Pasta restaurants are all the rage in London right now. Padella paved the way and there’s still no stopping them with queues out the door before midday. They operate a no reservations policy but if you are lucky enough to …
Category: Reviews

Review: Seoul Bakery
Seoul Bakery is a Korean café near Tottenham Court Road that’s great for a cheap lunch or quick snack. The seating is communal and payment is cash only. The walls are covered in doodles and attempts at anime, and the kitchen …

Review: SmokeStak
SmokeStak started life as a street food vendor at Street Feast Dalston Yard, Dinerama, Hawker House and Broadgate Ice Rink. During the summer months it hit the festival circuits serving brisket and spare ribs, and pulled pork sandwiches, but it was …

Review: Berners Tavern
And the award for the most beautiful dining room goes to… Berners Tavern 🏆 Jason Atherton’s upmarket Modern British restaurant in Ian Schrager’s London Edition Hotel is just a few steps away from the hustle and bustle of Oxford Circus in London. …

Review: Picture, Marylebone
I recently reviewed The Unruly Pig, a gastropub in Woodbridge, Suffolk. The beginning of this story also starts in Woodbridge where I spent my youth serving ice cream at a local theatre. One of Picture Restaurant’s co-owners started out in …

Review: The Unruly Pig, Suffolk
A weekend in Suffolk to visit my family led to Sunday lunch at The Unruly Pig in Bromeswell, Woodbridge. I went to school in Woodbridge, a market town that lies along the River Deben described by The Suffolk Coast as the …

Review: Pascere, Brighton
Brighton is having a bit of a moment restaurant-wise and since it’s only an hour train journey from London there really is no excuse but to go and see what all the fuss is about. Not only is it a …