Wimbledon Afternoon Tea at The Ampersand
It doesn’t matter if you’re rooting for Murray, Federer or Nadal, the Ampersand Hotel’s Wimbledon…
Browsing: London Restaurants
Brunch Matters: No. 11 Pimlico Road
Pimlico is not the most obvious of gastronomic hotspots; in fact, until last weekend I’d…
Le Tea En Rose
What’s not to love about Chelsea Flower Show? Actually I think quite a bit. All…
Chiltern Firehouse
To describe Chiltern Firehouse as white-hot would be an understatement. In the few months since…
Bibo
Putney. Even the word has something Betjemanesque about it, redolent of upper-middle-class good taste, prim…
Holborn Dining Room
The bar is dark and oak-panelled and alive with characters who are suggestive of high-end,…
Merchants Tavern
I wasn’t doing very much one day, as is my wont, when an email from…
Rextail
As we descend into the subterranean dining room at Rextail, leaving behind the cold of…
Blanchette
Blanchette is a new neighbourhood bistro in Soho founded by three brothers – Malik, Maxime…
Sticks ‘n’ Sushi
The first thing you notice as you walk through the doors of Sticks ‘n’ Sushi,…
Foxlow
The latest opening from the Hawksmoor geniuses has been billed as something of a break from their established formula of enormous, male-oriented steakhouses and cocktail bars. Early word has been of a quiet neighbourhood restaurant, a more modest and humble undertaking than the big, brash and bold places that have made the company’s name.
Cabana
Cabana’s startling multi-coloured facade rears up at me as I approach from the west. Baby…