Restaurant reviews
We had one of the best Indian meals ever at Aktar Islam’s restaurant Opheem in Birmingham back in 2018 – another one of our lucky finds, a good year before he picked up his first Michelin star. Strange to read reviews from only eight years back and see £38 as the price for three courses …
Vanderlyle try pretty hard to emphasise that they are simply a fine dining restaurant (and, sotto voce, by the way they don’t use meat or fish). I completely understand why they take this slightly convoluted approach. When I’m thinking about going out for a nice meal, I can feel myself almost automatically skipping my gaze …
Fin Boys is a seriously good fish restaurant in Cambridge. It would be a seriously good fish restaurant in London or anywhere else. They definitely put the “Oo!” into seafood. Hey… that was clever. : ) Sit at the counter if you can, that’s where we sat and talking with the chefs about seafood is …
It seems an unlikely place to find an independent Portuguese restaurant linked to a farm and wine estate in Portugal: inside a modern leisure quarter rubbing shoulders with Zizzi, Cote, Pizza Express and the Odeon. But that’s where Santos & Co live, in Dorchester’s rather pleasant Brewery Quarter. It’s a big dining room and gives …
Impala is dark, modern, sharp-yet-relaxed and loudly buzzing. Proper shout-across-the-table to be heard kind of buzzing. So I’d suggest you only go when you’re in that kinda mood. If you do, you’ll be very happy because the food is splendid. The menu is definitely meant for sharing, and you’ll need to trust the staff to …
