Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: Joia, Battersea — 6 July 2024
  2. Review (again): Paradise, Soho — 6 July 2024
  3. Review: Mollie’s Diner, Oxford (ish) — 6 July 2024
  4. Review: The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe — 20 May 2024
  5. Review: La Goccia, Covent Garden — 20 May 2024

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Review: Joia, Battersea

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London, Restaurant Reviews

6 July 2024

Pan con tomate with a view

Joia has one very good thing going for it: huge floor-to-ceiling windows with 15th storey views out over Battersea Power Station and beyond. It’s a light and spacious dining room and it feels lovely to be here. That said, on arrival we had a similar experience to La Goccia: the lady on the door took …

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Review (again): Paradise, Soho

Categories:

London, Restaurant Reviews

6 July 2024

Lamb curry

I reviewed Paradise a few years ago when we first went and enjoyed our best Sri Lankan meal in London to date. We’ve been back a few times since, whenever we’re longing for punchy whole-hearted spice and cool cocktails. So this isn’t a full review, I just wanted to highlight that they’ve now switched focus …

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Review: Mollie’s Diner, Oxford (ish)

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Cafes etc., Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

6 July 2024

Chicken and waffle

“Mollie’s Diner, Oxford” is actually beside the A242 about 20 minutes drive from Oxford. Just in case you thought it was a useful hotel for visiting Oxford! It’s a roadside diner and motel (hotel, really) and we found it very handy for two days of walking along the Thames Path nearby. As a hotel I …

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Review: The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

20 May 2024

When the April rain and cold finally clears away and you get your first really warm, sun-soaked day of the year. Well, it’s nice to sit outside a country pub and enjoy a good meal al fresco. Which is just what we did on the way back from Devon at The Three Horseshoes in the …

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Review: La Goccia, Covent Garden

Categories:

London, Restaurant Reviews

20 May 2024

Dough balls

La Goccia is an Italian restaurant in the same courtyard as the Petersham restaurant and from the same stable. It’s got a glamorous inner dining room with a bar counter, and a lighter outer room off the courtyard. This is where we were led when we arrived, pretty much the first guests of the evening …

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