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Cornus - 2024 November

This was my second visit to Cornus, the sister of Medlar. In my previous review I discussed the background to the restaurant and its head chef. This time we went for an extended

Cornus - 2024 August

Cornus (another name for the plant dogwood) opened in summer 2024, and is the sister of Medlar. It is on the top floor of a building called The Ice Factory (that is what the

Core - December 2023

Core opened in 2017 in the former location of Leiths in Notting Hill, which became the Notting Hill Brasserie and then the Notting Hill Kitchen prior to its current

Core - 2018 July

Core opened in August 2017, the new home to Clare Smyth, who for years retained three stars for Gordon Ramsay at his eponymous restaurant in Chelsea. The tasting menu was

Core - 2017 August

Core opened in August 2017 on the site of what was originally Leith’s and later became the Notting Hill Brasserie and then the Notting Hill Kitchen. The large site has been

Cord - 2024 December

This restaurant is associated with the Cordon Bleu cookery school. This institute was established in Paris in 1895 and it taught culinary luminaries such as Julia Childs and Mary

Comptoir Robuchon - 2019 November

Comptoir Robuchon opened in November 2019 in Mayfair. The Robuchon restaurant empire previously had a London outpost in the form of one of the global chain of Atelier Robuchons

Compleat Angler - 2010 July

The Compleat Angler (named after the book by Isaak Walton) is a hotel nestling near a bridge over the Thames in a pretty setting near Marlow. There are actually two restaurants in

Commander - 2009 February

The Commander is in former pub premises just off Westbourne Grove, whose opening was on the 6th February. The tiled floor is attractive, with a mix of booths

Colombo Kitchen - 2020 March

Colombo Kitchen is an independently owned restaurant that opened in December 2019. It is in the main street of Worcester Park, a suburb of Sutton, which is technically within

Colbert - 2012 December

This prime Sloane Square site used to be home to the distinctly ordinary Oriel (which was owned by Tragus, who run the Café Rouge chain). The background to its new

Cocoon - 2006 August

In mid 2011 Cocoon closed. It re-opened in September 2011 as Senkai, a Japanese style restaurant, though in fact under the same ownership as Cocoon (Ignite Group). Senkai

Club Gascon - 2018 March

Club Gascon opened in Smithfields in 1998 and gained a Michelin star in 2002, which it has retained ever since. Its head chef is Pascal Aussignac, born in Toulouse, and who

Clove Club - 2013 June

The Clove Club opened in March 2013 in the old Shoreditch Town Hall. There is a bar area with a few tables, and behind it is the main dining room. The décor is simple, with

Cloth - 2024 July

Cloth, in a quiet street just by the old Smithfield Market, opened in April 2024. The head chef was Tom Hurst, who formerly worked at Brawn. The building was once the home of poet

Clos Maggiore - 2009 November

Just off the Covent Garden piazza, the restaurant is split over a couple of levels, and is much larger inside than it appears to be from the pavement. A first section is a

Cliveden - 2014 May

Editor's note: in October 2018 it was announced that head chef Andre Garrett would move to the Corinithia hotel in London. The country house Cliveden (“valley among

Clarkes - 2018 September

Sally Clarke opened her eponymous restaurant in December 1984, adding a successful bakery five years later that serves dozens of other restaurants. After taking cookery courses

Clarkes - 2010 November

On December 17th 2010 Clarke’s will celebrate its 26th anniversary. For decades Sally Clarke was ahead of her time in offering an omakese style i.e. no choice menu, which is

Cinnamon Kitchen - 2011 January

Cinnamon Kitchen is the City sibling of the well-established Cinnamon Club in Westminster. It is tucked away in the smart pedestrianised Devonshire Square development, not far