Restaurant Reviews
Too many restaurants and too little time to try them all?
Browse our collection of expert restaurant reviews and let us help you make your mind up.
Saddlers
Steak | W1K 6ZQ
Cows. The Irish. Two things loved by many and blamed for far too many things (cows sadly for global warming/the Irish for Guinness/bad jokes/Father Ted), yet the combination of the two creates something much more miraculous. We’re not talking genetic modification here, in fact, we’re talking about the complete opposite, heritage and provenance. You see, Ireland is known to be wet, being wet makes for good grass and, you guessed it, good grass makes for fantastic beef. Beef that you dream about. [continue reading]
The Foundry
British | NW1 7NL
The instant I left the “safety” of the underground, I was greeted by a woman with open arms, keen to pull me close to her burger sauce-splattered bosom. As I dodged her, shielding my innocent eyes from her luminous pink hair and pierced face, I ran into a man with a mohawk who appeared to literally throw up at the sight of me into his own top hat. I scurried away through the crowd toward Delancey Street, and passed a very tall man who took it upon himself to announce his coming (as if I couldn’t smell it), ‘make way you f*cking lot, arm camin’ frew!’ I do love Camden. [continue reading]
Assaggetti
Italian | SW1Y 4RW
It’s 10am and I’m hungry (the price you pay for eating late the evening before and skipping breakfast in the morning). As I look down at my lunchbox (or rather, my takeaway container) on my desk teasing me with its contents, I am suddenly struck at how one-dimensional we are in our approach to eating. [continue reading]
Dalla Terra
Italian | WC2E 9AB
Covent Garden. A Londoner’s idea of tourist mayhem. The place where everyone waits outside the station for their friends (goodness knows why when we know there’s not a hope in hell of finding them). The place where trendy trainer shops on Neal Street sit next to hippy crystal haunts in Neal’s Yard and a handful of boutiques make an exclusive appearance down at Seven Dials. [continue reading]
