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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

Belle Epoque - 2016 January

Belle Epoque was the “golden age” between 1871 and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. It conjures up images of optimism and artistic innovation, but rarely

Bellanger - 2016 April

Editor's note: Bellanger will close permanetly on 11th August 2019. The Corbyn & King empire (Delaunay, Wolseley, Zedel, Colbert, Fischers, Colony) continues to expand with

Belgian Arms - 2012 December

The Belgian Arms is (as of September 2012) the sister of The Royal Oak, with Dominic Chapman executive chef for both, but Ed Dutton doing the actual cooking at The Belgian Arms

Beijing Dumpling - 2016 August

This restaurant, related to the nearby Imperial City, opened in 2011 in Lisle Street, which runs just north of Leicester Square in London’s Chinatown. In the window at the

Beck at Browns - 2019 June

Editor's note: the restaurant will close at the end of July 2019. It will be missed. This is the London outpost of Heinz Beck, where the talented Heros de Agostinis, former

Beck at Browns - 2018 May

Heinz Beck runs three Michelin starred Pergola in Rome, and has a series of other restaurants, such as Beck in Tokyo. Beck at Browns opened in April 2018 with Heros de Agostinis

Beck at Browns - 2018 December

For background about Beck at Browns and its chef, plus commentary on the wine list, please see my earlier review.A three course set lunch was available for £29, but we went

Bebe Bob - 2024 March

Bob Bebe opened in August 2023, a sister of Bob Bob Ricard and Bob Bob Cite. Unlike the others in the group, the menu here is very limited, serving just a single main course:

Beast - 2014 July

Beast is the latest (April 2014) restaurant opening from the team behind the phenomenally successful Burger and Lobster. It is tucked away in a basement in a street north of

Barullo - 2019 April

Barullo (meaning “hubbub”) is almost in the shadow of The Gherkin and is the latest restaurant of Victor Garvey, a Barcelona-born chef who runs Rambla in Soho, and

Barrica - 2012 November

Barrica opened in 2009, a tapas bar situated a few steps from the bustle of nearby Charlotte Street. It has a black and white tiled floor, a mix of tables and bar seating, along

Bar Shu - 2007 October

I had high expectations of Bar Shu, given some slavering reviews in the London food press. Certainly London could so with a genuine Sichuan restaurant as a change from the endless

Bar Boulud London - 2011 March

Bar Boulud is the London debut of Daniel Boulud, whose flagship is the excellent Daniel in New York. Daniel is originally from Lyon, and these roots show in this bistro

BaoziInn - 2019 January

This restaurant opened in June 2018, the creation of Wei Shao, who pioneered Sichuan food in London with Bar Shu. BaoziInn (their spelling) notionally offers Cantonese food

Bao Fitzrovia - 2016 July

Editor's note: this restaurant will close by Christmas 2022. The latest Bao incarnation is on Windmill Street in Fitzrovia. The expanding group of restaurants started as a

Bao - 2015 June

Starting out its life in an east London street stall, Bao as now found a permanent home at the north end of Lexington street in Soho. The wood-panelled dining room is tiny