Bird of Smithfield – restaurant review
Sounds like a family butchers which might have been trading for a brace of centuries. It is, in fact, a newish restaurant but right next...
Benares for dinner – restaurant review
Situated in the heart of Mayfair, Benares serves Michelin-starred modern Indian cuisine and is famed for doing that. This is fine dining and gives other...
Canela Café at Seven Dials – restaurant review
Yes, if you look for them, there really are seven dials and they are affixed to a column at the intersection. A blue plaque commemorates...
Sunday Brunch – Kurobuta Marble Arch – restaurant review
I confess, I had no idea what to expect. Yes, it was going to be Japanese. But a Sunday Brunch Buffet? How was that going...
Bunny Chow, Soho – restaurant review
The name might not entice the uninitiated across the threshold, that’s true. One might suspect that it’s only salad on offer: well, that’s chow for...
Bó Drake, Greek Street – restaurant review
It’s a part of Soho that has been the haunt of those seeking dubious nocturnal delights down the centuries, but also those associated with the...
Donna Margherita, Lavender Hill – restaurant review
This classic Italian restaurant is on Lavender Hill. The street’s name comes from the lavender that was once grown in market gardens around here. After...
Opium Cocktail and Dim Sum Parlour – bar review
London’s Chinatown is broadly found between Shaftesbury Avenue to the north and Lisle Street to the south. It’s not far from Leicester Square and Theatreland....
Balans Soho Society, Seven Dials – restaurant review
I have had many a vibrant Brunch at Balans and I am drawn there for the Eggs in Hell – 2 eggs poached in a...
Patty and Bun, Old Compton Street – restaurant review
Soho in general and this street in particular became the refuge of Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England in the early 1680s. The street...
CAU Kingston – restaurant review
People say it’s all about location. That’s probably true, as there is no finer spot than CAU in Kingston on a hot summer evening. Sitting...
The Meat Co, Westfield, Shepherds Bush – restaurant review
I live in West London and I can say with a degree of authority that a decade ago Shepherds Bush was, on a good day,...
Hanger SW6, Fulham – restaurant review
Fulham is trendy these days, but it wasn’t always such a sought-after address. In 879 Danish invaders had a winter break at Fulham and Hammersmith....
Mele e Pere for Vermouth with a Master – bar review
Vermouth has been ubiquitous in and on cocktail bars since mixed drinks became popular more than a century ago, but many of us have no...
Mele e Pere – a steak in Soho – restaurant review
Mele e Pere opened in the heart of Soho in February 2012, but that neighbourhood dates back centuries. In the Middle Ages, what is now...
Brunch Counter, Vauxhall Arches – restaurant review
One could easily miss it! Counter truly is under the arches at Vauxhall station. Its entrance is understated but don’t pass by. This is worth...
Romulo Café, London – restaurant review
This is a leafy corner of the capital. It’s not a neighbourhood of steel and glass. This is the preserve of people who actually live...
Saturday Brunch at OXBO, Bankside – restaurant review
This isn’t my first visit to OXBO and it won’t be my last. Yes, dear reader, it’s a restaurant in a hotel but it has...
Stuzzico in London’s village – restaurant review
Talk about London and it’s likely a conversation about financial hubs (yes, even now after Brexit), the bustle of Oxford Street, the draw of Theatreland...
Forman’s Restaurant, Hackney – review
London is moving east. There has been much investment in an area that already had good transport links. New building for both housing and commerce...