The Soak, London: ‘Inconsistent doesn’t quite cover it’ | Jay Rayner
This restaurant in the Grosvenor Hotel finds itself in a real pickle: it can’t decide whether it’s good or really quite terribleThe Grosvenor Hotel, Terminus Place, London SW1W 0RP ((020 7868 6272)....
View ArticleYou may be a great cook – but can you beat a chef?
Every day, amazing things are being achieved in domestic kitchens. But some things are still best left to restaurantsThe increasing ambition of home-cooking – with technical complexity, obscure...
View ArticleBob Bob Cité, London EC3: ‘Love it or loathe it, you can’t ignore it’ –...
This flamboyant opening in the City of London offers boisterous, if bank-account-draining, funFor a long time – years, in fact – Bob Bob Cité sat on my “It’ll never happen” list, along with other...
View ArticleNew York's Four Seasons Restaurant to close less than a year after reopening
Managing partner says restaurant which opened in in 1959 in the Seagram Building but left it in 2016 will close on TuesdayThe Four Seasons Restaurant in New York is to close, less than a year after it...
View ArticleGrazing by Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh: ‘Clever but gutsy food' – restaurant...
Delicious cooking means the last thing you’ll do here is grazeGrazing by Mark Greenaway, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 2AB (0131 222 8857). Starters £9.50-£11; mains £25-£29;...
View Article'It has transformed my life': the restaurant where all staff have a disability
Universo Santi in the southern Spanish city of Jerez is dedicated to helping people with disabilities join the mainstream workforceThe first thing that strikes you is the calm, the light, the modern...
View ArticleMoor Hall in Lancashire crowned best restaurant in UK
Aughton restaurant is among 23 from north of England and Scotland to make top 100A Lancashire restaurant that clocked up two Michelin stars within two years of opening has been crowned the best in the...
View ArticleWoky Ko: Kaiju, Bristol: ‘Strangely inhospitable hospitality’ – restaurant...
The food at this ‘Japanese tapas’ bar in Bristol is worth the detour, but the poky lodgings rather cramp its styleOn my way to Woky Ko: Kaiju in Bristol, I pondered why, at some point in recent times,...
View Article'Plant-curious': UK's first 100% vegan hotel opens in the Highlands
Family firm hopes to attract people keen to try plant-based alternatives to meatIn the kitchen of Saorsa 1875, Luca Sordi is decorating a scoop of zesty almond butter with a sprinkling of fermented...
View ArticleLucknow 49, London: ‘Occasionally it knocks your socks off’ – restaurant review
Mayfair isn’t the first place you’d think of going for an Indian meal, but Lucknow 49 makes its caseLucknow 49, 49 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PQ (020 7491 9191). Starters £6-£16; mains £12-£17.50;...
View ArticleTell us about your worst experiences waiting tables
We want to hear your experiences working front of house in the restaurant industryThis weekend it emerged that Wahaca was charging waiters if their table ate and ran (a policy they have since changed,...
View ArticleNot so hospitable – waiters on their restaurant horror stories
There was outrage when it was suggested a waiter should pay towards the bill of diners who had done a runner. We asked readers to share their most memorable experiences of working in bars and...
View ArticleButterless puff pastry is bad enough. But other food hacks can be fatal |...
Patisserie Valerie’s substitution of marge caused shock – but it’s part of an infamous tradition blighting the restaurant industryThe revelation that struggling bakery chain Patisserie Valerie was so...
View ArticleWahaca ends policy on making staff pay for customers' unpaid bills
Restaurant chain forced into U-turn after complaint from Labour councillor goes viralThe restaurant chain Wahaca has been forced to change its policy, after a waiter was told he would have to pay part...
View ArticleDarby’s, London SW11: ‘Heroically good’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent
An unpretentious but elegant Irish-American restaurant and bar where the service is sharp and the menu brilliantEn route to Darby’s, Robin and Sarah Gill’s new project in south London, it struck me...
View ArticleOctopus, Guernsey: ‘Clumsy service fine seafood’ – restaurant review
Wonderful fish dishes await at this Guernsey restaurant, if only the waiters would hurry upOctopus, Havelet Bay, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1AX (01481 722 400). Starters and snacks £3-£9; mains...
View ArticleFour restaurants in the Bronx feel the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez effect
An uptick in visitors follows after New York congresswoman recommends Bronx restaurantsAurora Cerrato says it took all of one day for the AOC effect to take hold at her restaurant in Little Italy in...
View ArticleUK falls down culinary rankings in world's 50 best restaurants list
Just two London restaurants on controversial rankings while Mirazur named best in worldShoreditch, the hipster district of east London, is the only area of the UK to make the 2019 list of the world’s...
View ArticleIs it ethical for a woman to date a man for a free dinner? Only if they’re...
A third of heterosexual women have resorted to the ‘foodie call’ – including one who asked all her Tinder matches to send pizzaWhen it comes to dating and relationships, a lot of women want only one...
View Article20 of the best food tours around the world
Feast your eyes on these foodie walking tours, which reveal the flavours – and culture – of cities from Lisbon to Lima, Havana to HanoiContinue reading...
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