Como Garden – Italian restaurant in Kensington I visited an excellent Latin American restaurant in Kensington called Zuaya a couple of years ago, so when I was offered the opportunity to go along to its sister restaurant Como Garden, right next door to Zuaya on Kensington High Street and run by the very same Spanish […]
Zuaya review
Latin American vibes from Zuaya Nestled in a quiet side street a stone’s throw from swish Kensington High Street, Latin American restaurant Zuaya offers an excellent, thoughtful menu amid a stunning décor. Greenery is clearly the theme of the decoration with plants adorning the walls, and most impressively, foliage hanging from the ceiling, so diners […]
Romulo’s National Heroes Day Menu – Review
A three-course set meal dedicated to Filipino heroes Romulo’s is an exquisite fine-dining Filipino restaurant in the heart of Kensington. For a Filipino immigrant like me, this place reminds me of the finer things that my original home can offer. As a developing country, the quotidian experience can be anything but fine. However, food is […]
Ceru South Kensington – Review
A Taste of the Levant in South Kensington. One evening several years ago now, I was invited to a Ceru pop-up restaurant. If I remember rightly, it was in Fitzrovia, tucked away behind shops and hotels. On what must have been one of the wettest nights in memory, I arrived drenched to the skin. But, […]
Flora Indica – Review
Flora Indica – Stylish Indian Dining on Old Brompton Road Lockdown is over (fingers crossed) and restaurants have reopened their interiors so no more sitting out in the cold under blankets huddling under heaters! So with inside dining restored, we were very excited to have been asked to review Flora Indica, an innovative Indian restaurant […]
Kitchen W8 – Michelin Star dining without the fuss
An old favourite in Kensington revisited – Kitchen W8 Where do you go for a birthday lunch with someone who spends a good part of their life reviewing restaurants? It’s a challenge – here at London-Unattached we enjoy all kinds of food, but writing reviews does have the effect of making everyone just a little […]
Big Fernand – Burgers French style in South Kensington
Le hamburgé with a je ne sais quoi comes to London Big Fernand, the popular French burger brand, has set down roots in London’s French enclave of South Kensington, just two minutes’ walk from the tube. This famed burger brand, started life in 1993 in the middle of a small Parisian street, in a neighbourhood […]
Fine Dining Pinoy Style at Romulo Cafe and Restaurant
Romulo Cafe and Restaurant, Kensington High Street “It is the duty of the little Davids of this world to fling the pebbles of truth in the eyes of the blustering Goliaths and force them to behave!” – what an insightful and great quote from General Romulo, the Pinoy statesman who lends his name to Romulo […]
The Ivy Kensington Brasserie
Summer dining in Kensington at The Ivy Set in a prime location on London’s Kensington High Street, The Ivy Kensington Brasserie’s exterior is looking glorious on a warm and sunny evening with a verdant floral display around the front door in celebration of the Proms. The Art Deco interior is in classic brasserie style with […]
Chucs Kensington – Review
A box-fresh café concept in South Kensington There’s a new kid on the block – Chucs Kensington – gorgeous and chic, down at the corner in South Kensington… Run by celebrated restaurant & café collection Chucs, under the direction of Graziano Arricale and new Executive Chef Simon Henbery, Chucs Café Kensington is the group’s box-fresh […]