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Maze - 2005 October

What follows, by comparison, is a meal soon after it opened in 2005.You enter up a small flight of steps to the restaurant from Grosvenor Square. After passing the welcome desk

Maxela - 2013 August

Maxela opened in late 2012 in the Brompton Road, near South Kensington tube station. The dining room is in two parts. The first room as you enter features a large meat counter

Matsuhisa - 2001 March

A casual setting, with plain wooden tables, yet this was the place that later spawned the wildly successful Nobu in New York, and later in London. This restaurant seemed to be

Massimo - 2011 September

Editor's note: Massimo Riccioli left this restaurant in April 2012. Massimo Riccioli is the chef/owner of a long established seafood restaurant in Rome called La Rosetta. He

Masala Zone Piccadilly - 2023 September

The Criterion in Piccadilly Circus has one of London’s grandest dining rooms, dating back to 1873, complete with marble walls and gold mosaic ceiling. Designed by architect

Masala Zone - 2010 August

Masala Zone is the casual dining offshoot of the little restaurant empire than includes Amaya, Chutney Mary and Veerswamy. From the initial branch in Marshall Street the Masala

Masala Zone - 2001 May

Here are my more detailed notes on a meal at the first Masala Zone branch (Marshall Street) in May 2001. The Masala Zone is a brisk, lively restaurant serving authentic Indian

Maryam's Cafe - 2019 January

In May 2019 this restaurnt closed. Maryam’s Café opened on 31st December 2018, the first venture of food blogger and cookbook author Marayam Sinaiee, who was

Martin Berasategui - 2012 October

Martin Berasategui opened in 1993, gaining a third Michelin star in 2001. Mr Berasategui trained at cookery school in France in 1977, working over the next few years in several

Mark Jordan

How long have you been cooking professionally? I have been cooking professionally for 27 years. Due to a rather quick exit from school it forced me into getting a job and I opted

Marianne - 2013 September

I first experienced Marianne Lumb’s cooking at the quarterfinals stage of “Masterchef: The Professionals” in 2009, where she demonstrated culinary talent with

Mari Vanna

Given the considerable number of Russians living in Knightsbridge, it was not surprising that an upmarket Russian restaurant has opened here. Nearby Borscht n’ Tears is

Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley - 2011 September

Marcus Wareing finally has his own name over the door at his restaurant at The Berkeley, which opened in 2008. Prior to this he led the kitchen at Petrus for Gordon Ramsay on the

Marcus - 2014 December

The restaurant was rebranded simply as “Marcus” in 2014 along with a minor refurbishment. The aim was apparently for a slightly less formal ambience than previously

March 2012 - Kitchen W8

Kitchen W8 is a welcome revamp of the old 11 Abingdon Road premises, which has involved an improvement in the décor and, more importantly, in the kitchen. The place is now

Mantra - 2007 September

Austin Powers meets Hounslow. The decor of this "contemporary Indian" restaurant is surreal. The floor and tables are glass, as are the plates. The floor is back-lit in changing

Manthan - 2021 October

Manthan (“learn through reflection”) opened in September 2021, run by Rohit Ghai, who also runs Kutir and previously headed the kitchens of Gymkhana and Jamavar. This

Manteca - 2022 September

Manteca, named after a word meaning lard, opened in January 2022, following a four-month pop-up stage in Mayfair in 2019. It describes itself as a nose to tail Italian, doing its

Mantanah - April 2001

This simple restaurant delivers cooking well above the standard of the formulaic Thai places that are dotted around London. This gets beyond the clichéd dishes into

Manicomio - April 2007

Manicomio is situated in the redevelopment that was once the Chelsea Barracks. It is tucked away opposite Peter Jones near Sloane Square. It is a quite large venture, with outside