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Tucked away in Blossom Street – presumably the place in the City specialising in bulb investment and Chrsyanth futures.........
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Cuisine: Modern Italian
Area: Square Mile & City
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Beautifully located in Blossom Street,Roberto Paddo’s restaurant has achieved its mission to bring good, simple Italian fare to the Square Mile.
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Cuisine: Modern Italian
Area: Square Mile & City
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No monkey business here. Looking at the luminous monkeys dancing in the tympanum of this former bank, you would never guess that...
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Cuisine: South Indian - Kerala
Area: South London
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Members clubs with good dining rooms have made an incredible resurgence in the past few years, opening to the public at lunchtime for the exposure (and the extra revenue), most notably Monty’s on Sloane.......
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Cuisine: Modern British
Area: West End & Mayfair
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Every year, one global cuisine is chosen as the nation’s favourite. Over the last few years, our taste buds have been taken to Japan, Morocco and most of the South-East Asian peninsula. Well, I’m happy to stick my neck out and say that 2002 should be the year of Afghan food. And where do I base this idea? Not on an assessment of the international geo-political situation, but on a visit to the Afghan Kitchen in Islington.
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Cuisine: Afghan
Area: North London
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Take a two hour holiday in Aix en Provence. It’s strange sometimes the things that can make you feel you are in a foreign country. Immediately after being seated at Aix en Provence, a French couple at a nearby table was engaged in a very serious wine service discussion...
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Cuisine: French
Area: Bayswater, Notting Hill
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With its name derived from a mountain in Taiwan, this new and upmarket Chinese forms part of the £1.3b regeneration....
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Cuisine: Chinese
Area: Middlesex
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Islington, according to my companion – a resident who, in AA Gill fashion, has gamely offered to be known as The Blonde – has been lacking a good restaurant. Courtesy of Almeida, Sir Terence Conran’s amalgam of French cuisine and North London cool, it’s now got one.
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Cuisine: French
Area: North London
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Curious, isn’t it, how – and why – people come up with names for restaurants. There are address names (190 Queensgate), descriptive names (Parisienne Chop House), all of which are crystal clear. But then there are the puzzlers and Amber....
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Cuisine: Spanish
Area: West End & Mayfair
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A blackboard proudly claims that Arizona is “Camden’s friendliest hangout”. Cynics might question why it doesn’t refer to itself as a restaurant...
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Cuisine: American
Area: North London
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A blackboard on the wall of Arizona proudly claims that the Tex-Mex eaterie is “Camden’s friendliest hangout”. Cynics might question why it doesn’t refer to itself as a restaurant. They’d have a point. On the plus side..........
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Cuisine: American
Area: North London
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It was like stepping on to a set from Sex in the City. Honest. There were all these tables of fours with 30-something women womanfully drinking down their red wine with their fishcakes...
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Cuisine: Modern European
Area: West End & Mayfair
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Awana – it means “in the clouds” in Malaysian, apparently - is elegantly situated off Sloane Avenue. The heavenly name is apt for the delightful cuisine – Malaysian food given a quixotic twist – on offer
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Cuisine: Japanese
Area: Kensington & Chelsea
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I’ve never been one for the “don’t judge a book by its cover” school of thought. And judging by the appearance of Babylon, I’m not alone. This restaurant has got its first impression down pat: sleek, expensive and sophisticated.
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Cuisine: Modern European
Area: Kensington & Chelsea
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I've always had a fondness for Polish cooking, especially when the weather gets colder. But I rarely think of going to an Eastern European restaurant and have foolishly treated it as a bit of a novelty........
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Cuisine: Modern Eastern European
Area: South London
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Bam-Bou is an atmospheric French-Vietnamese restaurant in the heart of the Charlotte Street café strip where Indo-Chinese wall hangings and ambient music create an evocative environment.
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Cuisine: French/Vietnamese
Area: West End & Mayfair
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This atmospheric French-Vietnamese restaurant in the heart of the Charlotte Street café strip will charm you from the moment you walk into its dimly lit entrance...
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Cuisine: French/Vietnamese
Area: West End & Mayfair
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As one of the finest chefs working with an Indian repertoire in the UK, Yogesh Datta has made
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Cuisine: Indian
Area: South London
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The bar was doing brisk business but the large dining room was virtually deserted when we arrived in the early evening. That’s not usually a good sign but any alarm bells were quickly dispelled – firstly by the food itself and secondly by the fact that within forty minutes every single table was taken.
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Cuisine: Modern British
Area: South London
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Bankside, the famously recommended restaurant is very able to fill its capacity with happy, satisfied customers. Their secret you say? Good value for money and great food!
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Cuisine: Modern British
Area: South London
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