Evening Standard - Restaurants

Angel and Crown - review

Nick Curtis — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:50:03 GMT

The duck livers in my starter were soft and sanguinary but served on a wodge of sappingly bland white toast

Mele e Pere - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:45:20 GMT

Apples and pears is cockney rhyming slang for stairs. Mele e Pere (apples and pears), another restaurant newcomer to Soho, is in a basement down a prettily tiled flight of stairs

10 Greek Street - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:36:53 GMT

Independent restaurants with gifted cooks, benign service, revelatory wine lists, reasonable pricing: bring 'em on. There can never be enough

Pitt Cue Co (Soho) - review

Victoria Stewart — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:20 GMT

From BBQ trailer to Soho restaurant, Pitt Cue Co is a foodie talking point on Twitter, and a glutton's paradise

Hix Belgravia - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:43:31 GMT

Restaurant of the week: Travels in the kitchen with Mark Hix's latest west London fix

Delicious Valentine's Day dates

Sarah Marshall — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:29 GMT

Make a meal of it with London's most romantic restaurants

Dabbous - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:31:06 GMT

Restaurant of the week: Urban grit meets some wonderfully innovative cooking from the former head chef at Texture in a new venture that is sure to excite the capital's foodies

Bukowski - review

Jasmine Gardner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:57:50 GMT

Housed in a single shipping container in Boxpark, Shoreditch's new pop-up shopping centre, Bukowski offers good burgers, and that's about it. But that's all it needs

Tom Aikens - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:30:56 GMT

Restaurant of the week: Chef Tom Aikens, through the medium of his latest press release, is offering "A new vision for 2012". This takes the shape of his redesigned and relaunched signature restaurant with the involvement of new backers

Quo Vadis - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:48:02 GMT

Restaurant of the week: One of Soho's best-known restaurants has bright new interiors and a new head chef with all the credentials to make it a success

Pizarro - review

Nick Curtis — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:09:08 GMT

Bright flavours, simple techniques and not too many ingredients. This is Jose Pizarro's description of his cooking, and it is a fair one

Colchis - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:45:25 GMT

Of the former member states of the Soviet Union, Georgia is invariably credited with the best cooking and the most dedicated love of feasting

Baku - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:31:09 GMT

Restaurant of the week: The former Soviet states of Azerbaijan and Georgia boast intriguing cuisines but have some way to go before being London fixtures

Start Latin lessons for the next big food trend

Nick Curtis — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:20:09 GMT

The tastes of Peru and Brazil promise to be this year's treats for London foodies, says Nick Curtis

Burger & Lobster - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:31:29 GMT

Restaurant of the week: Premium fast food and an undeniably clever construct, Burger & Lobster is the sort of treat you could give yourself instead of going to the sales

Fay Maschler's restaurants of the year 2011

Fay Maschler — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:33:33 GMT

Economic gloom hasn't dampened the ambitions of London's restaurateurs, with many determined to be as innovative as ever

Wild Food Cafe - review

Jasmine Gardner — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:50:18 GMT

Everything was going just fine at the Wild Food Café. When we arrived, the new vegan/raw pit stop that overhangs Neal's Yard in Covent Garden was abuzz with the late Saturday lunch hour

Mishkin's - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:35:38 GMT

Restaurant of the week: Mishkin's is where to go to nosh, kibbitz and kvetch

Mama Lan - review

Andrew Neather — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:18:25 GMT

Mama Lan's is a suitably quirky addition to the foodie destination that is Brixton Village Market

The Delaunay - review

Fay Maschler — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:26:11 GMT

London's dynamic restaurateur duo bring elegance, attention to detail and most importantly what diners really want to a stylish new Middle European-influenced venture

Satsuma - review

Victoria Stewart — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:32:50 GMT

Satsuma has now set out to be one of London's first specialist Japanese katsu curry restaurants

Soif - review

David Sexton — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:37:42 GMT

Forget the loud crowd - the third venture from the creators of Terroirs has a menu that's on trend and an inspired wine list

Burrito boom: London's obsession with Mexican wraps

Victoria Stewart — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:28:34 GMT

Naked or wrapped? Pinto or black beans? Salsa? As hordes queue at London's Mexican street food restaurants, Victoria Stewart finds out why we're eating up to 50,000 wraps a week

Grace and Flavour: The Ledbury

Grace Dent — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:32:15 GMT

Even the staff are delicious at the faultless Ledbury, says Grace Dent

Jewish nosh is popping up again

Nick Curtis — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:04:47 GMT

To judge by the eddies in the blog - and Twittersphere, the next London food trend is for Jewish nosh