Spitalfields may have been a culinary desert up until now, but that’s sure to change with the arrival of this superb new eaterie.
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
East London
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You may think travelling to Somerset for a meal is a luxury only restaurant reviewers can afford. And you would have a point. But travelling the 160 miles from London to be transported into another world is a necessity all city dwellers.....
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
Somerset
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Just St James is the sort of West End establishment that scores highly for décor – it’s a huge room, all big furniture and balconies – but not so well on value for money...
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
West End & Mayfair
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The premises of this restaurant was a very grand Edwardian bank building. It has to be said that St James is an area of central London in which grand buildings are not in short supply, nor are restaurants...
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
West End & Mayfair
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With its heyday very much under the long departed masterchef Rowley Leigh, Kensington Place appears to be making a comeback.
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
Bayswater, Notting Hill
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With a pedigree dating back to 1798, and such clients as Charles Dickens and John Betjeman, it's not surprising that the current owner of Rules, John Mayhew, has sought to continue a winning formula. The intention has always been to provide "traditional food" at affordable prices
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
London
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A star is born at the Barbican. “You’re gonna go out there a nobody but you’re gonna to come back a star,” is the line from A Star is Born well known to every aspiring actor...
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
Square Mile
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To talk of a modern steak house might seem a contradiction in terms as we have become so used to chain identities and all that implies, in a steak-eating experience, meat-theme park sort of way. You know the drill.
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
Fulham & Hammersmith
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If by now London’s become a hotbed of classy gastropubs, the good news is that there is no end to this burgeoning trend with Charles Lamb
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
North London
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A re-invigorated classic.The Dorchester’s new executive chef, Henry Brosi, has turned his attention to this classic of...
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
West End & Mayfair
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The rise of the gastro pub has been one of the more enjoyable food fads in the capital these last few years, even if hardened drinkers might disagree. The formula goes something like
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
West End & Mayfair
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Just how on earth does Oliver Peyton do it, launching hit restaurant after hit restaurant
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
World
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Rightly hailed as one of London’s best gastropubs soon after its launch, this Clerkenwell stalwart keeps things on a lively keel with a regularly changing menu. The beauty of the food here is that it almost
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
City & Docklands
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Anyone who wants to whinge about the good old pubs of yesteryear vanishing forever to be replaced by restaurants with a bar attached will find no sympathy here. So many of those good old pubs were good in memory only, viewed strictly through rose-coloured spectacles.....
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
Fulham & Hammersmith
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As a child, my family never really went out to restaurants. Neither of my parents were aspiring gourmets, the costs were generally prohibitive and the youngest member of the clan – me – wouldn’t eat anything more than mash and luncheon meat anyway. My experience of restaurants was thus limited to a 70’s TV/film idealised view: a glamorous, slightly formal
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Cuisine:
British
Area:
West End & Mayfair
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