Berkshire – Bray
The Waterside Inn – old fashioned comfort
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Edinburgh
Joseph Pearce – Scotland meets Sweden
Number One at The Balmoral – well bread
The Kitchin – Sunshine (& Snow) on Leith
Falkirk
The Wheelhouse – Good Food and a Tourist attraction!
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Kent – Broadstairs
Trip to Broadstairs – Converted to The Chapel
Kent – Canterbury
Salt – British Tapas in Canterbury – CLOSED
Kent – Deal
Kent – Faversham
Reads – got the looks but not the substance – CLOSED
Kent – Folkestone
Rocksalt – Saved by the cooking
Kent – Fordwich
Fordwich Arms – Pub Fine Dining
Kent – Margate
Turner Contemporary Cafe – Margate through the looking glass
Trip to Margate – Saved by The Lifeboat
Kent – Ramsgate
Arya at the Ravensgate Arms – CLOSED
Kyoto Sushi and Grill – CLOSED
The Empire Room at the Royal Harbour Hotel – CLOSED
The Empire Room : Majestic – CLOSED
Where to eat and drink – East Kent/Isle of Thanet
Kent – Whitstable
The Sportsman – Seasalter near Whitstable
The Sportsman in Seasalter – forgetting about the weather
The Sportsman – Fresh from the garden
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London
40|30 at the Gherkin – COOLest venue of the Noughties!
40|30 at the Gherkin – hi def cuisine
40|30 at the Gherkin – the high life
5th View at Waterstone’s – Book it
Albannach – style on the square – CLOSED
Almeida – not just for chocoholics
Altitude 360º in Millbank Tower – student discount?
Anchor & Hope – Time & Patience!
Apsleys at the Lanesborough – Where Taste Fails
Banana Tree – branching out in Soho
Bar Boulud – Busy! Buzzy! Burgers!
Bibendum – Home of the Michelin man
Bistro Bruno Loubet @TheZetter
Blue Print Cafe – focusing on the view
Bob Bob Ricard – Fantasy Diner
Cafe Luc – European Grand Cafe – CLOSED
Chez Bruce – better late than never!
Chor Bizarre – eclectic Indian cuisine
Chino Latino – Room with a view
City Cafe – Summer in the City – CLOSED
City Cafe – Winter in the City – CLOSED
Coq d’argent – Right on the Money
Dockmasters House – pre cinema treat
Fairwell to Chris Staines at the Foliage – CLOSED
Foodies Festival at Battersea Park
Fig & Olive – a find in Islington
Foliage – Accidental walkin – CLOSED
Foliage replacement – the gossip! – CLOSED
Foliage – The Last Post – CLOSED
Galvin at Windows – lower prices at a higher altitude
Gastronomica – Piemonte in Pimlico
Hibiscus – too much hype! – CLOSED
Inamo – for high tech gastronauts
Kitchen W8 – a perfectly pleasant Sunday Lunch
Koffmanns – Pigs trotters and french fries – CLOSED
Lambeth Pier Fresco Cafe – AKA “The Hut”
Launceston Place – a star in Kensington
Launceston Place to be… or not to be?
La Gelatiera, Artisan Ice Cream parlour – what’s not to like?
La Trompette – treating ourselves in Chiswick
Le Pont de la Tour – No Fireworks!
Magdalen – Friendly neighbourhood restaurant
Maze-constrained by design – CLOSED
Menier Chocolate Factory – Just Dessert
Osteria Dell’Angolo – 3’s a disappointment
Peyton & Byrne – false economy
Providores – From Pod to Providores
Quirinale – its got competition!
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – Royal Hospital Road
Roux at Parliament Square – Private dining
Roux at Parliament Square – The return – CLOSED
RSJ – Something old and reliable
RSJ – Neighbourhood restaurant on the South Bank
RSJ – loves those Loire Valley wines
Scooter Caffè AKA Scooterworks Bar and Cafe
Seven Park Place by William Drabble – A tale of two menus and an offensive statue
Sketch – in a world of its own
Tamesis Dock – Hot spot in Vauxhall
Texture – Feeling a bit rough!!
Texture – Something good from Iceland
The Athenaeum – not your average Christmas Dinner
The Capital – post Christmas treat
The Chop House – good old spot
The Chop House – vegetarian friendly!
The Cinnamon Club – Spicing it up
The Foliage without Chris Staines
The Glasshouse in Kew – Sparkles
The Hilton – Confessions of a Chocolaholic Afternoon Tea
The Lavender,Vauxhall – appearances can be deceptive
The Ledbury – embarassing leaks
The Landmark – Champagne brunch in the Winter Garden
The Mayflower Inn versus La Lanterna
The Modern Pantry – food fusion
The Old Brewery – Good enough for Johnny Depp!
The Park at the Mandarin Oriental – so long and thanks for the desserts! – CLOSED
The Regency and The Riverside Cafes – Breakfast in Westminster
The Ritz – getting past The Glitz
The Rocks – Omelette challenge
The Square – indulgence dilemma
Theo Randall – at The InterContinental Park Lane
Tom Aitkens – flavour, flavour, flavour
Vinopolis – nothing to wine about!
Wapping Food – Wapping Project at the Hydraulic Power Station -CLOSED
Wapping Project – Hardens Reporters evening – CLOSED
Where to eat – London Bridge, Bermondsey, Bankside (Southwark)
Where to eat and drink in Londons West End – Tourist Central!
Where to indulge in Coffee, Tea and Cakes
Zucca – a significant addition to Bermondsey’s burgeoning foodie scene
Zucca – Cucina povera & BYOB : Bellissimo
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Oxfordshire – Great Milton
Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saison – any occasion!
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Surrey
Foodies Festival at Hampton Court
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Sussex
The Grand Hotel Eastbourne – Afternoon Tea at The White Palace
The Hungry Monk in Jevington – Birthplace of the Banoffee Pie
The Little Polka Cafe – a little ray of sunshine on the coastv- CLOSED
The Waterside – no not the famous one!
The Waterside – The third kind
Where to eat and drink – Sussex
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Misc
Bermondsey Street Festival – Who let the dogs out?
B is for Broadstairs – covers Broadstairs Food Festival, Bleak House and Belvidere Place.
Broadstairs Food Festival – Going Medieval at the Seaside
Chocolate & Cocktail matching at Le Méridien
Chocolate Unwrapped (2010) at Vinopolis
Chocolate Unwrapped (2009) at the May Fair Hotel
Easter Chocolate Festival at the South Bank Centre – Hot Chocolate!
Louis Roederer Cristal – bling bling!
Real Food Festival on the Southbank
The Chocolate Festival – Chrismas Treats!
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Hello! I love your website, and find myself reading your reviews too often, and wishing I had time/ money to visit more of them! I was wondering if you have tried the Gallery Mess at the Saatchi Gallery? I went there not long ago after visiting the Gallery, I loved the Chicken main, but felt the restaurant itself was a little expensive for a ‘mess hall’. Would love to know your opinion on the restaurant! (and of course I felt it was too expensive, I’m a student…)
Thanks. I do like the look of Gallery Mess at the Saatchi Gallery (nice location on a Sunny day), but I have to admit it didn’t draw me in when I was last visiting the Gallery. The prices do seem to be a bit steep for what it is.