To say the china was as memorable as the food could be a veiled insult when applied to a lesser restaurant.   But the spectacular Engawa, filling a niche for high-end Japanese dining in the heart of Soho, is as much a feast as much for the eyes as the tastebuds.

Anthea Gerrie dines at Pachamama London, and finds that trendy doesn’t always mean expensive.

Sitting at my table in the recently renamed Adam Handling at Caxton, I was thinking It just goes to show you how persistence pays off. Adam Handling is fast becoming one of Britain’s hottest young chefs following his appearance in the Professional Masterchef Final back in 2013 and a succession of accolades ever since.

Andy Mossack reviews the Blue Door Bistro at the Montague on the Gardens

Colin Hockley reviews Hutong at the Shard

Tucked away in a cul-de-sac in London’s Mayfair, lies a Georgian town house with a hell of a history.  The St. James’s Hotel and Club has been the haunt of the rich and famous for over 150 years from Churchill to Sean Connery. But tucked away inside the tucked away hotel is a success story that has taken just 12 months to emerge; Seven Park Place by William Drabble.