Here’s our regular summary of what the national and local restaurant critics have been writing about in the week ending 20 March 2022. ***** The Sunday Times Marina O’Loughlin was in Cumbria, at Heft, which “has been reaping quite a bit of excited anticipation from restaurant spods — yes, me too — because of chef-patron […]
Here’s our regular summary of what the national and local restaurant critics have been writing about in the week ending 27 February 2022. ***** The Sunday Times To Margate for Marina O’Loughlin, and a meal at Sargasso, a “little beacon of loveliness” that’s one of the “improbable number” of “genuinely good” restaurants that have followed […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 20 December 2021 – the penultimate ROTR of the year! ***** The Sunday Times “Who in their right minds would open a restaurant at a time like this?” Marina O’Loughlin asked the question on all […]
Here’s our regular summary of what the national and local restaurant critics have been writing about in the week ending 21 November 2021. ***** The Evening Standard Catalyst Cafe in Holborn has “no hype-stoking publicist or obvious Hellenic signifiers”, but is “serving some of the best Greek food in London” thanks to “the considerable gifts […]
Here’s our regular summary of what the national and local restaurant critics have been writing about in the week ending 15 November 2021. Now we are nearing the end of the year, who’s going to be the first critic to publish their “best meals of 2021”? ***** The Sunday Times Is fine-dining dead? Marina O’Loughlin […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 10 October 2021. ***** The Evening Standard Jimi Famurewa did us all a favour and reviewed Salt Bae’s London newcomer, saving his readers the trouble and hundreds of pounds in the process. He was even […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 26 September 2021. ***** The Evening Standard Back after a holiday, Jimi Famurewa was the first of the critics to review BiBi, the “swashbucklingly progressive new Indian restaurant” which opened last week in Mayfair, from […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 12 September 2021. ***** The Guardian Grace Dent is the first of our regular critics to visit Marugame Udon, the first London outpost of the “global mega-chain” of the same name. “There has been a […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 8 August 2021 (with links to last week’s reviews when your ROTR editor was on holiday!) ***** The Guardian “I keep a picture of the (“humongous, fiercely seasoned, dark crimson”) king prawns on my phone […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 25 July 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “What to do when the restaurant you’ve travelled quite far to review probably shouldn’t be open to paying guests yet?” Marina O’Loughlin turned the tables on The Hotel […]
