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AL's Place - 2016 May

I first ate the food of chef Aaron London at the late lamented Ubuntu in Napa Valley. Mr London had a troubled childhood and first developed an interest in cooking as a

Alois - 2023 May

Alois is on the first floor of the historic Dallmayr building in Munich. This started as a small spice shop in the 1700, with the current building bought by business founder Alois

Alloro - 2011 November

Editor's note: Alloro closed in February 2015. Alloro is part of the same restaurant group as Zafferano, and some similarities are evident, even down to the style of the menu

Allegra - 2023 January

I used to change tube trains in Stratford a lot back in the early 1980s when I lived in Leytonstone, and at that time there was not a great deal in the area to attract restaurant

Alimentum - 2012 January

Editor's note: In June 2018 it was announced that chef Mark Poynon was moving on and would be replaced by Samira Eff, his former head chef there. The restauant closed in

Alex Webb on Park Lane - 2023 April

This restaurant opened in October 2022 in the Intercontinental Hotel. Head chef Alex Webb trained at some prestigious restaurants including Hélène Darroze at The

Alex Dilling - 2022 October

This restaurant opened in September 2022 on the first floor of the Hotel Café Royal on Regent Street. This venue was first opened in 1865 by a French wine merchant and by

Alcron - 2014 April

Alcron is in the ground floor of the Radisson Blu hotel, located in the heart of Prague just off Wenceslas Square. It seats just 24 guests at one time and specialises in seafood

Albannach - 2016 August

In the northwest highlands is the most northerly Michelin-starred restaurant in the UK. The Albannach, which means Scottish in Gaelic, is set on a steep hillside in a 200 year old

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester - 2016 November

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester has an attractive dining room with a view out over Park Lane and the park beyond. Since January 2016 the head chef has been Jean-Philippe Blondet

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester - 2012 June

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester had a troubled start (I was here on the opening night) but it has gradually settled down and steadily improved in standard. Head chef Jocelyn

Alain Chapel - 1996 June

Sadly, the Alain Chapel restaurant closed in 2012. His son, Romain, is currently head chef of Sketch in London. The notes below are of historical interest only. Mionnay is a tiny

Al Waha - 2014 January

This Lebanese restaurant has been operating since 1998 on the busy Westbourne Grove thoroughfare; the name means “oasis”. The dining room is in two sections, one a few

Al Mare - 2022 April

Al Mare is an Italian seafood restaurant within the Carlton Towers Hotel in Knightsbridge. Executive chef since opening in July 2020 is Marco Calenzo, who was head chef and then

Al Fiori - 2012 June

Michael White was raised in Wisconsin but is known as a pasta chef, training in Chicago at Spiaggia and then for several years in Italy, prior to opening New York restaurants Al

Akira - 2019 February

Japan House in Kensington is the home of the Japanese cultural centre, hosting art exhibitions, lectures and events to promote Japanese culture. It features on its first floor a

Akelarre - 2002 September

A spectacular hillside vista overlooking the ocean means that the best time to visit here is either at lunch or on an evening with a late sunset e.g. in late June. The

African Queen - 2019 October

African Queen has been operating for fifteen years now in premises that used to be a pub called The Plough. I am guessing that it is named after the 1951 John Huston movie, but

Admiral Codrington - 2012 February

This fifty seat gastropub is named after Sir Edward Codrington, who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and was later made an admiral. It is situated between Sloane Square and South

Adil's - 2017 March

Balti (which in Urdu, Hindi and Bengali means "bucket") is a term for a deep, circular iron or steel pot, also known as a karahi, used in the cooking of northern Kashmir and