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Yongfoo Elite - 2018 August

This restaurant is located in what used to be the British Embassy, a rather grand building. You approach through gates and a path leading to the restaurant. The dining room is on

Ynyshir Hall - 2011 June

Be aware that chef Shane Hughes since moved to Roussillon in London, which itself closed shortly afterwards. In August 2013 it was announced that Ynyshir Hall's new head chef

Ynyshir - 2022 August

Ynyshir (meaning “long island”) opened in its current form in 2013, a restaurant with rooms offering destination dining. Given its location near the Welsh coast near

Yew Tree - 2011 September

Editor's note: The Yew Tree has changed hands since my visit, so please treat the notes below as being mainly of historical interest. The Yew Tree is a restaurant with rooms in a

Yauatcha - 2013 March

Sister to Hakkasan, but serving just dim sum all day. Upstairs used to be a tea bar where you can wait for your table and try an exotic Chinese tea, but these days this room

Yashin Ocean House - 2013 November

These Brompton road premises have seen a number of restaurants over the years. For a long time the building was home to a Scandinavian restaurant called Lundums, then the lovely

Yamanaka - 2012 March

Down an unassuming alley and at the end of a corridor on the ground floor of an office building is Yamanaka, a two Michelin (in 2012) tempura restaurant. The tiny premises have

Yaatra - 2022 November

Yaatra is on the site of the old Westminster Fire Station, a listed building dating back to 1906. Its executive chef is Amit Baygal, who was formerly head chef at Kanishka. The

Xu - 2017 December

Xu opened in June 2017, the latest opening from the family who own Bao and its sister restaurant in Fitzrovia. The same JKS group also run Gymkhana, Lyles, Kitchen Table and

Xao Siong Fan Dian - 2013 April

This Shanghainese restaurant opened in September 2011 after Nobuhisa Umemoto (born 1980) came back from his travels (he previously ran Maison de Umemoto Shanghai in Tokyo)

Woven at Coworth Park - 2023 April

Coworth Park near Ascot has 240 acres of grounds, including parkland and even a polo field, with the hotel having around seventy rooms. The house was originally built in 1776 for

Wormwood - 2014 August

Wormwood is a herbal ingredient in absinthe, and was once used as a spice in mead in the Middle Ages. However in this context it is the name of a restaurant in Notting Hill

Wolseley - 2012 October

The Wolseley has become a London institution, based in what was once a bank with a lovely, high-ceilinged dining room in a great location just along from The Ritz. The mostly

Wiltons - 2010 April

Wiltons has been running as a seafood restaurant since 1840, after a prior incarnation as an oyster stall that was set up in 1742. It has been in Jermyn Street since 1984, and is

Wild Tavern - 2023 March

Wild Tavern has as its executive chef Sardinian Achille Pinna, with head chef Marco Peri. The ground floor dining room had tightly packed tables with some booths, but seats

Wild Tavern - 2019 January

Wild Tavern opened in December 2019, from the same owners as Goodman and Beast, as well as the Burger and Lobster chain. It takes the place of a Japanese restaurant called Kiru

Wild Honey St James - 2019 August

Wild Honey relocated in 2019 from Mayfair to St James. It is in the Sofitel but has its own separate entrance on Pall Mall, in the room that used to house Balcon, and before that

Wild Honey - 2007 July

Wild Honey is the sister to Arbutus, and opened in July 2007. Its decor seems to me an unhappy blend of old and new. The wood panelled room (ex Drones) is clearly Mayfair club

Whitechapel Gallery - 2013 February

The Whitechapel Art Gallery was established in 1901 and exhibited Picasso’s famous Guernica in 1939. In April 2009 it reopened after a major refurbishment, and unveiled The

Whitebait - 2018 January

Owner and executive chef Paul Hoather opened Whitebait in 2014 in Clyde Quay. He had previously established the restaurant The White House in Wellington in 1992, and a nearby