Review Index
London
Most of these reviews link to five posts: my restaurant recommendations for Central, North, South, East and West London. I update these posts regularly, but if you didn't know they were there you would never find them. I hope this list makes it easier to find what you are looking for. Where there is a longer review, I have indicated this with two separate links: short and sweet or the full story.
Central
- Barrafina, Soho
- Bar Shu, Soho
- Ba Shan, Soho
- Bocca di Lupo, Soho
- Fino, Fitzrovia
- Frenchie, Covent Garden
- Giaconda Dining Room, Soho (now closed)
- Opium, Soho
- Pollen Street Social, Mayfair - short and sweet or the full story
- Portrait Restaurant, Leicester Square
- The Red Fort, Soho - short and sweet or the full story
- Roka, Fitzrovia
- Terriors Bar and Restaurant, Charing Cross
- Yauatcha, Soho
North
- 500, Archway
- The Albion, Islington
- Bistro Aix, Crouch End
- The Bull, Highgate
- Dotori, Finsbury Park - short and sweet or the full story
- The Drapers Arms, Islington - short and sweet or the full story
- The Engineer, Primrose Hill
- Firezza, Crouch End (take away/delivery)
- The Flask, Highgate
- The Faltering Fullback, Finsbury Park
- The Junction Tavern, Tufnell Park
- Ottolenghi, Islington
- Pizzeria Pappagones, Stroud Green
- Public House, Islington - short and sweet, the full story, and even more
- St John's Tavern, Archway
- Trullo, Islington
- Villiers Terrace, Crouch End (now called The Alex and under new management)
- Westerns Laundry, Highbury
- Yipin, Angel
South
- The Anchor and Hope, Southwark
- Borough Market, Borough
- Neal's Yard Dairy, Borough (providore)
- The Canton Arms, Stockwell
- Chez Bruce, Wandworth Common - short and sweet or the full story
- Franco Manca, Brixton
- Kaosarn, Brixton
- Mama Lan's, Brixton
- Meza, Tooting
East
- Brawn, Hoxton
- Comptoir Gascon, Clerkenwell
- The Eagle, Clerkenwell
- Ellory, Hackney
- Leluu Supperclub, Dalston - short and sweet or the full story
- Loong Kee, Shoreditch
- Moro, Exmouth Market
- St John, Clerkenwell
- Truck Stop, Canary Wharf (street food event)
- Viet Grill, Shoreditch
West
- Nahm, Knightsbridge - now closed
- Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Knightsbridge - short and sweet or the full story
- The Gate, Hammersmith
- Nobu, Belgravia
- The Ledbury, Notting Hill
- El Pirata de Tapas, Westbourne Green
- The River Café, Hammersmith
Elsewhere in the UK
- Angel's with Bagpipes, Edinburgh
- Events in the Sky, pop-up event, various locations
- Jamie's Italian, Oxford
- The Nut Tree Inn, Murcott, Oxfordshire
- Ondine, Edinburgh
- Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh
- The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
- Urban Angel, Edinburgh
Rest of the world
Reviews
- Amass, Copenhagen, Denmark
- CHISWICK restaurant, Woollahra, Sydney, Australia
- Hometown Bar-B-Que, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
- Les Papilles, Paris, France
- Le Pou de la Neu, Jijona, Alicante Province, Spain
- Momofuku Noodle Bar, NYC, USA
- Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
- Orto Trading Co., Sydney, Australia (now under new management)
- Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Royal Treasure Seafood Restaurant, Sydney, Australia
- Saint Peter, Sydney, Australia
- Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia
Food and travel
My food and travel posts are not structured as reviews, but cover places I have eaten while travelling. They include some recommendations for where (and where not) to eat.
- Argentina
- BA BA MOO, Buenos Aires
- Empanadas that make you open your legs in Cordoba
- Fine wines and fab entrees in Mendoza
- The Quebradas, Cafalyate, Argentina
- Things are looking up in Puerto Iguazu
- Top shelf and top notch in Lujan de Cuyo, wine tour, Mendoza region
- Back to Argentina, gaucho tour and asado, Chicoana, Salta
- Australia
- Bolivia
- Croatia
- 101 ways to eat octopus salad, Dubrovnik and the Elaphite Islands
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Cocina novoandino por Gaston Acurio, reviews of several Gaston Acurio restaurants, Cusco and Lima
- Cusco, a Westerner's paradise
- First meal in Peru, Puno
- Humble, homely food on Lake Titicaca
- France
- Spain
- Thailand
- Vietnam