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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 17th November 2024 London Standard Canteen, Notting Hill David Ellis made some very, very big claims for this new Portobello Road spot from the team behind the nearby Pelican and the Hero in Maida Vale: that the in-house pasta […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers have been writing about in the week up to 10 November 2024 London Standard Angus Steakhouse, various London addresses Early in his reign as the Standard’s chief restaurant critic, it was clearly time for David Ellis to show he could bare his teeth, and the chosen target […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week to 27th October 2024. London Standard Fonda, Mayfair David Ellis headed to Heddon Street, which week by week enhances its claim to be the epicentre of gastronomic Mayfair, to visit chef Santiago Lastra’s follow-up to Kol, the all-conquering and decidedly upmarket […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week to 20th October 2024. London Standard Sael, St James’s Market David Ellis was the first critic to review the latest of Jason Atherton’s current wave of five London openings, finding it “a restaurant for anyone, at any time, on any occasion”. […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 13th October 2024 The Guardian Café François, Borough Market Grace Dent hailed “a new London landmark” that “could well turn into Borough Market’s most useful rendezvous point”, given the quality of its food, the number of seats (has taken […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 22nd September 2024 The Guardian Köd, Soho Grace Dent has seen the future of dining out – “once the AI robots rule the Earth and we’re down to bugs, dust and 3D-printed gateaux”. And, following her visit to the […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 14th July 2024 Evening Standard Tollington’s, Finsbury Park Jimi Famurewa hailed the Spanish-accented makeover of a derelict chippy, by Four Legs chef Ed McIroy (Plimsoll and the Compton Arms), as “both a justified candidate for opening of the year and […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26th May 2024 The Guardian Brett, Glasgow Grace Dent found “comfort food with the chef’s foot fully on the gas” at this modest-seeming wine bar – the younger sibling of feted Cal Bruich nearby – which “holds a fig leaf […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 19th May 2024 Evening Standard Roe, Canary Wharf Jimi Famurewa delivered the first verdict on the “unfathomably huge” Canary Wharf follow-up to St James’s Market hit Fallow, and it’s a certified thumbs-up: “Roe is both big and clever,” he […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 12th May 2024 The Times Oma, Borough Market Giles Coren wins the ‘review of the week’ award for his rave over the latestBorough Market hotspot, which he rates as “hands down, pants off, run around screaming, slam-dunk best-of-the-year-so-far joint in […]
