SouthWestReviews Archive

  • Tweet Named after Barcelona’s famous food market, Boqueria has been born out of a desire to showcase the very best of Spain. Opened by Barcelona-born Jaime Armenter, the bar and...

    Boqueria, SW2

    Tweet Named after Barcelona’s famous food market, Boqueria has been born out of a desire to showcase the very best of Spain. Opened by Barcelona-born Jaime Armenter, the bar and...

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  • 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 Take a wine barrel full of irrepressible Italian charm, add an endearing pinch of comedic service and top it off with some seriously impressive food and apparently you have...

    Ilia, SW3

    Tweet Take a wine barrel full of irrepressible Italian charm, add an endearing pinch of comedic service and top it off with some seriously impressive food and apparently you have...

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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 Literally meaning ‘live coal’ in Spanish, Brasa sets its stall out to be the home for quality grilled meat in West London.  By providing a menu largely based around...

    Brasa, SW6

    Tweet Literally meaning ‘live coal’ in Spanish, Brasa sets its stall out to be the home for quality grilled meat in West London.  By providing a menu largely based around...

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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 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 For the restaurant world, 2010 will probably be best known for the return of old favourites.  Golden oldies such as Pierre Koffman, Bruno Loubet and Joel Antunes have all...

    Entrée, SW11

    Tweet For the restaurant world, 2010 will probably be best known for the return of old favourites.  Golden oldies such as Pierre Koffman, Bruno Loubet and Joel Antunes have all...

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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 I often walk past Busaba Eathai on Wardour Street, look at the queue and wonder just what all the fuss is about. One Thursday as I sat in the...

    Busaba Eathai, various locations

    Tweet I often walk past Busaba Eathai on Wardour Street, look at the queue and wonder just what all the fuss is about. One Thursday as I sat in the...

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