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”The look is Versace on acid, but behind the blue and gold swags and swirls and the grandiose faux furniture...” MORE>> |
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”Madonna may have just walked in, but spicy spinach cakes stuffed with fresh fig are the star of the evening....” MORE>> |
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”'As pubs go, this is the closest to the G. K. Chesterton quote about a place to get a good...” MORE>> |
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”'This Turkish restaurant is grand for a cheap supper of kidneys, sweetbreads or quails cooked over bucket barbecues, or Turkish...” MORE>> |
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”Just $65 buys you three magnificent courses—say, potato gnocchi with lobster and chanterelles, followed by confit of duck with cabbage...” MORE>> |
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”Health-minded baby boomers bring the kids to this 'green' McD's for the colorful playground....” MORE>> |
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”Owner Gavin Rankin was the right-hand man at Annabel's (London's smartest nightclub), so it's no surprise that Bellamy's feels distinctly...” MORE>> |
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”Atul Kochhar, who earned a Michelin star for the more traditional Tamarind in Mayfair, recently left to open Benares, another...” MORE>> |
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”Reassuringly traditional restaurant for oysters and Dover sole....” MORE>> |
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”It's certainly a classic, but the Michelin House is a fantastic affair, with beautiful Art Deco stained glass. I love...” MORE>> |
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”There's also Bistrotheque, an industrial raw space where we do most of our after-parties....” MORE>> |
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”Welcome to Bluebird Dining Rooms, a former members-only dining club that Conran's son, Tom, has turned into a temple of...” MORE>> |
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”The Berkeley Hotel's Boxwood Café pairs a subdued brown-and-silver interior with earthy entrées (lamb's cheeks, pig's trotters) more suited to...” MORE>> |
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”a cavernous microbrewery with mosaic tile floors, pairs house ales with solid brasserie fare such as braised pork belly and...” MORE>> |
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”Brumus Bar & Restaurant—tricked out entirely in crimson and magenta, with a wall of windows onto happening Haymarket Street—serves up...” MORE>> |
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”Serves revamped British classics such as braised lamb and potted duck with piccalilli....” MORE>> |
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”This Italian restaurant has just been redesigned by David Collins....” MORE>> |
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”When London’s revamped St. Pancras International train station opened last fall, so did its new, epically long Champagne Bar...” MORE>> |
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”'Marcelle's Lebanese food communicates a sense of well-being, and Marcelle herself is very motherly. There is a menu, but usually...” MORE>> |
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”The spare, industrial interior—plain hood lamps hung from aluminum ceiling pipes, communal rows of wooden tables and leather cube-stools—hardly prepares...” MORE>> |
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”The Panjabi sisters are the doyennes of London's Indian scene: Camellia founded Bombay Brasserie in 1982, making tandoori acceptable for...” MORE>> |
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”Cozy and contemporary spot for good Spanish fare. ...” MORE>> |
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”The look couldn't be more different at the Cinnamon Club, a sober marble-and-stone, leather-paneled dining room housed in a former...” MORE>> |
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”A guaranteed fun evening, especially for quintessentially Irish oysters and Guinness....” MORE>> |
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”Save room for the ultimate dessert: sticky toffee pudding with pecan praline ice cream...” MORE>> |
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”This new retro-chic restaurant serves meatless versions of English classics such as shepherd's pie....” MORE>> |
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”Beef drippings are what makes fish and potatoes so special at London’s Northern-minded Fryer’s Delight, a weathered chippy in Holborn...” MORE>> |
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”Using Paris's new bistrots modernes as their model, the Galvins created a small, enormously charming restaurant with dishes like a...” MORE>> |
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”Superstar French chef Pierre Gagnaire oversees the kitchen at The Glade, the newest of the four restaurants at Sketch, a...” MORE>> |
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”Though not quite the working-class dump I expected, this 1914 institution has virtues aplenty. Gorgeous Art-Deco Bakelite frying equipment is...” MORE>> |
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”Lunch cooked by England's enfant terrible chef is a must....” MORE>> |
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”Although the Greyhound has a superb gastropub menu of dishes like lamb with pickled anchovies, the wine list is its...” MORE>> |
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”Beef sirloin served from the cart comes with good roasted potatoes, baby peas and mint jelly; desserts, like apple crumble...” MORE>> |
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”'Very well designed [interiors are by Christian Liaigre], and the food is extremely tasty. I like going for dim sum...” MORE>> |
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”...pints arrive accompanied by Thai food......” MORE>> |
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”'Dumplings for lunch—habit-forming! My favorites are the char siu [barbecued pork] dumplings, the prawn and chive, the turnip paste with...” MORE>> |
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”This shop, café and wine bar sells up to 200 hard-to-find farmhouse cheeses and specialty produce like Sicilian lemons ...” MORE>> |
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”...updated British dishes......” MORE>> |
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”Award-winning bistro Le Cercle, which serves rich French fare in small-plate portions—perfect for a post-shopping pick-me-up....” MORE>> |
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”Co-owner Nigel Platts-Martin (who also runs The Square) has a knack for discovering young talent. Australian chef Brett Graham’s creations...” MORE>> |
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”Le Relais de Venise L'Entrecôte Porte Maillot, the newly opened branch of the famous Paris steak frites joint....” MORE>> |
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”'One of my favorite restaurants. The décor is really over-the-top. One of the 'Garçons' was a student of mine—he also...” MORE>> |
