Restaurant reviews
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If restaurants had star signs, Prism would be a Gemini with its split personality and love of a good time. |
Apparently there are 60 different varieties of rice used to make sake, and none of them are used for eating. |
The force behind the new St Pancras Champagne bar and ‘The Gherkin’ have decided to take on summer drinking under the guise of a lakeside bar at the Barbican. |
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Tottenham Hale is not usually associated with top end restaurants, but that’s what chef Adebola Adeshina has managed to create at The Lock. |
Tucked away on a side road away from the commercial bedlam of Regent Street, Fishworks’ latest opening offers shoppers and scoffers some welcome respite from the land of retail. |
Good things are happening in King’s Cross. |
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This Thai restaurant just off Hyde Park Corner offers it diners a quite different experience: Thai High Tea. |
Five minutes from Piccadilly, this four star, 15-storey hotel boasts a restaurant with bustling views of London's streets below it. |
This long-standing coaching inn has recently re-opened under the ownership of Ian Rayner and Miles Johnson. |
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Curve is best known for serving up fresh fish catch with a knowledgeable flair. |
Before heading out for a hard Saturday afternoon’s shopping, my partner in crime and I visited 1802 for a spot of lunch. |
This long-standing restaurant has been the subject of sleek renovation during spring 2008 and now boasts dark, muted walls, crisp white table linen and head chef Tristan Welch (previously of Petrus |
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Just two minutes walk from Covent Garden, this modern Indian restaurant has a brilliant grip on health and flavour combined. |
Benja’s inconspicuous location on a quiet stretch of Beak Street only adds to its intimate feel. The ground level at this Thai restaurant boasts around five tables for lunchtime dining. |
Having done a bit of shopping in Cork, European city of Culture of 2007, we stumbled upon the Strasbourg Goose. |
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This plush Indian eatery is tucked away on Lincoln Street, just off Kings Road. Rasoi is an intimate affair with around ten tables dotted throughout its dining room. |
For commuters spilling out of Waterloo station, there’s finally somewhere across the road where you can fill up on restorative food and notable cocktails. |
There is a definite Narnia effect when you step inside this restaurant. |
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As one of the most recognisable buildings in London, 30 St Mary Axe, fondly known as ‘The Gherkin’, is a sight I’ve long been an admirer of. |
If you make your entrance into St Pancras from the sooty depths of the tube, it makes first impressions of this historical building all the more grand. |
Amaya sparkles like the jewel it is, nestling on Motcomb Street in Knightsbridge. |
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The Blue Elephant sits on the busy, traffic-laden stretch of Fulham Broadway. Admittedly not the most serene of locations, but this becomes irrelevant once you set foot inside the restaurant. |
It’s not often you come across a restaurant like this. Sat proudly on Kings Road, Chutney Mary exudes a luxurious air, from the moment you walk in. |
The newly launched Upper Deck Café at the London Transport Museum has been designed to quench the thirst and ease hunger pangs of visitors to the museum. |
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It’s a modern affair at Urban Turban, as the catchy name might suggest. |
After an abstemious January (me) and an extension of the festive season (the other half), we were looking forward to what the National Portrait Gallery could offer. |
It was a Friday night when we walked out of Waterloo station, past some crazy neon-light art installations on the Southbank, and into Ping Pong for the promise of some dim sum. |
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We were escaping another wet British evening when we slipped gratefully into the dry confines of The French Table. |
Langtry’s with its Knightsbridge location is a luxurious place to dine and an intimate one, with around twelve tables filling up the sumptuous dining room. |
ABode Canterbury sits smartly on the city’s main high street, just a short walk away from the cathedral and its grandeur. |