Editor’s Picks

Having been somewhat underwhelmed by the Maddox Street branch, it was without too high hopes that I visited the City branch of Goodman. Now I don't know if it is becuase it is the City rather than Mayfair, but this place is in a different league from the one out west.

The setting is very similar: brown leather, brown wood and a more… More

I really enjoyed my first taste of this friendly, light, unpretentious local restaurant. This is not haute cuisine, it is rather “honest cooking” with decent wine available. We asled our waitress about the wine choice to discover that her recommendation was spot-on which is not all that usual. Our waitress was friendly, enthusiastic… More

There has been a plethora of recent openings of French style brasseries in London, from the very good (Luc's and Pierre Koffman) to the unispired (Bar Boulud); Les Deux Salons falls emphatically into the former grouping. The room (or rather, as the name suggests, rooms) are authenticly big, high-ceilinged, brasserie affairs, with the… More

What a find! Where else in London do you get a River Cafe-standard meal at £4 a starter, £8 for pasta mains & £12 for a fish or meat course?

We went for a quick lunch so just went for antipasti & primi, but boy were they molto speciale! The eponymous zucca fritti is a lesson in lightness and simplicity, the sweet pumpkin encased in a… More