It is a truth universally acknowledged amongst London sophisticates that provincial city-centre restaurants must be second-rate. For many years this was indeed true. And for many of those years the branches of the Living Room chain to be found in many major cities have been well worth knowing about as the best of a mediocre […]
Last week’s wizard editorial wheeze was that we should cover healthy eating, so it came as no great surprise when we were told that this week’s theme is’ dining out on a budget. Turns out, it’s not so bad – well, not as bad as healthy eating anyway – and this week we’ve found three […]
In deepest Holland Park, this new establishment occupies an intriguing space in a storybook London streetscape. The site was last a restaurant under the name of Orsino – it had a beautiful interior but was never quite good enough to survive in this rather hidden-away location. Isolation is less of a problem for the place’s […]
Please remove your shoes’, reads the sign at the door of Primrose Hill’s triyoga centre (which you find at the end of an obscure mews). It brought to mind an oriental temple, and just entering made your reviewer feel slightly virtuous. It also made me feel very out-of-shape. It was all to do with the […]
A seasonal note arrives from the Editor. Enough of the foie gras and caviar, boys, it rants, what the readers want to know about at this time of year is healthy stuff. Hmmm. Perhaps, we thought, the cafe at this urban spa might fit the bill. The website promises ‘healthy food that makes you feel […]
Until recently this Theatreland spot was a commendable Australasian restaurant, Osia. Cynics said it was too good for a prime West End site, and they turned out to be right. The owner then had a flirtation with an American formula (the Broadway Diner) but it didn’t last long either. Owners Majiv el Ghzal and Yassir […]