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”Creative Indian food isn't limited to expense-account dining rooms. The Panjabi sisters' latest, Masala Zone, is an Indian answer to...” MORE>> |
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”Jason Atherton's excellent menu features elaborate dishes in tapa-size portions: sea bass with candied eggplant and asparagus in a lemongrass...” MORE>> |
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”London's Mestizo is the sexiest tequila bar in Europe....” MORE>> |
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”Beside the Real Greek, in megahip, arty Hoxton, is the restaurant's offspring. It serves the same unusual dishes but in...” MORE>> |
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”With its view over Trafalgar Square, this spot inside the National Gallery gives you a good idea of how British...” MORE>> |
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”'The spareribs are a joy. They're chewy nuggets of rib with chile, garlic and salt—all good things magically cooked in...” MORE>> |
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”'The food at this Lebanese restaurant is so good—like kibbeh—and the service is flawless.'...” MORE>> |
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”Meanwhile, stylish new arrivals keep coming. The Painted Heron took up residence on Chelsea's posh Cheyne Walk—hardly a bastion of...” MORE>> |
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”Cyrus Todiwala put Goan food on the map at the renowned Café Spice Namaste in the nineties. He has opened...” MORE>> |
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”My favorite London bistro is Passione, owned by my friend and mentor Gennaro Contaldo....” MORE>> |
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”Even if Barnaby Gorton's paintings of muscular, oil-slicked torsos are not your style, there are plenty of other reasons to...” MORE>> |
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”The retro-sleek restaurant (Eero Saarinen tables, Harry Bertoia chrome chairs) serves delicately seared scallops in pea shoot sauce, and bespoke...” MORE>> |
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”Upstairs, prices are high; the street-level Tapa Room is cheaper and more fun—but it doesn't serve tapas! The name refers...” MORE>> |
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”Everyone's raving about famous-from-Fifth-Floor Henry Harris's trendily old-fashioned French bistro. Go for the bargain prix-fixe meal ($23 for two courses...” MORE>> |
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”stocks more than 100 obscure brews drawn from every corner of the world...” MORE>> |
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”Chef Vineet Bhatia uses an inventive combination of ingredients, and has worked with French, Swiss, and German chefs—though his training...” MORE>> |
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”Specializing in Greek street food, this chain has branches throughout the city. The newest one, its fifth, is slated to...” MORE>> |
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”As upstarts move in, the old guard is also sprucing up. Soho's Red Fort was part of the first upscale...” MORE>> |
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”an airy, glass-enclosed space in the historic Floral Hall overlooking the market, with views of St. Paul’s cathedral...” MORE>> |
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”Thanks to flowerpots hung above wooden tables outside, my next stop, Rock & Sole Plaice, wasn’t grim in the least—one...” MORE>> |
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”Roka, the newest venture from Zuma founder Rainer Becker, also caters to grazers. The room hums around a large, open...” MORE>> |
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”Scott's, a restaurant that has been taken over by the Ivy-Caprice people, is fantastic for the art alone, like a...” MORE>> |
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”Located in a former library, Shanghai Blues effortlessly bridges the gap between old and new Chinese, with silk awnings, powder...” MORE>> |
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”Don't miss the lunchtime tea, cake, and sandwiches....” MORE>> |
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”Updated European dishes....” MORE>> |
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”Then there is St. John in Clerkenwell. That is a real art-world favorite. It's known for offbeat offerings like tripe...” MORE>> |
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”Excellent organic café....” MORE>> |
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”That trip still resonates with me as I work on my most recent restaurant, Suka, in London’s Sanderson Hotel. ...” MORE>> |
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”This well-loved old restaurant offers a glimpse of what London life was like a century ago. At lunchtime it’s mobbed...” MORE>> |
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”And the cuisine is finally gaining due respect. In 2001, London's Zaika and Tamarind became the first Indian kitchens in...” MORE>> |
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”The museum restaurant offers lots of old vintages....” MORE>> |
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”If you want a nice meal with a view of London, book a table at the top-floor Tate Modern Restaurant....” MORE>> |
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”Reestablishing afternoon tea as a must for busy A-listers like Kate Moss and Stella McCartney, the Tea Palace is a...” MORE>> |
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”River Café alum Theo Randall serves earthy Italian dishes at his eponymous new spot...” MORE>> |
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”Frequented almost exclusively by locals, this restaurant near Buckingham Palace and Sloane Square (formerly the Joiner’s Arms pub) offers spins...” MORE>> |
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”This fresh-faced Italian restaurant from the River Café school has a garden mural on its all-white walls, generous portions and...” MORE>> |
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”The components on chef Tom Aikens’s menu often don’t sound like they should go together—but always do, and brilliantly. Now...” MORE>> |
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”At the Troubadour, an atmospheric old café, I perk up with another cup of tea....” MORE>> |
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”Within months of opening, chef Ichiro Kubota earned a Michelin star for dishes like his minced quail and foie-gras potato...” MORE>> |
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”'A very cool space in a high-ceilinged former hydraulic power station.'...” MORE>> |
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”Dinner bookings at the Wolseley, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's opulent evocation of Continental cafés, are still as coveted as...” MORE>> |
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”ultra-fresh oysters are always on the menu, including the Duchy of Cornwall variety...” MORE>> |
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”Yau earned a Michelin star for dim sum at sister restaurant Hakkasan, and Yauatcha's dim sum is equally thrilling: pan-fried...” MORE>> |
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”Central London’s best Indian food....” MORE>> |
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