Italian Seduction in Clerkenwell at Luca. One of the places we’ve been meaning to try for a while, we were delighted to hear Luca Restaurant has reopened its doors after lockdown. Luca opened in 2016 to mixed reviews. Its ‘Britalian’ aesthetic left some confused, nursing bruised wallets and their cherished copies of The Silver Spoon. […]
Ayllu, Paddington – Review
Peruvian – Japanese Fusion Cuisine at Ayllu, Paddington. Gentle reader, do you wonder where restaurants get their names? It’s a source of fascination for me. From the quirky (Hankies is an Indian restaurant named after the thin handkerchief type bread that they serve) to the obvious (Burger and Lobster anyone?). Ayllu is so-called after a […]
Covent Garden Restaurants – Summer 2020
London’s Covent Garden reopens with a gentle whisper. On the fringe of the West End, bustling Covent Garden is popular with theatre-goers, tourists and locals alike. While for many hundreds of years it was a fruit and vegetable market, the redevelopment of the area into what we see today started in the early 1980s when […]
Six by Nico, London – Review
Scotland’s Six by Nico makes it to London. One of those restaurants with a reputation that goes before it, Six by Nico is a popular concept, born north of the border. With the original restaurant from Nico Simeone in his home city of Glasgow, there are now sister restaurants in Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester and Liverpool. […]
Nostos Restaurant, Hove – Review
The ‘real’ Greek comes to Hove. Greece is having a bit of a moment. Quite to the amazement of its own citizens, the country has deftly navigated the coronavirus crisis managing to reopen the country to the tourists who are so crucial to its economy. So it seemed completely apposite to pay a visit to […]
Fallow – Heddon Street, London – Review
Creative Cooking at Fallow Restaurant, Heddon Street. Imagine opening your restaurant doors for the first time and then, two days later having to close them thanks to lockdown. That’s exactly what happened to the two chefs behind Fallow, Jack Croft and Will Murray. Having met working at the two Michelin starred Dinner by Heston, they […]
Battersea Power Station – Tapas Brindisa and Beyond
Tapas Brindisa at Battersea. One of London’s latest developments, Battersea Power Station is an excellent place to visit which should only become better when the new Northern Line station is opened and when a little more of the site is finished. For now, it’s somewhere to marvel at the space-age Frank Gehry and Norman Foster flats […]
The Lighterman, King’s Cross
The Lighterman reopens – A Pre-Covid Review. We were invited to review The Lighterman just before lockdown. Rather than tempt everyone with something that wasn’t opened, we put the review on ice till now – the reopening of The Lighterman on the 4th July for both dinner and drinks The Lighterman has a wonderful […]
Frenchie, Covent Garden – Pre-Covid Review and New Takeaway Options
Frenchie Covent Garden – Open for (Takeaway) Business Again. Life before Covid seems a distant memory right now. The London-Unattached team went along to Frenchie Covent Garden just before lockdown as a kind of treat, with a view to reviewing. And, before we could publish, everything shut. Rather than taunt the world with the excellent […]
SpiceBox – ‘Friday Night Curry’ – vegan curry recipe boxes
Vegan curry feast for four delivered to your door. Spicebox is a local curry house, based in Walthamstow London. Normally, in their restaurant, they offer fresh, modern spins on curry house classics which happen to be vegan. But, life for the restaurant industry right now is far from normal and since lockdown, like many London […]