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I wanted to LOVE Giant Robot but I just ended up liking it. Maybe it was the fact we went on a Sunday afternoon and missed the brunchy buzz, but I felt that they were just serving Americanised Italian classics that could have been done better elsewhere. The decor was very cool – all exposed brick and vintage light… More

I come here for the bibimbap, a signature Korean dish which consists of a red-hot stone bowl filled with raw ingredients, kimchee and an extremely careful waitress stirring the whole dish together! It's filling, usual and delicious – I recommend either the rib eye or the tobiko (flying fish roe) and snow crab.

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What is it that restaurant staff find so difficult to manage nowadays? Don't they recognise that they are in the service industry and that looking after customers is their priority? Today I endured a meal at Brown's in Kingston-upon-Thames that typified what is wrong in catering in the UK today. Why are workmen fixing… More

I went to Sushi des Artistes with my clients from New York.
We were so impressed. They opened recently so it wasn't busy, but that's what I needed. Quiet place for a business talk with amazing food so everything goes well.
Anyway I've been in many high standard Japanese restaurants, but the sushi is something more than… More

I visited XOXO this weekend (26 May 2012) and was appalled by the service and value for money.

The actual surroundings were very nice, decor was modern and they had a DJ playing great music… however, the staff were extremely rude and non-attentive. I asked 3 different members of staff for a glass of tap water and… More