Right by Fenchurch Street station, a smart but tightly-packed pizza-and-more operation that makes a handy rendezvous for travellers and, yes, locals. We admit to a degree of surprise that Tike, the smart Turkish operation that was until recently the neighbour to Fenchurch Street station, endured for such a brief time. Perhaps the answer is that: […]

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A steakhouse on a scale of which Uncle Sam would approve, and offering good American steaks; Mayfair’s answer to Peter Luger’s, however, this is not. Imagine some sort of TGIF without the charm, and worse Muzak, and you begin to approach the style-horror of the new dining room of this supposedly five-star hotel. Then gross […]

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