You’ll be spoilt for choice in Montreal if you love French-inspired bistro-resto / brasserie style food. Plus you’ll love the people – being a restaurant host here is a thing of pride. You’ll get great staff at both these restaurants reviewed, all the way through from a glad-handing maître d’ to the junior who recites […]
Music Review: Etienne Charles at New Jazz Club Soul Mama Stratford London
September 27, 2024 by
“Let’s get cooking” exclaims trumpeter and Professor of Jazz, Etienne Charles as his Creole Orchestra launches into jazz standard ‘Night Train’. In fact, we are just a few platforms up from Stratford International station or a quick shunt through Westfield shopping centre from the underground and into new grassroots music venue and dining spot ‘Soul […]
A Game Changer for the Global Live Music Industry with HERE at Outernet London
August 3, 2022 by
Brand new live venue HERE at Outernet has announced its first wave of shows in their 25,000 sq. ft. purpose built live events space, four storeys under Denmark Street in the heart of London. It is the first music venue to be built in the centre of the capital since the 1940s, and it’s in […]
Plonk Golf Launches Underground Labyrinth in Borough Market
July 28, 2022 by
Plonk, one of the original demi-gods of crazy golf in London, are launching a new flagship site in Borough Market. Tucked in a courtyard, next to the steps down from London Bridge Station, the new site will host a 9-hole ‘absurdities-themed’ course with wacky models of famous monuments and sites from around our great capital, […]
REVIEW: 68 and Boston – Wine Cocktails in Soho London
November 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Apparently there are 67 wine-producing countries and then this place, the 68th. Soho’s latest hotspot is at 5 Greek Street with a ground floor bar called 68 and late-night cocktail bar, Boston, on the first floor. The intriguingly named 68 and Boston has been put together by leading names in night life, wines and cocktails: Eric […]
MASTERCLASS: “The Knowledge” at Meantime Brewing Company Greenwich
October 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Hops? That’s the lipstick and mascara on a beer says our Brewer and Beer Sommelier of the Year, Rod Jones. You can tell he’s not a fan of fancy, hipster-style concoctions. He’s a ‘proper brewer’ and knows his stuff inside out. And he’s generous in sharing his know-how on this terrific one-day master class at Greenwich Meantime Brewing Company […]
REVIEW: Motcombs – London Belgravia’s Most Famous Restaurant
October 12, 2015 by 2 Comments
This gem of a restaurant in Belgravia is the perfect old school classic. Hearty greetings from the locals at the bar, slipping down below the iconic neon sign into a large, but intimate basement dining room aglint with crystal and decked with art for superb grub and bubbles is a rather special and, sadly, disappearing experience. Motcombs, now Belgravia’s […]
REVIEW: Sexy Fish London
September 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The newest venture from the Caprice restaurant group, Sexy Fish, on the south-east corner of Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, opens on 19th October. What started out as a fishy pop-up from sister restaurant 34, nearby, called Gone Fishing, was exactly that, a fishing exercise. So now we know what’s behind the bright neon facade. The […]
The M World Cup Of Steak 2015
August 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
M Restaurants are running a competition to find the world’s best beef – diners are the judges alongwith food writer Joe Warwick, critic Charles Campion, M Executive Chef Michael Reid, Head Chef of The Shed & Rabbit and top butcher Oliver Gladwin. Along the lines of the Rugby World Cup, the qualifying rounds are where guests can opt […]
Homeslice Pizza in Fitzrovia
August 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Having spent the past two years building on their street food success at their first permanent site at 13 Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden, Homeslice will be launching their second restaurant with 120 covers at 52 Wells Street, Fitzrovia on 1st September 2015. The official launch will be preceded by a 2-day soft launch with […]
