Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26th November 2023. ***** Tributes have poured in from all quarters since it was announced on Thursday that Russell Norman, founder of ground-breaking restaurants from Polpo to Brutto, died aged 57 after a short illness. David Ellis […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 1st October 2023. The Observer “An unpretentious, but beguiling little bistro.” Jay Rayner popped to Cirencester to review Sam & Jak, whose owners Sam Edwards and Jak Doggett previously “ran the very much-loved Upton Firehouse in a broad shed not […]
Here’s a quick Bank Holiday round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 27th August 2023. ***** The Guardian “They’ve already won my heart.” Grace Dent visited Goodge Street, that “hotbed of smart, impressive places” to review 64 Goodge Street, the new addition from “Woodhead Restaurant Group, which runs The Quality […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 20th August 2023. * The Guardian “This is why we put on shoes and go out to eat.” Grace Dent reviewed Mountain, the new Tomos Parry restaurant in Soho; as with his other openings, this has created “a gasping hubbub […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 13th August 2023. ***** The Times “Two people at the top of their game. Near perfection.” Chitra Ramaswamy awarded what we believe to be her first 10/10 across the board this week, dining at Eòrna, a “tiny-in-numbers, […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23 July 2023. ***** The Evening Standard “This Balearic beauty is a grill on fire.” Jimi Famurewa is the first of our regular critics to review Mountain, “Tomos Parry’s spanking new, instantly thronged successor to the Michelin-starred […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 11 June 2023. ***** The Guardian “Food doesn’t get much more personal than this.” Grace Dent was in Caversham, enjoying “thoughtfully made and determinedly different” authentic Hyderbadi food at the “second incarnation” of Clay’s Kitchen, now in […]
Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 28 May 2023. ***** The Observer “In an area not renowned for its ambitious restaurant choices, this is one which deserves to thrive.” Jay Rayner was in Northern Ireland, struck lyrical by the […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 16 April 2023. ***** The Observer When “the food started to arrive… I knew we were somewhere else entirely.” Jay Rayner received a one-word answer from his counterpart at The Guardian when he announced he was reviewing […]
Our summary of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 12 March 2023. ***** The Observer “Experience teaches us that more expensive does not always mean better.” Jay Rayner compared the suya (“the famed Nigerian way with smoked or barbecued beef, lamb and chicken”) from Knightsbridge restaurant Isibani […]
