Last Saturday night we stopped off in Holborn for an early dinner at a branch of La Porchetta; it was quite the best pizza I’ve had in Town since I last went to one of their establishments. The restaurants themselves are quite unpretentious, with tables crammed in to bursting point, staff shouting orders about and [...]
I met up with my step-father today, we both thought La Gavroche seemed like a good place for lunch so that is where we met up. It was a good move. The lunch menu was a good buy at £46.50 for three courses including wine and water. The staff were perfectly happy to assist in [...]
This is a new opening in London and it has already got a lot of good press so I was looking forward to lunch there. Even though some of what we ate was very good, I found myself ultimately a bit disappointed by the experience. We had a table in the ‘studio’ downstairs, they only [...]
Yi-Ban is located by an old dock near London city airport, hardly a place that will get a lot of passing trade. It is also bereft of decoration, people don’t go there for the surroundings. However, when we went on a Saturday lunch it was completely full and we had to wait for a table. [...]
On Friday night we visited Haché in Camden, it is a gourmet burger establishment. As usual I looked at the wine list first, which was laughably poor, but I was there for burgers rather than wine so I was not too bothered. They have a range of toppings for the burgers, also chicken, lamb and [...]
Bentley’s Oyster Bar Review I suppose I could be a bit more lenient on Bentley’s as we dined on a Sunday but I’m not going to: it was terrible. It is not a bad dining atmosphere in the oyster bar, but it began to drag a bit as we were sat there with nothing to [...]
Sushi-Say review When I was asked to book a sushi place for Sunday lunch I was a tad surprised; Sunday hardly seems like the best day to be seeking the freshest of fish. Fortunately, my fears were unfounded as this turned out to be the best sushi meal I’ve had in London. As a South [...]
Yauatcha review Yauatcha is quite an impressive looking place in the middle of Soho. Upstairs there is a tea room with little cakes on offer, downstairs is the main restaurant which is the site of the best dim sum meal I have ever eaten. The restaurant itself it quite stylish, with plenty of room between [...]
La Brasserie Ma Cuisine Bourgeoise review Yes, I admit it has an awful name, and the outside looks frankly hideous, but we dined very well. The menu has loads of French Brasserie favourites, so many recognisably fun things that the choice was difficult. Daniel and I ordered a different starters each and swapped half way [...]
This Korean restaurant lives underground right next door to Holborn tube station. The decor and location are perhaps the most interesting things about it as on our trip we found the food to be woefully tedious. We ordered a selection of meat, fish and vegetable dishes. The waitress tried her best to be informative, warning [...]
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