Fatto a Mano
Perhaps the best Pizza! I am both a food writer and a travel writer and I have been blessed with the opportunity to eat pizza...
Da Long Yi Hot Pot London
Addictive spice. If you love flavourful and vibrant food, then Da Long Yi Hot Pot is the place for you. The soup and cooking bases...
Prezzo!
Comforting Italian. Prezzo Italian Restaurant on Glasshouse Street in Soho is just steps away from theatres, bars, classy shopping on Piccadilly, and the Tube station...
Unlimited Grills, Unlimited Thrills at Kasa and Kin!
Kick off 2025 in style! Starting 15 January and running for just 4 weeks, this mouth-watering feast is available every Wednesday and Thursday until 6...
John Snow’s Drinking Water
Medical discoveries in old Soho. London’s Soho defies a label: it’s restaurants, bars, entertainment, music, theatre, art, architecture, film, retail… and a Petri dish for...
Banana Tree New Menu
Pan-Asian Flavour. Banana Tree is an award-winning Southeast Asian restaurant group, celebrated for its street food-inspired dishes from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, and...
Mildreds Soho
No Meat but Nothing Missing. Let me say at the outset that I am a meat-eater. We have meat-free meals for around 5 days each...
Banana Tree
Vibrant Flavours. Soho has long been blessed with restaurant options of various ethnic persuasions, but Banana Tree, a pan-Asian restaurant in Wardour Street is, for...
40 Dean Street
Italian Food with Charm. It’s been more than a decade since my last visit to 40 Dean Street but it’s as good as I remember...
Discovering the Orient
Chinatown in Soho London throngs with tourists and locals every day of the week. This isn’t, however, the first Chinatown in London. The original Chinese...
Kanada-Ya Panton Street – Haymarket
This is my second visit to this small but perfectly appointed chain of Japanese cafés. Kanada-Ya presents a casual den for those who love noodles....
Chotto Matte for Sunday Brunch – restaurant review
Chotto Matte is one of my favourite Soho restaurants. It’s original, reasonably priced and the food is always exceptional. I have previously visited for dinner...
Ember Yard for a Sunday Feast – restaurant review
Ember Yard is the fourth restaurant from the celebrated Salt Yard Group. It has an enviable location off Oxford Street. Yes, ‘off’ is preferable to...
Hot Pot in London’s Chinatown – restaurant review
Hot Pot: a sumptuous DIY event Hot Pot is a sociable activity that allows family and friends to gather together around the pot to celebrate...
Chotto Matte, Soho – restaurant review
Chotto Matte is Japanese for ‘please wait a minute’. No, dear reader, don’t go thinking that this is a veiled threat of slow service. It’s...
The Test Kitchen – restaurant review
I don’t often cover pop-ups. It’s not that I regard them as any less worthy than an established restaurant but it’s just that they are...
Fiz Bar – review
This is a PopUp so don’t spend time reading the rest of this piece. Just go before it closes! One might think that sparkling wine...
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...
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....