Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: Bistro Union, Clapham — 8 December 2025
  2. Review: Wildhive at Callow Hall, Ashbourne — 8 December 2025
  3. Review: OMA, Borough — 8 December 2025
  4. Review: Sabor, Mayfair — 8 November 2025
  5. Review: The Garden Cafe, Waterloo — 29 October 2025

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Review: Bistro Union, Clapham

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London, Restaurant Reviews

8 December 2025

Beef tartare

Bistro Union has been on our “oughta visit” list for five years. It’s in that weird zone: 25 minutes walk away, making it feel like a neighbourhood restaurant and thus not worthy of a special trip, yet too far to walk if we just want to pop out for a bite to eat near home. …

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Review: Wildhive at Callow Hall, Ashbourne

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

8 December 2025

Beef Wellington

It’s very nice to get out of London for a little indulgent break in the bleak midwinter, especially in a lovely old country house perched on a wooded hillside and converted into a luxurious and cosy hotel. You might remember we did the same a couple of years ago at Hampton Manor. This time we …

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Review: OMA, Borough

Categories:

London, Restaurant Reviews

8 December 2025

Feels like Middle Eastern cuisine is having a big time in London, and OMA is one of the spots at the forefront of it. It’s taken us over a year to get here since we put it on our bucketlist, as earlier on it was going through that super-hyped phase where booking less than a …

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Review: Sabor, Mayfair

Categories:

London, Michelin, Restaurant Reviews

8 November 2025

Arroz negro coming up!

After a couple of false starts, we finally got around to eating at Sabor and I’m very glad we did! Showing up at 12 on a weekday turns out to be just fine now, whereas I think there was more queuing a couple of years back when Sabor was the exciting new kid on the …

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Review: The Garden Cafe, Waterloo

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London, Restaurant Reviews

29 October 2025

Morteau sausage

When it opened a few years back, the Garden Museum Cafe was voted “Best museum restaurant in the world” – a high accolade. Of course, in part that’s because museums haven’t often been known for their food offerings. The theory certainly always seemed to be: if you’ve got a captive audience, why not milk them …

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