Masala Zone at the Criterion
There are few experiences more dispiriting than arriving at a restaurant for an eagerly-awaited meal…
Author Alex Larman
20 Berkeley
Once famous for the sentimental song ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’ – and for…
House of Ming
Does London really need another high-end Chinese restaurant? Ever since the advent of Alan Yau…
Café Royal and the Absinthe Revival
Ah, absinthe! One thinks of all sorts of fin de siècle delights; Beardsley, decadent poets…
Best London Restaurants for Autumn
Here at the Arbuturian, we like to think that we go above and beyond the…
Casa, Bristol
Sometimes, it’s easy to begin a review with a paragraph or two of context and…
Fazenda London
When I was young and stupid, various friends of mine and I used to eagerly…
Blacklock Canary Wharf
The recent news that HSBC – perhaps Canary Wharf’s most iconic inhabitant – is to…
Kachori
Before visiting the new restaurant Kachori, I don’t think I had ever consciously been to…
The Cygnet at The Swan Inn, Islip
If you haven’t heard of the formerly Michelin-starred chef Paul Welburn, then you are missing…
The George in Rye
Rye, for the uninitiated, is a deeply lovely place. One of the Cinque Ports, this…
Embers, Brighton
I have been to too many restaurants in which good ingredients and excellent service are…