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The Greenhouse - 2018 October

The Greenhouse in Mayfair has a long history, opening in 1977 and featuring many notable chefs overs the years, including Gary Rhodes back in the early 1990s. In 2003 the

The Greenhouse - 2014 October

This was my second time at The Greenhouse since Arnaud Bignon took over the reins in the kitchen from Antonin Bonnet. On this visit I went for the full “discovery”

The Goring - 2015 September

Editor's note: chef Shay Cooper left in 2019 to move to Julie's. Richard Gialli took over as executive chef; he was previously head chef here. The Goring Hotel in Victoria was

The Goring - 2012 October

The Goring Hotel is a family-run luxury hotel near Buckingham Palace, open since 1910 and London’s last hotel to be still run by the family that built it. The

The Good Earth - 2015 February

The Good Earth, not far from Harrods, is one of a long established mini-chain of Chinese restaurants. I remember trying the Esher Good Earth over two decades ago, and the

The Georgian at Harrods - 2025 March

The Georgian Restaurant is on the fourth floor of Harrods (door 10 in Hans Street is the best entrance to the store to take for the restaurant). The kitchen has a menu now

The Gate - 2008 December

The Gate is that rarity, a pure vegetarian restaurant. Tucked away in an old church hall near the Hammersmith flyover, the dining room is up a flight of stairs. It has a

The Game Bird - 2017 May

The Stafford is a boutique hotel tucked away in a quiet road off St James Street. The hotel was originally a series of private residences built in the 17th century, and the modern

The French Laundry - 2005 April

The French Laundry is in the Napa Valley, just over a one hour drive from San Francisco in the small town of Yountville. Thomas Keller’s restaurant is

The French House - 2025 February

The French House dates back to 1891, when it was a pub called the York Minster. Once popular with writers including Dylan Thomas and Francis Bacon, it was renamed The French House

The Fordwich Arms - 2019 August

The Fordwich Arms is in the tiny and rather pretty community of Fordwich, near Canterbury. With a population of 381 this happens to be the smallest town in England, with a town

The Fish House - 2018 July

The Fish House opened in October 2012, in a parade of shops a short distance from Notting Hill tube station. There is a takeaway area and kitchen as you enter, and up a flight of

The English Pig - 2011 July

The English Pig is situated near the City of London Museum, and is unusual in focusing on one specific ingredient: pork. The lunch menu offers some additional options, but the

The Empress - 2012 April

The Empress in Hackney has been converted from an old Victorian pub into a restaurant, with a new team in the kitchen coming on board in January 2012. The head chef is Elliot

The Dysart - 2025 May

I have written previously about the Dysart, its talented head chef and its wine list. Head chef Kenneth Culhane was a winner of the Roux Scholarship in 2010, and cooked at Tetsuya

The Dysart - 2025 January

I have written previously about the background of the Dysart, its head chef Kenneth Culhane and the excellent wine list here. The dining room has a relaxed atmosphere, with widely

The Dysart - 2024 August

The Dysart is in Petersham, one and a half miles from Richmond station, and conveniently with a 65 bus route linking it to the station. The dining room has a stone floor, a

The Dysart - 2023 October

The Dysart has been operating in its current format since 2011, when chef Ken Culhane came here soon after winning the Roux Scholarship and transformed the Dysart from a pub into

The Dysart - 2013 October

The Dysart (formerly The Dysart Arms) is a pub in the smart Petersham area of Richmond, which in recent years has gradually transitioned from “pub that does food” to

The Don - 2017 August

This restaurant, open for around twelve years, has its entrance tucked away in a courtyard quite near Cannon Street station. The building was, from 1798, the cellar for