Pahli Hill is a pan-Indian restaurant on Mortimer Street in Fitzrovia. Chef Avi Shashidara’s aim is to stay true to the roots of the original dishes while lifting them with gentle twists and the use of seasonal fresh ingredients. The menu of small and big plates, tandoor, grills and sides is designed for sharing.
Luciano by Gino D’Acampo
There’s a lot of choice on the menu of Luciano by Gino D’Acampo which spans the usual swathe of Italian cuisine.
The Cross Keys, Chelsea – Home from Home Gastropub
The welcome at the Cross Keys is very warm indeed and the cooking is both inventive and hearty. It’s well worth a visit if you’re in Chelsea or Battersea and want to escape the hubbub in a cosy home from home.
Highroad Social Greenwich – A Superb Sunday Roast
Highroad Social offerings a well-rounded Modern British menu using seasonal ingredients alongside an imaginative wine and cocktail list. We both thoroughly enjoyed our roast dinners
Oedipus – Wyndham’s Theatre
Icke’s take on Oedipus makes for a compelling night at the theatre. Perhaps a truly modern version, though, would have Oedipus and Jocasta spending their remaining years lying on separate couches undergoing intensive Freudian psychoanalysis rather than succumbing to their terrible fates of Ancient Greek myth.
The Punch Bowl – Mayfair
Memorable pub dining in Mayfair The Punch Bowl is a characterful Georgian pub in one of Mayfair’s back streets. It made celebrity headlines in 2008 when Madonna and Guy Ritchie bought it, but it’s now part of the Butcombe stable of pubs and inns (others in London include The Admiral Codrington, Chelsea and The Brown […]
Gloria, Shoreditch – Big Mamma Goes East
Fun Italian-style dining from Gloria After reviewing Jacuzzi for London Unattached last year, I was keen to visit another of Big Mamma’s Italian restaurants. I thoroughly approve of the group’s ethos that dining out should be OTT, theatrical and fun. Gloria is Big Mamma’s Shoreditch outpost, its website promising “a 70’s Capri-style & all-day long […]
Cornus – Restaurant of the month
Fine dining in Belgravia August’s restaurant of the month is Cornus, a brand new opening from the team behind Medlar in Chelsea. Heading up the kitchen is executive head chef Gary Foulkes whose career highlights include starting out with Gary Rhodes, working with Philip Howard at The Square and more recently taking the Angler to its […]
The Table, Battersea Rise – Omakase
A mystery menu Once a month, The Table Battersea Rise runs an Omakase “Mystery Menu” Night. Omakase is a Japanese word meaning “I’ll leave it up to you” or, in a restaurant setting, “I’ll trust the chef”. However, the four-course mystery tasting menus at The Table are in no way confined to Japanese cuisine and […]
Blue Boar Pub – Sunday Lunch
Traditional roast dinner in Westminster Just round the corner from Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, Blue Boar Pub promises a modern take on the classic British pub. In 2022 it won best Greater London pub in the National Pub & Bar Awards in 2022 and its menus are the work of chef Sally […]