Paladar is a pan-Latin American restaurant in Elephant & Castle. It gives out very relaxed vibes, especially the colourful courtyard, but the food shows great care and refinement – crucially with no compromise on the punchy flavours of the menu’s origins. We stopped in for the early evening menu, a solid bargain. We shared plantain …
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 …
