City Restaurant and Bar – Devonshire Terrace: When we were invited along to the Drake & Morgan Restaurant and Bar, Devonshire Terrace, I had in mind it would be an easy evening. I’ve been to a few Drake & Morgan venues before (The Anthologist and The Allegory). Both are the kind of venues you want […]
Savage Garden – London’s newest rooftop bar
A Tower Hill Rooftop Bar – Savage Garden: We were really surprised to find such a great rooftop bar in a hotel which doesn’t in any way feel like the stuffy bars so often found within hotels. Situated on the 12th floor of the Doubletree by Hilton just behind Tower Hill station, the Savage Garden […]
Smiths of Smithfield, Farringdon
Steak and more at the Grill, Smiths of Smithfield: Nearly twenty years ago John Torode, of Masterchef fame, opened a large and at the time, quite unique restaurant in London. Smiths of Smithfield, looking directly out over the famous meat market quickly became very popular. One of the first all-day venues with a menu built […]
Mac and Wild – a taste of Scotland in London
Scottish Food in London – Mac and Wild I’ve recently returned from a few wonderful days in Scotland visiting Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye; admiring the beautiful scenery, enjoying the soft light, long days, doing a little walking and eating some lovely food. So a trip to Mac and Wild, a Scottish Restaurant […]
Plate – Restaurant, Bar and Bake – Shoreditch
Plate – Arnaud Steven’s first Restaurant at M by Montcalm, Shoreditch: With a CV that sounds like a Michelin star in the making Owner and Chef Director Arnaud Stevens has previously worked with Pierre Koffmann, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Atherton and Richard Corrigan. I was curious to explore his newly opened Plate restaurant, located on the first […]
Amber – Review
Taking The Amber Road to Aldgate If you’ve driven through the Aldgate/Whitechapel area over the last few years you will have noticed the huge amount of construction work that’s been going on. So when I was invited to review Amber, a new all-day Middle-Eastern restaurant in Aldgate East, I was expecting the usual forest of cranes, construction […]
Sunday Brunch at Eastway at Andaz
Sunday Brunch – Andaz Liverpool Street: Over the past couple of years, there seems to have been an explosion of bars and restaurants catching onto the great American idea of the Sunday Brunch. One of the latest to do so is the Andaz Hotel at Liverpool Street, who’ve recently started serving it in their Eastway […]
Great British Beef Week at the White Swan Chophouse
The White Swan – a London Chophouse Did you know that next week is Great British Beef Week (GBBW). an annual event which takes place around St George’s Day (23 April) each year, I’ m quite determined that I will be celebrating in style this year. In fact, in the interests of research, I’ve already started. […]
The Listing – Bustling in the heart of the City
The Listing by Drake and Morgan: I nearly always get lost when I visit the City of London; especially when leaving the tube at Bank with its multiple exits, I always seem to choose the wrong one. On Thursday I made the right choice, emerged opposite the Bank of England and walked less than 5 […]
Sushi in the City – The Devonshire Club
Japanese inspired Bottomless Brunch at the Devonshire Club: The London Bottomless Brunch is a wonderful thing when it unfolds as something far closer to a tasting menu than breakfast. And, for me, when it isn’t totally egg-centric, which of course, a Japanese inspired brunch is unlikely to do. The Devonshire Club is a rather swanky […]