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The Dysart - 2026 January

I have written previously about the Dysart and its talented chef, Ken Culhane, winner of the Roux Scholarship in 2010. The Dysart has a relaxed atmosphere, with generously spaced

The Dysart - 2025 May

I have written previously about the Dysart, its talented head chef and its wine list. Head chef Kenneth Culhane was a winner of the Roux Scholarship in 2010, and cooked at Tetsuya

The Dysart - 2025 January

I have written previously about the background of the Dysart, its head chef Kenneth Culhane and the excellent wine list here. The dining room has a relaxed atmosphere, with widely

The Dysart - 2025 December

I have written previously about the background of the Dysart and its chef. It seats up to thirty diners in a large space, with generously spaced tables. The three-course set lunch

The Dysart - 2024 August

The Dysart is in Petersham, one and a half miles from Richmond station, and conveniently with a 65 bus route linking it to the station. The dining room has a stone floor, a

The Dysart - 2023 October

The Dysart has been operating in its current format since 2011, when chef Ken Culhane came here soon after winning the Roux Scholarship and transformed the Dysart from a pub into

The Dysart - 2013 October

The Dysart (formerly The Dysart Arms) is a pub in the smart Petersham area of Richmond, which in recent years has gradually transitioned from “pub that does food” to

The Don - 2017 August

This restaurant, open for around twelve years, has its entrance tucked away in a courtyard quite near Cannon Street station. The building was, from 1798, the cellar for

The Devonshire - 2008 April

In June 2010 a fire caused the Devonshire to close. However, the pub had struggled finanically due to its poor location, and has now closed. It provided decent food at

The Delaunay - 2012 February

The Delaunay is the younger sister of the wildly successful Wolseley, also owned by Corbin and King. The décor has a hint about it of a smart Viennese coffee shop, and this

The Curry Room at the Rubens - 2018 November

The Curry Room opened in October 2017 at the Rubens Hotel, which dates back to the 18th century though entered its present form as a hotel in 1912. It overlooks the Royal

The Crown in Chiswick - 2019 February

The Crown in Chiswick is in the premises of what used to be Carvosso, once the site of the police station in the Chiswick High Road, which originally opened in 1872 and featured

The Crown at Burchetts Green - 2022 July

The Crown at Burchetts Green changed ownership in 2022, and is now run by Dominic Chapman, who has since 2014 run the nearby Beehive in White Waltham. Prior to that he spent seven

The Crown at Burchetts Green - 2020 September

Chef/patron Simon Bonwick took over The Crown, a little pub in the countryside near Maidenhead, in 2012. He had previously been working in private service, but had a classical

The Crown at Burchetts Green - 2020 February

The Crown at Burchetts Green is very much a family affair. Chef Simon Bonwick cooks alone in his kitchen, with the front of house operation run by several of his nine children

The Crown at Burchetts Green - 2018 July

The Crown at Burchetts Green features a lone chef working in the small kitchen. Simon Bonwick worked at a number of high-end places in his youth before moving to pub cooking, such

The Cross at Kenilworth - 2022 August

The Cross opened in 2014, set in a 19th century, Grade II listed building that was originally an inn. This restaurant is sister to Simpsons in Birmingham, both restaurants owned

The Compass - 2009 November

The Compass is unprepossessing, stuck in a desolate spot between Islington and Kings Cross in Penton Street. Pentonville Road is one of the cheapest properties on the Monopoly

The Colony Grill Room

The Colony Grill Room is the main restaurant of the 73-room Beaumont Hotel, the first such venture from experienced restaurateurs Corbin & King (of The Delaunay, The Wolseley

The Cocochine - 2026 January

I have written previously about the background of the Cocochine, its chef/owner Larry Jayasekara and its wine list. The tasting menu is currently priced at £189, with a