The Rib Room – for more than ribs – Knightsbridge – restaurant review
The food scene in London has changed so much over the past couple of decades. We have moved away from that shocking reality of poor...
Warren House, Kingston – hotel review
We might be in London for a short holiday. We see the sights, monuments, museums. We shop till we drop and we are swept along...
Côte – Dinner in Kingston – restaurant review
This is a lovely spot on the River Thames and well patronised by shoppers during the day and socialisers in the evening. But despite its...
Roka Brunch, Aldwych – restaurant review
Brunch is perhaps my favourite meal of the week. It isn’t a big, indigestible breakfast with the prospect of needing a nap by 10.30 (although...
Mele e Pere, Soho – restaurant review
Mele e Pere is a little cracker of a restaurant and I am almost reluctant to publicise it any further for fear that the prices...
Gymkhana London – restaurant review
Gymkhana is an Indian word which originally referred to a meeting place. These days it tends to be an equestrian day event put on by...
Memphis in London – theatre review
The Shaftesbury Theatre is both beautiful and historic, and a worthy presenter of a show that is beautiful in a very different way. Memphis is...
Bombay Brasserie – Cool and contemporary – restaurant review
Bombay Brasserie and Bar, Gloucester Road, South Kensington has been an A-lister for the great and the good as well as the just famous and...
Gaylord in Mortimer Street – restaurant review
This is one restaurant that I have visited and wondered why I had not done so long before now. Gaylord Restaurant was established in 1966...
London for Foodies, Gourmets and Gluttons by David Hampshire – review
This thick, square tome is a veritable guide to all things delicious in the capital. We are truly spoilt for choice so it’s handy to...
Iconic Kettner’s of Soho – restaurant review
[This restaurant is now closed] Kettner’s, I used to feel, seemed somewhat out of place in this corner of the great metropolis. It’s a genteel...
Patara Thai Restaurant, Knightsbridge – review
There are few restaurants in Knightsbridge that don’t exude some kind of classy charm. It’s that kind of area. High-end residents and visitors looking for...
Counter Vauxhall Arches – restaurant review
So many of my reviews start with ‘Well, it was worth the long journey’ and stoically ‘It’s a bit off the beaten track’. This evening...
OKA Japanese Restaurant, Kingly Court – review
Kingly Court is tucked away between Carnaby Street and Regent Street. It’s an area famed for smart boutiques and cosy eateries and for its ‘swinging‘...
Carom Indian Restaurant, Soho – review
Carom the restaurant: named after the Indian spice. Carom seeds have a taste similar to thyme and are popular in Indian savoury snacks, so even...
The New Zaika, Kensington – restaurant review
The name Zaika means ‘fine flavour’ in a South Indian dialect, and this restaurant has been known for that since its opening in 1997, although...
Sticky Fingers – Return with Benny – restaurant review
One is spoilt for restaurants in London. High-end Michelin-starred, white-tableclothed establishments abound. There are exotic and periodically good curry houses. There are trending trucks offering...
Shoryu Ramen, Soho – restaurant review
Shoryu Ramen launched in November 2012 and has already been recommended in the Michelin Guide of 2014 and 2015. It has fast become a small...
Flat Iron, Beak Street – restaurant review
The second Flat Iron opened last July. This could be the start of something big, or at least lots of little somethings if the size...
Kanada-Ya (or how I found my noodle) – restaurant review
I have wanted to visit for a while. No, this isn’t a Michelin-starred restaurant. No, one isn’t dazzled by drifts of white linen tablecloths or...