Empire Empire
It’s always an unorthodox start to a lunch when Larry turns up, panting and looking…
Author Alex Larman
Guys and Dolls at The Bridge Theatre
In musical theatre, there is a phenomenon known as “the 11 o’clock number”. Some musicals…
The Parakeet
I have learned, through bitter experience, to treat the label of ‘the best neighbourhood restaurant’…
HUMO
Last year, when I reviewed Casa in Bristol, I wrote that it was the best…
Roka Mayfair
Very few restaurants in London last five years, let alone two decades. And so, when…
The Marylebone
When you’re sauntering around Marylebone – for my money, one of London’s most salubrious and…
The Chesterfield Mayfair
Unlike its more raffish neighbour Soho, Mayfair has always had a reputation for genteel sophistication;…
The Best London Restaurants for January
It’s miserable, wet and cold in January, and you’re still thinking wistfully/shudderingly (delete as appropriate)…
Paro
As regular Arbuturian readers will know, there is little that I enjoy more than a…
Faber, Hammersmith
What is the perfect neighbourhood restaurant? It varies according to taste, budget and, indeed, the…
The Return of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem supposedly dating from some time between 2100 BC and…
Masala Zone at the Criterion
There are few experiences more dispiriting than arriving at a restaurant for an eagerly-awaited meal…