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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

Black Salt - 2021 November

Black Salt opened in May 2021 in East Sheen, on the Upper Richmond Road. The restaurant owners are Nand Kishore Semwal and Sanjay Gour from Dastaan and Sanjay Patel, who had

Bistro du Vin - 2011 May

Editor's note: in May 2012 this restaurant was sold, and will become a branch of Burger and Lobster. Bistro du Vin is the first in what will be a chain of bistros, themselves

Bistro Bruno Loubet - 2010 February

Below are notes from my initial, much less successful meal here in February 2010.Over the years I have Bruno Loubet’s food many times. After training as a chef in France

Bibi - 2021 November

Bibi (“Lady of the House”) opened in May 2021, part of the growing JKS restaurant group, which includes Gymkhana, Trishna, Hoppers and Lyles. The head chef is Chetan

Bibendum - 2024 November

Bibendum is on the first floor of the art deco Michelin House (built in 1911), which has a superbly light and airy dining room with large stained-glass windows. It used to be the

Bibendum - 2020 October

The Michelin House (Bibendum) building in South Kensington was the home of the Michelin tyre company, built in 1911 in just five months. The company vacated the building in 1985

Bibendum - 2017 May

Bibendum become an iconic London restaurant under Simon Hopkinson, the gifted chef hired by Terence Conran in 1987 to run it. Located in the old Michelin corporate building, the

Berners Tavern

Within the Edition Hotel in Berners Street is hyperactive Jason Atherton’s latest London venture, a large all-day restaurant seating no less than 140 people at one time

Bernardi's - 2016 July

Brothers Gabriel and Marcello Bernardi are of Italian heritage but were born in Melbourne. They opened Bernardi’s in late 2015, which has a ground floor all-day restaurant

Benu - 2014 April

Corey Lee is the owner and head chef of Benu, which opened in 2010 and has held two Michelin stars since 2012. Mr Lee was previously chef de cuisine at The French Laundry. Before

Bentley's - August 2006

The menu majors on seafood; Bentley’s has been around 90 years no less, and its new owners (Richard Corrigan, etc) have kept the focus on the fruits of the sea. The waiting

Benares - 2025 May

Benares had a small refurbishment in January 2025, with new chairs and other small touches to the décor. The striking lily pond in the bar area remains. The kitchen is

Benares - 2021 August

Benares in Berkeley Square now has as its head chef Sameer Taneja, who trained in French classical cooking at One-O-One, with Joel Antunes as a saucier at Waterside Inn and also

Benares - 2020 October

Benares is named after the city of two thousand temples on the Ganges river in Uttar Pradesh, also called Varanasi. The London location is rather less spiritual: it is on the east

Benares - 2019 September

Benares was opened by Atul Kolchar back in 2002, winning a Michelin star in 2007. Since September 2019 it has had as its executive chef Sameer Taneja, who worked in this role here

Benares - 2016 April

Benares has now been running almost thirteen years in its prime location on the east side of Berkeley Square. The upstairs dining room seats 120 guests at any time, with a chef

Bellillo - 2017 June

Bellillo (“cute”) is a Naples style pizzeria located in Fulham, and which opened in late 2015. The pizza oven came from Naples, and many ingredients are imported from