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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

Simpsons On The Strand - 2026 March

Simpsons on the Strand has an interesting history. It started as a coffee shop, the Grand Cigar Divan, opened by Samuel Reiss in 1828. John Simpson became a partner in 1848

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

Sibarita - 2017 August

Sibarita is the latest tapas restaurant venture by Victor Garvey, who also opened Encant (named Duende at the time) in spring 2016 a few doors down from here, and previously was

Si Ji Xuan - 2006 May

One of six restaurants in the Four Seasons hotel, this does Shanghai cuisine as well as Cantonese dishes, from a very large menu. The cooking is fine and the décor and

Shiuli - 2022 June

This restaurant in Twickenham opened in late 2021, owned by pioneering chef Alfred Prasad, who earned a Michelin star for Tamarind back in 2002. The dining room has quite well

Shisen Hanten - 2018 February

This restaurant is part of a group, the Singapore branch being located on the 35th floor of the Mandarin Orchard hotel. The other thirteen branches (at the time of writing) are in

Shiori - 2013 May

Editor's note: this restaurant closed in August 2015 Takashi Takagi has uprooted from his small sushi bar in Euston and moved to Bayswater, returning to his kaiseki roots. He

Shimogano - 2015 February

Shimogano opened in 2013 in a parade of shops on Camden Parkway. It is named after an ancient Kyoto Shinto shrine that is a UNESCO world heritage site. The restaurant has a

Shikumen - 2015 March

Shikumen is a Chinese restaurant in the surprisingly smart Dorsett hotel, which looks as though it wants to be in Mayfair but is actually located on Shepherd’s Bush

Shezan - 2012 March

Shezan has been plying its trade in a quiet Knightsbridge street since late 1969. Given the rate of restaurant closures over the years, that longevity is no mean feat. It is in a

Shaun Hill

Shaun Hill is head chef of The Walnut Tree in Wales, cooking there after a distinguished career in which he, amongst other things, established the reputation of Gidleigh Park. Q

Shaun Dickens at The Boathouse - 2015 September

Shaun Dickens trained at Le Manoir au Quat’ Saisons, Per Se and L’Ortolan before opening The Boathouse in April 2013. As the name suggests, the premises is on