Glamorous dining in Notting Hill Beach Blanket Babylon, W11’s fashionable bar and restaurant is set in the heart of Notting Hill in an elegant Georgian townhouse on Ledbury Road, right on the doorstep of Westbourne Grove’s chic shopping area. This stylish restaurant was established back in 1990, I had the pleasure of frequenting it many […]
Cha Cha x Sister Jane – Notting Hill
Go West to Golborne Road to check out Cha Cha x Sister Jane Perhaps the ultimate lifestyle dining concept is to put your restaurant in the heart of a unique fashion boutique. The kind of place that out-of-towners might hear about from their City friends and aspire to visit. Cha Cha has done just that […]
Caractère – Notting Hill – Review
Contemporary Fine Dining in Notting Hill at Caractère. A stone’s throw from The Ledbury, owners of Caractère, Emily Roux and Diego Ferrari say that they have aimed to create the kind of place where they’d like to eat themselves. Without a mouthful of food, I’m convinced that this comfortable warehouse-style restaurant, with jewel-coloured velvet chairs […]
Uli Notting Hill – Review
Pan-Asian Perfection in Notting Hill at Uli. Pan-Asian restaurant Uli has been a Notting Hill staple since 1997. Originally located on the edgy All Saints Road it has recently moved to the more genteel environs of Ladbroke Road just around the corner from the shopping mecca of Portobello Road as well as being handy for […]
Bucket Seafood Restaurant – Review
Seafood Fest at Bucket, Notting Hill. I went to review Notting Hill seafood restaurant Bucket just after it opened and really enjoyed its creative, unpretentious and affordable approach. They have just launched a new menu with the aim of bringing more fresh produce into their offer and so it is with a degree of trepidation […]
A Walk on the Wild Side at UKAI Notting Hill
UKAI Japanese Gastropub in Notting Hill: Walking from Notting Hill Gate to the wrong end of the Portobello Road is something of a lesson in sociology. While The Gate itself is a little scruffy, just a few minutes away, the swanky stucco fronted buildings of the area around Pembridge Crescent and Kensington Park Road are […]
Uli Notting Hill- Review
Perfect Pan-Asian at Uli – Notting Hill: Pan-Asian restaurant Uli has been a Notting Hill staple since 1997. Originally located on the edgy All Saints Road it has recently moved to the more genteel environs of Ladbroke Road just around the corner from the shopping mecca of the Portobello Road as well as being handy for […]
The Shed, Notting Hill
The Shed Restaurant Notting Hill Walk into this ‘Shed’ just a few minutes from Notting Hill tube and find a cosy restaurant with an apparently haphazard arrangement of bar and tables spread across two rooms. Our host for the evening, the charming Richard Gladwin, ushered us to what I suspect must be the best spot […]
Bucket Seafood Restaurant – Review
Sustainable Seafood at Bucket Notting Hill: I’m a seafood fanatic so when invited to review Bucket, a brand new sustainable seafood restaurant and bar in Notting Hill it would have been impossible to refuse. The Bucket team are also launching ‘Oyster Hour’, offering £1 oysters every day from 4-7pm on weekdays and 4-6pm on weekends with any bottle, jug, cocktail or bucket of beers and […]
The Eagle Pub in Notting Hill – Review
The Eagle has landed… So many pubs have disappeared from our cities, towns and villages that being asked to review a new pub in Ladbroke Grove feels like a rare treat. I was on a Notting Hill staycation at the glamorous The Portobello Hotel so I trotted down the Grove for some dinner to The […]