rice...

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  • Tweet If I was going to put my money on London’s next big restaurant trend, it would have to be Vietnamese.   The scene has been bubbling away for a while,...

    Pho, Various Locations

    Tweet If I was going to put my money on London’s next big restaurant trend, it would have to be Vietnamese.   The scene has been bubbling away for a while,...

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  • Tweet Gordon Ramsay may now be more (in)famous for his out-of-kitchen antics than the dazzling cooking skills that earned him his place in the spotlight, but there’s no doubting Gordon’s...

    Petrus, SW1

    Tweet Gordon Ramsay may now be more (in)famous for his out-of-kitchen antics than the dazzling cooking skills that earned him his place in the spotlight, but there’s no doubting Gordon’s...

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  • Tweet London has its fair share of style-led restaurants, but 2010 saw nowhere more eye-catching than Kyashii; perhaps it’s location opposite Stringfellows inspired the owners of Kyashii to create a...

    Kyashii, W1

    Tweet London has its fair share of style-led restaurants, but 2010 saw nowhere more eye-catching than Kyashii; perhaps it’s location opposite Stringfellows inspired the owners of Kyashii to create a...

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  • Tweet Celebrity favourites’ have a tendency to be all show and no-go, so it’s with some caution that we visit these restaurants.  After a while, though, the quality has to...

    Nozomi, SW3

    Tweet Celebrity favourites’ have a tendency to be all show and no-go, so it’s with some caution that we visit these restaurants.  After a while, though, the quality has to...

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  • Tweet I believe there’s a line in Cocktail where someone says of Tom Cruise’s character: “Guys want to be him and the girls want to be with him”.  Head on...

    Lonsdale Bar & Kitchen, W11

    Tweet I believe there’s a line in Cocktail where someone says of Tom Cruise’s character: “Guys want to be him and the girls want to be with him”.  Head on...

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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 Impressing a recently inducted City boy isn’t really as easy as one would think.  When it came to taking out my banker cousin for dinner, it turned out he...

    Babbo, W1

    Tweet Impressing a recently inducted City boy isn’t really as easy as one would think.  When it came to taking out my banker cousin for dinner, it turned out he...

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  • Tweet “Location, location, location!”  Just like when you’re buying a new home, one of the most important factors to consider when opening a restaurant is the ‘where’.  In the eatery...

    four o nine, SW9

    Tweet “Location, location, location!”  Just like when you’re buying a new home, one of the most important factors to consider when opening a restaurant is the ‘where’.  In the eatery...

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