A stylish taste of Italy in the heart of the city Just off Threadneedle Street, Piazza Italiana is nestled in amongst the City’s slickest architecture. The Cheese Grater, Gherkin, Walkie Talkie and Shard set the tone for this well-polished restaurant. Housed in the Grade II listed, former British Linen Bank and refurbished in a contemporary […]
Sabine Rooftop Bar – Review
Cocktails with a view Sabine Rooftop Bar’s bird’s eye view of St Paul’s Cathedral is its great draw but there are other good reasons to visit this newly opened cocktail bar situated on the top floor of the Leonardo Royal Hotel. One of the unexpected thrills of visiting Sabine is how loud the cathedral’s […]
Opera on the River at High Timber
A Night at the Opera with Mark Milhofer and Hightimber Restaurant. You may know High Timber best for great South African wines and food. Biltong and droëwors, great steaks and malva pudding make my South African friends feel right at home. The Jordan family who are co-owners of the restaurant with Neleen Strauss our host, […]
The White Swan, Fetter Lane – Review
Pub, Restaurant and Chophouse, The White Swan, Fetter Lane. Once upon a time Fleet Street, Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane were dominated by journalists and newspaper workers. Traditional pubs and bars thrived with their custom, while the ‘other’ big employers in the area, the Inns of Law seemed less prevalent. What is now the White […]
The Lamb Tavern Bar and Dining Room – Leadenhall Market
Hearty food in historic Leadenhall Market. Gone are the days when most pubs in the City shut at 8 pm when the last stockbroker had headed back to Surrey via the Drain to Waterloo. The only choices in the mid-1980s seemed to be Dirty Dicks (still there) and City Limits wine bar (sadly no longer). […]
The Botanist – Broadgate Circle – Review
A lively night out in Liverpool Street. The Botanist – Broadgate Circle is perfectly positioned just around the corner from Liverpool Street Station for after-work, pre-commute drinks and dinner. This may be a modern building but a lot of work has gone into making The Botanist atmospheric. Dark wood and antique mirrored glass feature heavily […]
Eastcheap Records – Review
Vinyl Heaven at Eastcheap Records in the City. With vinyl now outselling CDs in the UK it seemed like an apposite time to review Eastcheap Records; but hang on aren’t record shops a thing of the past to be filed away with t Curly Wurly chocolate and phone boxes? Rocket Leisure have cleverly reinvented the […]
Miyako Japanese Restaurant – Review
Japanese food made with passion at Miyako Miyako Japanese restaurant feels as if it has been around forever. For those of us with long memories, it is the only one of the restaurants in Terence Conran’s Great Eastern Hotel to survive the change of ownership when the site was bought up by Hyatt and relaunched as […]
Review: Aviary – City restaurant atop the Montcalm hotel
Great food and views – and not just for high fliers The City of London isn’t what it was – it’s much, so much better. At least from a drinking and dining point of view, that is. The time is long gone when the City was an after-work wasteland of closed or early-closing pubs and […]
The Jugged Hare – Review
Celebrating Game Season at the Jugged Hare. Situated in the shadow of London’s Barbican Centre, The Jugged Hare is a pub-restaurant specialising in game meats. I have walked past countless times on my way to the theatre and exhibitions and always thought that it exuded a good atmosphere. Invited to review the restaurant during game […]