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Sola - 2022 December

Sola is a regular haunt of mine, so please see my earlier reviews for the background of the restaurant, the head chef and a discussion of the wine list. This particular meal was

Sola - 2021 May

Sola opened in November 2019 in the heart of Soho, initially focusing on Californian cuisine though recently the cooking has looked further afield. Chef/owner Victor Garvey was

Sola - 2021 December

I have been to Sola a few times now, so for background and comments on the wine list please see my previous reviews. In this review I will focus just on the food served at this

Sola - 2021 August

Sola, set in the heart of Soho, is run by Victor Garvey, who previously ran tapas bar Rambla on the same site. The style of cooking is notionally Californian, though there is

Sola - 2020 January

This was my second meal at Sola. I wrote about the background of chef/patron Victor Garvey in my previous review, as well as the wine list. Victor works in the kitchen with sous

Sola - 2020 August

Sola opened in November 2019, on the Dean Street site that used to house the tapas restaurant Rambla. Sola reflects the Californian cuisine that was pioneered in the 1970s by a

Sola - 2019 November

Sola is the reincarnation of the tapas restaurant Rambla, set in busy Dean Street in the heart of Soho. Chef/owner Victor Garvey was born in Spain but has American parents, and

Soif - 2012 September

Soif (“thirst”) is the sister of Terroirs and Brawn, restaurants, opening in November 2011. Like its siblings, the food emphasis is on robust bistro fare, with a wine

Social Wine and Tapas - 2015 June

Editor's note: This restaurant closed in June 2019 The latest extension to Jason Atherton’s burgeoning restaurant empire, (his sixth site in London alone) Social Wine

Social Eating House - 2013 August

Jason Atherton continues to build his global restaurant empire with Social Eating House. In London he now has the original Pollen Street Social, Little Social and this restaurant

Smokehouse Chiswick - 2015 May

Editor's note: this restaurant closed in December 2017. This restaurant opened in April 2015 on the site of what used to be the Hole in the Wall pub. It is the younger sister

Smokehouse

The Smokehouse is one of a small chain of four pubs run by a company called Noble Inns; the others in the group are The Lady Ottoline, The Pig and Butcher and The Princess of

Sketch Lecture Room and Library - 2019 November

Sketch in Mayfair occupies a large building that houses a ground floor casual restaurant as well as a bar and the upstairs flagship restaurant, which is called the Lecture Room

Sketch Lecture Room and Library - 2013 February

The building that houses Sketch is home to several venues: a gourmet restaurant (The Lecture Room and Library), a more casual downstairs restaurant, a tearoom and cocktail bar

Sketch Lecture Room and Library - 2008 June

When it opened Sketch made headlines for some of the wrong reasons, for offering the most expensive dinner in London. Since then, not only have prices at other top London

Sixty One

This restaurant at the Montcalm Hotel near Marble Arch opened in mid November 2013. The chef there is Arnaud Stevens, who was previously executive chef at The Gherkin, and

Siren - 2019 October

Editor's note: Siren will not reopen after the pandemic lockdown of 2020. The Goring has an interesting history, a family owned hotel dating back to 1910 that served as the US

Sir Charles Napier - 2014 October

Editor's note: the head chef has changed since my visit and is now Ben Howarth. The Sir Charles Napier is a pub in Chinnor, a village south east of Oxford, reached via a series of

Singapore Garden - 2000 July

The Singapore Garden has been a long-reliable fixture in this unpromising part of London. It is a simple neighbourhood restaurant, but the cooking is better than you might expect

Silver Birch - 2020 November

Editor's note: from April 2023 the head chef is Nathan Cornwell. Silver Birch opened in October 2020, taking over the premises in the Chiswick High Road that used to house a