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Cocktails Craft beer/ales Informal Soho Steak

Blacklock – Review (Soho) Vegetarians please look away

Gordon Ker who previously worked at The Hawksmoor, opened his solo venture on the 16th of February 2015 on 24 Great…

1 Michelin Star Craft beer/ales Fulham Gastropub Informal Modern British South of the River

Harwood Arms – Review (Fulham) – A Gastronomic Boozer

What happens when you combine a chef-patron from a two-Michelin-starred London restaurant to run a boozer in Fulham? A deservedly…

Clapham Cocktails Informal Pop-up South of the River Thai

Farang (Pop-up locations) – Review – Thai Street Food

Chef Seb Holmes’s (try saying that fast 20 times!) Thai cooking credentials started at Peckham’s stalwart The Begging Bowl. He joined…

Bistro Clapham Cocktails Craft beer/ales Informal Modern British Modern European Open Kitchen South of the River Tasting Menu

The Dairy – Review Take two (Clapham)

I first dined in The Dairy in the summer of 2015 and I wasn’t disappointed – this time I’m with my siblings…

Cocktails Counter Dining Craft beer/ales Informal Modern European North of the River Open Kitchen Seafood

Galley – Review (Islington) Brother and sister team throw out the rod

Oriona Robb together with her sibling Marcel Grzyb, the former head chef of 10 years at Soho institution Randall and…

Chinese Dim Sum Informal South of the River Suburbia

Imperial China – Review (Teddington) Dim Sum in the suburbs

Guilty as charged – I’m back in the burbs, this time in Teddington, affectionately known to London dining fans as…

Cheap Eats Informal Korean New Malden South of the River Surrey

Palace – Review (New Malden – Little Korea) My Korean adventure continues

I’m creeping South of the River again for my Korean fix, but seriously there’s no better place for it than…

Bistro Brasserie Burgers Cocktails Informal Jason Atherton Mayfair

Little Social – Review (Mayfair) A Social a way of life

In 2013 Jason Atherton was an extremely busy man opening two new ventures – the Little Social on March the 18th…

Curry East End Indian Informal No bookings Spitalfields

Gunpowder Spitalfields – Review. My 3 visits – the chops are king

I’m not sure about everyone else, but when I think about curry (*British word sigh*) in the East End, my…

Informal Italian South of the River Suburbia

Barbaracca – Review (Godalming, Surrey) Does local Italian fare get the thumbs up?

Barbaracca first opened on the 15th of September 2015, replacing the defunct fine dining favourite, La Luna which had been…