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Bombay Bustle - 2017 December

Bombay Bustle opened in November 2017, the casual sister of Michelin-starred Jamavar. The restaurant is on the site of the old Hibiscus. The room is smartly decorated along the

Bombay Brasserie - 2015 December

When it opened in 1982 the Bombay Brasserie was the first restaurant in London to elevate Indian food beyond the high street lager and vindaloo cliché that prevailed at the

Bombay Brasserie - 2014 September

Tonight duck shikampuri (£10) was little duck cakes stuffed with red onions, yoghurt and mint, garnished with a mint chutney. The cakes had excellent depth of flavour

Bombay Brasserie - 2012 November

The Bombay Brasserie has a seminal place in the history of Indian restaurants in London, as it was really the first to bring top-end chefs from India over to London, and serve

Bombay Brasserie - 2008 July

What follows are from a meal in July 2008, just before the refurbishment. It is many years since I have been to the Bombay Brasserie, which opened in 1982 and was the first

Boho Mexica - 2010 February

Although Boho Mexico is in an unpromising site on Commercial Street, it is aiming higher than the formulaic TexMex food that we have sadly grown used to in London: there is not a

Bob Bob Ricard - 2013 December

Editor's note: as of August 2020 the head chef here is Tom Peters, formerly senior sous chef of Maaemo. This Soho restaurant opening in 2008, owned by Leonid (whose nickname is

Bob Bob Cite - 2019 June

Editor's note: Eric Chavot left at the end of January 2020. The new head chef is Ben Hobson. Bob Bob Cite is the sister restaurant of Bob Bob Ricard, and finally opened in June

Bo Shanghai - 2018 August

Editor's note: this restaurant closed in March 2019. Bo Shanghai opened in mid 2016, the sister restaurant of Bo Innovation in Hong Kong. It was awarded a Michelin star in the

Bo London - 2013 February

Editor's note. In March 2014 Bo London closed, though on 6th March its own Twitter feed claimed this was merely a refurbishment. Later responses from Alvin Leung in The Caterer

Bo Innovation - 2009 February

Bo Innovation tries to play around with traditional Cantonese cooking and mix in some modern European influences. Finding it is tricky. Our taxi driver got completely

Blue Plate - 2013 August

In late 2012 the cake shop Outsider Tart in Chiswick opened a small restaurant called Blue Plate, serving food from America’s deep south. Outsider Tart was established over

Blue Boar - 2021 August

This pub opened in May 2021. Although it has its own entrance, it is within the Conrad London St James hotel. The Blue Boar is a casual sister restaurant of The Pem in the same

Blandford Comptoir - 2016 October

Blandford Comptoir was opened in May 2016 by Xavier Rousset, former head sommelier at Le Manoir au Quat’ Saisons and co-founder of Texture and 28/50. The head chef here is

Blanchette - 2014 June

Blanchette opened in December 2013, a French bistro owned by three brothers in partnership with the founders of Salt Yard. The head chef is Tam Storrar, previously senior

Black Salt - 2023 October

There is a new head chef at Black Salt. Chinta Mamgain was formerly at Copper Chimney and before that at Zaika. Otherwise the staff (other than the manager) are the same as

Black Salt - 2022 September

Black Salt is the sister of Dastaan and has become a regular haunt for me. See earlier reviews for more detail on the background, head chef etc. At this latest meal I tried one

Black Salt - 2022 June

Black Salt is sister to Dastaan, and cooks the Dastaan recipes, with just a few differences in menu between the two locations. The head chef is Manish Sharma, who was

Black Salt - 2022 January

Black Salt, sister to the superb Dastaan, was one of the most exciting Indian restaurant openings in London in 2021. The head chef is Manish Sharma, who was at Copper

Black Salt - 2022 April

Black Salt is the younger sister of the superb Dastaan in Ewell, cooking almost entirely the same recipes as at the mothership. The head chef is Manish Sharma, who previously