Clipstone: London restaurant review | Jay Rayner
The wooden seats at Clipstone may be unforgivingly hard, but the food is so superbly good you won’t noticeClipstone, 5 Clipstone Street, London W1W 6BB (020 7637 0871). Meal for two including drinks...
View ArticleSardine, London N1: ‘As Dolly Parton almost said, it takes a lot of work to...
These are actual main courses, not the almost mandatory-in-London ‘succession of small plates’. I’m improbably chuffed by thisI have long fought against the stars on this page. They’re such blunt...
View ArticleSom Saa: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
A pop-up Thai has parlayed itself into a full-blown restaurant. It’s popular, noisy and the food has quite a kickSom Saa, 43a Commercial Street, London E1 6BD (020 7324 7790). Limited bookings for four...
View ArticleWho wants a din with their dinner?
Restaurants are becoming so noisy you can barely order your food. It’s part of the modern take on hospitality: treat ’em mean, keep ’em keenIn an unfamiliar restaurant, in an unfamiliar city, T and I...
View ArticleOutrage at restaurant's homage to 'stylish days' of British empire
Brisbane’s British Colonial Co marketed itself as celebrating ‘the empirical push into the developing cultures of the world’An Australian restaurant promising to recapture the “stylish days” of the...
View ArticleBurger King and KFC called out for lagging behind on antibiotic-free meat
A new report grades fast food chains on their efforts to curb the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which kills 700,000 people worldwide each yearA report released Tuesday that grades the policies...
View ArticleHorn Please, Glasgow: a bit sleazy, a lot delicious – restaurant review |...
Is the bread pakora delicate, nuanced, considered? No chance. Do we wolf it like animals? Hell, yes My husband, whose approach to shopping is an eccentric mix of scoring items recognisable only to the...
View ArticleRevealed: one in seven UK takeaways have failed food hygiene tests
More than 7,000 takeaways and 8,000 restaurants have not passed inspections, with huge hygiene disparities nationwideOne in 13 restaurants and one in seven takeaways in the UK have failed food hygiene...
View ArticleFilthy conditions and mice: the UK's worst restaurants for hygiene
Food safety inspectors reveal some of the worst businesses they have encountered While the majority of food businesses – 94% – pass safety inspections, there are a handful that fail to meet standards...
View ArticleTop 10 Paris restaurants for €10 a head
With the traditional Parisian brasserie in decline, a new website is pointing diners to alternative cheap eats. The founders of Les Petites Tables show us where to dine well on a shoestring‘No kebabs,...
View ArticleUmezushi: Manchester restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Small, intimate and refreshingly affordable, Umezushi is a hidden gem. But now Jay’s gone and told us all…Umezushi, Unit 4, Mirabel Street, Manchester M3 1PJ (0871 811 8877). Meal for two, including...
View Article‘Mouse droppings were everywhere’: a day in the life of a food inspector
Sharon Nkansah has worked on the food safety frontline in Newham, London, for 10 years, and seen the good, bad and the uglyWhen you’ve been a food safety inspector for as long as Sharon Nkansah, you...
View ArticlePut scores on the door to improve food hygiene | Letters
Your informative piece (One in seven takeaways fail hygiene tests, 24 September) mentions that the Food Standards Agency ranks all food providers with a score of zero to five. In Wales, all food...
View ArticleBronte, London WC2: ‘It doesn’t know whether it’s in Bangkok or Beirut, nor...
It will appeal to design-conscious restaurant-goers for whom food isn’t the primary considerationBeauty can dazzle you to all kinds of imperfection. And – gasp! – Bronte is an absolute stunner. It’s...
View ArticleNew Yorkers left in a pickle by news famous Carnegie Deli to close
Restaurant in shadow of Billionaires’ Row was setting for a Woody Allen masterpiece but legal beefs and business pressures grew too much for ownerThey’re calling it “pastrami on cry”: after nearly...
View ArticleThe Bull and Ram: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Situated deep in farming country in County Down, this shrine to prime-cut short-horn steak brings out the butcher’s boy in JayThe Bull & Ram, Dromore Street, Ballynahinch, County Down BT24 8AG (028...
View ArticleWhy a New York restaurateur is arming employees with Apple Watches
ShakeShack founder has announced that the managers and sommeliers at his new Union Square Cafe 2.0 eatery will wear devices to take better care of dinersDanny Meyer, the keeper of the golden flame of...
View Article10 of the best restaurants and bars in San Sebastián – chosen by the experts
The Basque city of San Sebastián has so many great places to eat it’s hard to narrow it down, so we’ve enlisted local chefs and foodies to select their favouritesTrotting hungrily through the streets...
View ArticleThe Fat Duck regains three Michelin stars after Australian sojourn
Heston Blumenthal’s Bray venture wins back place among world’s best restaurants after temporary move to MelbourneHeston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck has regained its three Michelin stars to rejoin the...
View Article’O Ver, London SE1: ‘The star turn? The pizzas’ – restaurant review | Marina...
With the odd stagger to Tuscany for salumi and Puglia for burrata, the menu is properly NeapolitanIn my tunnel-visioned corner of the internet (all a bit “Trump? Brexit? Huh? Have you tried that...
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