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Jordans - 2015 November

This Stellenbsoch restaurant in the Jordan winery opened in December 2009. The kitchen is headed by chef George Jardine, who previously had his own restaurant in Capetown. The

Jom Makan - 2010 May

Jom Makan is a Malaysian restaurant just off Trafalgar Square. It has a grey tiled floor, quite high ceiling and has a canteen feel to its décor. The lengthy menu has all

John Williams

John Williams MBE is the head chef of the Ritz Hotel in London. The grand dining room of the Ritz showcases the classical cooking that John has refined in recent years. Q –

John Doe - 2015 March

Editor's note. This restaurant closed in mid 2016 but has reopened in Shoreditch. Naming restaurants is tricky, but christening your place the American nickname for an

Joe Allen - 2011 April

It had been over a decade since I have been to Joe Allen, a basement restaurant that used to be one of the coolest places in London to dine out, admittedly back in the 1980s. Its

Jin Da Thai - 2024 February

Jin Da Thai (“precious stone”) has been serving northern Thai cuisine in Hammersmith since 2017. It has quite a small dining room with closely packed tables. The menu

Jin Da Thai - 2022 March

This neighbourhood restaurant opened in 2017 and features the cuisine of northern Thailand. The cooler climate of the north tends to lead to a lot of herbs and vegetables

Jikoni - 2016 October

This restaurant, whose name means “kitchen” in Swahili, opened in September 2016. It is the first venture from Ravinder Bhogal, a food writer who released her first

Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex

Jean-Christophe has for some time been a highly respected two Michelin star chef in Lyon, and in 2008/2009 brought his talents to London with Ambassade de l'Ile. He has now

Jaylu - 2018 May

This seafood restaurant has been operating for no less than fifty years, so in the fly-by-night world of restaurants it is clearly doing something right. It is situated on the

Jar - 2010 December

The Jar restaurant (there is a Jar Bar in the basement) is on the ground floor of an attractively sited restaurant overlooking the sea. The dining room has fairly conventional

Janetira - 2013 August

Editor's note: in February 2019 Janetira was refurbished and rebranded as "Wild Rice". Janetira is an unassuming Thai restaurant in Soho that opened in 2012, but became more

Jamavar London - October 2017

Jamavar is across the road from the Connaught hotel on Mount Street, spread over a ground floor main room and an additional basement dining room. See my previous reviews for

Jamavar London - 2024 July

Jamavar is part of the group of restaurants owned by Samyutka Nair and her father, who founded the Leela Hotel group, which was sold in 2019 to an asset management group. Sister

Jamavar London - 2022 July

Jamavar is the first incarnation of the restaurant brand that was not attached to one of the luxury Leela Hotels in India (the hotel group has recently been acquired by Brookfield

Jamavar London - 2021 November

Jamavar is the brand used for the flagship restaurants of the luxury hotel group Leela in India. I have eaten at several of the hotel’s restaurants around India, from

Jamavar London - 2021 August

Leela is a luxury hotel chain in India, with Jamavar restaurants in a few of their properties, including in Bangalore, Goa, Delhi and Mumbai. Jamavar London is the only restaurant

Jamavar London - 2019 August

Jamavar is the London outpost of the Leela group, who run a string of luxury hotels in India. Jamavar is their flagship restaurant brand, and I have eaten meals at Jamavar

Jamavar London - 2018 August

Jamavar is the restaurant brand of the Leela hotel group, who run a group of luxury hotels in India. There are Jamavar restaurants at some, though not all, of their properties: in

Jamavar London - 2017 February

This was my third meal here – see earlier reviews for the background of the restaurant. Today’s lunch began with aloo tikki, which had potato patties, white radish