Savini of Milan – at home in London – restaurant review
Discerning diners in Milan and the great and the good from the rest of the world will know of Savini. It will likely have been...
Jamavar comes to Mayfair – restaurant review
The original Jamavar opened in 2001 at The Leela Palace Bengaluru in India and was named among the World’s Top 10 Power Dining Spots by...
Castle Hotel, Windsor – hotel review
Windsor is just 23 miles (37 km) from Central London with convenient transport links. It’s not far from Heathrow Airport and many visitors are lucky...
Ichiryu Hakata Udon House – restaurant review
Ichiryu Hakata Udon House is from the same stable that brings you Japan Centre and the chain of Japanese restaurants, Shoryu. Ichiryu is a well-placed...
The Swan at the Globe – restaurant review
The Swan Bar and Restaurant is part of Shakespeare’s Globe, overlooking the River Thames. I think it’s one of the best views of the river...
Den Udon at Kings Cross – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] Japanese food is becoming more popular. There have long been very smart Japanese restaurants in London and they have been...
La Mancha, Chiswick – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] The name La Mancha will be familiar to all in West London and many from further afield. It was a...
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....