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Bancone - 2020 January

This pasta restaurant, whose name means “counter”, opened in late June 2018 just off Trafalgar Square. It has since gained a 90-seat sister restaurant Bancone, located

Banca - 2012 October

Editor's note: In June 2013 it was reported that Banca would be converted to a branch of Roka. This opened in February 2014. Banca has the same owners as the wildly successful

Baluchi - 2017 May

Lalit is a chain of luxury hotels in India, and has recently opened its first branch in London in what used to be a grammar school. This is located at the end of Tooley Street

Balthazar - 2013 March

Balthazar in New York is a highly popular brasserie, so iconic that it was even in a scene in the TV series Sex in The City. Its owner Keith McNally is actually British, so his

Bai Yok - 2013 June

Bai Yok is a Thai restaurant in Zwolle, open since 2004. It has quite a large dining room, with closely packed tables. The lengthy menu runs through the classic dishes of

Azurmendi - 2014 September

The dining experience at Azurmendi is unusual in that it goes beyond just sitting at a table and being fed. When you arrive at the hilltop building you are led to the striking

Axis - 2012 Axis

Editor's note: In the summer of 2012 head chef Tony Fleming moved on, launching the Angler restaurant, which opened in September 2012 at the South Place hotel in London. Hence the

Autre Pied - 2012 September

L’Autre Pied opened in November 2007, the little sister of Pied à Terre. It is at one end of Blandford Street in Marylebone seating just over 50 customers at any one

Aulis London - 2021 June

Aulis is a tiny six seat restaurant in a Soho side street, showcasing the food of Simon Rogan from L’Enclume. The format is simple: a no-choice tasting menu with paired

Aubergine - 2009 May

Aubergine closed on September 8th 2010. This does not affect the sister restaurant in Marlow. The notes below are for historical interest only. In April 2015 the

Auberge du Lac - 2012 January

Editor's note. In February 2014 there was a change of head chef. Marcus McGuiness, formerly of Malt House, Hibiscus and Champignon Sauvage, is now head chef, with Anthony

Attica - 2011 August

In a former bank in a parade of shops in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea is Attica, where Ben Shewry (originally from New Zealand) has headed the kitchen since 2005. There was

Atrium - 2012 January

Editor's note: this has now been rebranded as The English Pig, but still with Johnny Mountain involved. Atrium is set within the 4 Millbank complex near Big Ben, (not, as I

Atrio - 2024 January

Atrio (“atrium”) restaurant is located within the walled old town of Caceres in Extremadura in western Spain. Caceres is about 300km southwest of Madrid, 315km east of

Atelier Robuchon Tokyo - 2018 September

This restaurant in the Roppongi Hills complex was the very first Atelier Robuchon to open globally in April 2003 (the first Paris one followed soon after). This upmarket chain has

Atelier Robuchon Tokyo

The very first Atelier de Joel Robuchon to open was not in Paris but here in Tokyo in April 2003. It is at ground floor level of the vast Roppongi Hills complex. It has the same

Atelier Robuchon Shanghai - 2018 August

This branch of the Atelier Robuchon chain is within number 18 The Bund, a grand, building dating from 1923 along this bank of the Huangpu river in Shanghai. It is easy to

Atelier Robuchon London - 2024 January

Atelier Robuchon opened in Mayfair in September 2023. from behind of the stoves of the legendary Jamin in Paris, where he earned three Michelin stars within three years of its

Atelier Robuchon London - 2013 January

Editor's note: Atelier Robuchon's fnal service was April 14th 2019. Atelier Robuchon is part of the ever-expanding empire of Joel Robuchon, the French master chef. When he was

Atelier Robuchon - 2008 February

This time we sat downstairs, at the bar stools that surround the open kitchen. These are quite tightly spaced, so any extravagant arm movement ended up bumping the neighbouring