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Gordon Ramsay - 2012 December

In 2000 I wrote on this web site: “The kitchen here is cooking at very high two Michelin star level, and would be a good bet for the UK’s next 3rd Michelin star

Goodman - 2010 September

This was the first Goodman in London (a second branch in Old Jewry in the City opened in mid 2010), a steak house serving American beef but owned by Russians. The room itself is

Golden Hind - 2011 February

A restaurant, even a chippie, which has been in continuous operation since 1914 must be doing something right. The Golden Hind has no prententions, but its brightly lit, basically

Golden Dragon - 2006 March

The Golden Dragon is a large, bustling place on two levels. We ate upstairs, and the place was packed, with tables being turned even on this midweek evening. The dining room had

Glasshouse - 2010 June

Editor's note: this restaurant closed on 17th September, 2022. This opened in mid 1999 and finally brought classy cooking to this prosperous but culinarily challenged area of West

Gillray's Steakhouse

Gillray’s is a steak house based in the old County Hall building on the South Bank (now a Marriott hotel), opening in March 2012. Its head chef is Gareth Bowen, who worked

Gilbert Scott - 2011 July

Editor's note: this restaurant offically closed on 4th May 2021. The Gilbert Scott restaurant is named after the Victorian architect of the Midland Grand Hotel at St

Gidleigh Park - 2008 September

Editor's note: chef Michael Caines left in late 2015, to be replaced by Michael Wignall. Mr Wignall is himself moving on in January 2018, to be replaced by Chris Simpson. This

Giaconda Dining Rooms - 2012 February

Editor's note: Sadly, this excellent restaurant folded in June 2014. It has been replaced by a second outlet of steak restaurant Flat Iron. Giaconda dining rooms is a tiny place

Giaconda Dining Rooms - 2008 September

What follows are notes from a meal in September 2008. Paul Merrony made a name for himself at Merrony’s in Sydney in the 1990s, having trained for a time earlier in his

Gezellg - 2019 August

Gezellig opened in the June 2019, located in the rather grand stone building that formerly housed the Holborn Town Hall and Library. Graham Long is the head chef. He was formerly

Geamos - 2023 June

This Georgian restaurant in St Johns Wood was opened in December 2019 by Anna and Zaza Pulariani. She cooks and he runs the front of house. Georgia’s location on the Silk

Gaylord London - 2013 September

Editor's note: Gaylord closed in September 2019. The premises became the short-lived Banjarah, and then, in September 2020, it became Pali Hill. This restaurant was founded in

Gavroche - 2012 July

Le Gavroche opened in 1967 and was the first UK restaurant to gain three Michelin stars under Albert Roux; these days it has two stars, with Albert’s son Michel Junior at

Gauthier - 2022 June

Alexis Gauthier has always had an interest in vegetarian food He offered a full vegetarian menu at his former restaurant Roussillon in Pimlico, at a time (in the late 1990s) when

Gauthier - 2020 September

Alexis Gauthier began his culinary career in 1991 at the two-star Michelin restaurant Negresco in Nice, and then at the iconic three-star Michelin Louis XV in Monaco. In 1998 he

Gauthier - 2017 August

Gauthier is in a Soho townhouse stretching over three floors, previously the site of The Lindsay House. Alexis Gauthier trained at Negresco in Nice and then the famous Louis XV

Gauthier - 2012 August

Alexis Gauthier, long-time executive chef at (now defunct) Roussillon, has struck out on his own, taking over the Soho town-house premises that used to be The Lindsay House. It is

Gary Rhodes W1 Restaurant - 2008 May

Editor's note. Please be aware that the association of this restaurant with Gary Rhodes ceased on 28th September 2012. It will not reopen. Consequently the notes below should be

Garnier - 2012 August

Editor's note: Garnier appeared closed in September 2016. The site now hosts seafood restaurant Pescheria Assunta. Eric Garnier’s restaurant opened in July 2012 in