Firebird, London W1: ‘They’re about setting the rulebook alight’ – restaurant...
The intriguing and appetising cooking puts this right up there on my list of 2022’s important openingsFirebird has landed on Poland Street in Soho. Although it’s not exactly Soho, but rather that point...
View ArticleAugustus, Taunton: ‘A classy bistro that will look after you’ – restaurant...
Taunton is blessed with many things, but near the top of the list is this gorgeous little bourgeois bistroAugustus, 3 The Courtyard, St James Street, Taunton TA1 1JR (01823 324354). Starters £9-£14,...
View ArticleHard to swallow: the 30% price hike that gets delivered with your meal
Restaurants say they have no choice but to pass on fees charged by the big food courier appsThe pandemic was a boom time for food delivery as Britons relied on apps such as Deliveroo to get dishes...
View ArticleThe struggle to get a good holiday meal is real. Plan ahead | Jay Rayner
We all know how it feels: the restaurant is rammed, the staff are stressed and the food arrives late. Here’s how to avoid holiday miseryLooking forward to your holidays? Of course you are: lazy days by...
View Article‘Seventy-five dollars or your restaurant gets it!’ The blackmailers...
Restaurants across the US have been targeted by scammers threatening them with terrible Google ratings. It’s just part of a plague of bad-faith reviewsName: One-star reviews.Age: Travel guides first...
View ArticleHoney & Co, London WC1: ‘Orange blossom-scented largesse’ – restaurant review...
You can buy their recipe books, but you’ll never make falafel or taramasalata quite like it is hereUprooting a London institution is no small task. Despite living on Warren Street a mere 10 years – a...
View ArticleOn my radar: Marina Abramović’s cultural highlights
The artist on an exhibition made by spiders, cryptocurrency activism and her love of astrologyThe performance art pioneer Marina Abramović was born in 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia (then Yugoslavia). She...
View ArticleIl Borro, London: ‘The music was bad, the pasta dismal’ – restaurant review
This fashion-conscious trattoria in Mayfair shows that eating like a rustic Italian can be an expensive businessIl Borro, 15 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DY. Starters £14-£35, pastas £17-£53, secondi...
View ArticleHow to save on going out for meals and shows
From a trip to the cinema, pub or restaurant to a family day out, there are lots of ways to cut costsGoing out doesn’t have to be prohibitively expensive. Whether you fancy the cinema, theatre, a meal,...
View ArticleShelter Hall, Brighton: ‘Far better than a food hall ever tends to be’ –...
Chocolate and cheese was never a combination I felt my life lacked until this fine Sunday in Shelter Hall; now I can’t live without itShelter Hall in Brighton feels like an entirely new concept in...
View ArticleAustralian restaurants on a knife edge as inflation bites and food costs soar
Hospitality businesses adapt menus and cut staff hours amid cost-of-living pressuresGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastRestaurants and cafes are constantly adapting...
View ArticleHarbour House, Bristol: ‘Just a delightful place to be’ – restaurant review
The fish is excellent and all things are shipshape and Bristol fashion on the edge of the Floating HarbourHarbour House, The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB. (0117 925 1212). Snacks and starters £4-£9, mains...
View ArticleUK restaurants plan more ‘heatwave menus’ of salads and cold meat
Many eateries turned their ovens off last week to save their chefs from the heatRestaurants and gastro pubs are planning to offer more “heatwave menus” in the future amid concerns that soaring...
View Article‘We just don’t get visited’: why Australia is overlooked in world’s best...
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 list marks Australia’s worst performance in a decade. What does it mean, and does it matter?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen it comes to restaurant...
View Article‘Sit down and shut up’: my lunchtime ordeal at Karen’s Diner
The Australian chain with deliberately rude staff has arrived in the UK – but is bad service funny?Masochism as entertainment has long been the 21st century’s stock-in-trade: Gordon Ramsay shouting at...
View ArticleDavid Byrne obituary
My father, David Byrne, who has died aged 78, was a restaurateur and hotelier who pioneered Bloomsday – the annual celebration of the life of James Joyce – as an epicurean festival. David was a man...
View ArticleGigi Gao’s Favourite Authentic Chinese, Swansea: ‘A fabulous creation’ –...
Gigi Gao’s unique style is on sparkling form in Swansea – the secret is to order unfamiliar dishesGigi Gao’s Favourite Authentic Chinese, 23 Anchor Court, Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1...
View ArticleAmethyst, London W1: ‘One of the UK’s best restaurants’ – restaurant review |...
The server had warned us we were going ‘on a journey’; she wasn’t lyingWe dined at Amethyst, a very fancy Mayfair restaurant, shortly after 10 nights of eating out simply, yet satisfyingly, in...
View Article‘We’ve changed and so have restaurants’: the new rules of dining out in...
A new generation has entered the restaurant workforce and they’ve been thrown in the deep end. So what does that mean for customers?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe question that we, as...
View ArticleSohaila, London: ‘It’s charming, the food is great’ – restaurant review
A social enterprise has opened its first restaurant – but eating here is far from an act of charitySohaila, 232 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6PJ. Small plates £4-£9, larger plates £11-£15,...
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