The Dorchester – for breakfast – restaurant review
It’s one of London’s most iconic hotels. Ask any local or tourist to name a couple of the most famous hotels in London and the...
Penny Black for Dinner, Chelsea – restaurant review
The Fulham Road isn’t my usual hunting ground, although it’s well served by public transport and easily accessible, but after my recent dining experience I...
Maison Touareg for lunch – restaurant review
Greek Street is one of my favourite corners of London. It has the feel of a village with heaps of charm preserved from another era....
InterContinental for Afternoon Tea and Summer – review
London is acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It’s been a magnet for tourists for generations. Plenty of celebrated...
The Empress of Sichuan – London Chinatown – restaurant review
I know there are some good restaurants in and around Chinatown but they are famously few and far between. It’s a universal truth that the...
Mango Tree for Sunday Lunch – restaurant review
It’s been decades since a Sunday lunch just meant a huge roast with all the trimmings. We have travelled and our tastes are much broader....
Tempo Mayfair – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] There has been an Italian restaurant on this site in Curzon Street since the 1930s. Tempo is its latest reincarnation...
Atlantico at The Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel – review
The Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel is a 4-star hotel in one of London’s most iconic of locations. It’s conveniently placed just a few yards from...
Zenna Bar, Soho – review
Dean Street is a famed Soho thoroughfare. It runs between the retail hub of Oxford Street to the north and Shaftesbury Avenue to the south....
Bavarian Beerhouse, City Road – restaurant review
Yes, your intrepid restaurant reviewer has sought out another interesting eatery for my dear reader to try. This one is truly a bit different and...
Bavarian Beerhouse – Tower Hill – restaurant review
What can be more iconic than the Tower of London? Its imposing stones and gilded embellishments still have that wow factor. The building must have...
Café Spice Namasté: Khaadras Club Night – review
In the seventh century, Arab armies conquered Persia (now Iran). Some Zoroastrians were converted to Islam whilst others fled to India. They settled in the...
Perrier-Jouët Champagne Lounge at Dukes Hotel – review
Dukes Hotel is found unobtrusively tucked away in one of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods. The stunning building graces a quiet corner of St. James’s and...
108 Marylebone Lane – restaurant review
Oxford Street has its chain retail outlets and stalls stocked with goods that no self-respecting adolescent tourist would want to live without: plenty of plastic...
Tuttons for Tea – restaurant review
Henry VIII dissolved all of England’s monastic properties in 1540, because he couldn’t get his way with the Catholic church and the ‘Bishop of Rome’...
ORA Thai Food and Jazz – restaurant review
There is a world of tranquillity just behind the buzz and throng of Oxford Street. That celebrated retail hub is a river of bag-burdened humanity...
The Phoenix – Geronimo Kitchen – restaurant review
The Phoenix is an attractive and traditional pub. Just the sort that tourists long to find and locals want to have as their local. These...
Triphal Indian Restaurant – Southfields – review
Sarkhel’s was a celebrated Indian restaurant in Southfields, between Wandsworth and Wimbledon. That restaurant has now closed but it’s a strange irony that some of...
Opera Tavern, Covent Garden – restaurant review
Opera Tavern was built in 1879 by the then celebrated public house architect George Treacher. Those were the days when there was a traditional pub...
Inamo Techno Restaurant, Soho – review
Wardour Street is celebrated as one of London’s night-owl alleys. Its selection of clubs and eateries is legendary so it’s no surprise that it also...