Proper, creative, and innovative cooking at Tasca Pop-ups are a tricky thing; to start with, you have to find them. Having first headed towards Tasca’s location on Google Maps, we had to make a hasty retreat back the way we came to make our booking at their residency in Project 44, near Old Street. We […]
Isso Prawn Crazy, Sri Lankan restaurant- Canary Wharf
Jumbo Prawns in London’s newest Sri Lankan restaurant in Canary Wharf. Isso Prawn Crazy is a Sri Lankan prawn restaurant in Canary Wharf, serving colossal-sized prawns perfect for anyone wanting to try authentic Sri Lankan food. The restaurant works with local Sri Lankan fishing communities, sourcing the prawns directly from over 150 small-boat artisanal day […]
Rocola Studio – Hackney
Serving up Latin American sharing plates in London Fields Rocola Studio sits in the heart of Hackney, in London Fields. Don’t be put off by the location. It is, in fact, unexpectedly easy to get to, only three stops from Liverpool Street on the Overground’s Weaver line. It’s where we went to try out their […]
ALFI at Spitalfields Market
Modern Italian Menu with Neapolitan Pizza On arriving at ALFI, I had a sense of déjà vu: it’s in a unit that once housed a spacious Leon popular with my mum-and-baby friends. Returning 19 years later, my son and I were sampling ALFI’s authentic Neapolitan pizza rather than boxes of meatballs. I read that ALFI’s […]
Duchy, Shoreditch
A Savoy Inspired Menu To Savour Duchy, in Shoreditch, takes its name from the Duchy of Savoy, a historic territory straddling French departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie and parts of Piedmont and Switzerland. The menu draws on flavours from these Alpine and northern Italian regions. In common with its aristocratic namesake, the 40 seater restaurant […]
Galvin Bistrot & Bar – Spitalfields
Summer in the City at Galvin Bistrot & Bar I took a trip to Galvin Bistrot & Bar in Spitalfields last week to seek out a taste of summer on their terrace. This lovely bistro is run by brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin. They originally launched their concept with Galvin Bistrot de Luxe in 2005, […]
Restaurant of the Month – Tavern
Ancient and Modern We are a sentimental bunch at London Unattached. When we heard that the team behind Restaurant St. Barts, our very first Restaurant of the Month in 2022, were opening a new British Bistro named Tavern in Old Street, it was a no-brainer as to what should be this month’s ROTM. We have […]
Teal Restaurant, Hackney
Little Chef Sally finds her home in Hackney, a charming little British Bistro There’s nothing that makes me happier than seeing someone like Sally Abé come into her own in a setting like Teal that seems ‘just so’. We’ve known her work since she took over as head chef at The Harwood Arms. At the […]
Tiella – Bethnal Green – Restaurant of the Month
A contemporary take on the trattoria Mining Italy’s rich regional food culture and her own family history in the trattoria trade, Dara Klein has recently opened her own restaurant on Bethnal Green’s Columbia Road. Klein’s CV contains stints at restaurants across London, including Brawn, Trullo and Sager & Wilde. More recently, her two-year residency at […]
Supperclub.Tube at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum
London’s most memorable immersive dining experience in a decommissioned Victoria Line tube train carriage It’s uncanny. On the one hand, we are in a reassuringly worn tube carriage; on the other, we’re in a smart restaurant bedecked with starched white linens and fine silverware. The nostalgic buffet car ambience, enhanced by low-level table lamps, lends […]