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Review: Bistro Union, Clapham
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. …
Review: Wildhive at Callow Hall, Ashbourne
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 …
Review: OMA, Borough
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 …
Review: Sabor, Mayfair
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 …
Review: The Garden Cafe, Waterloo
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 …