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Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in the United Kingdom, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Petits Pois Restaurant

02/09/2017 by .
Steak frites Bearnaise at Petits Pois

In these days of clean eating, a restaurant in right-on Shoreditch actually pushing meat is a rare treat  indeed.  

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Northall Restaurant

21/08/2017 by .
The Northall Restaurant Corinthia Hotel London

It’s not a long walk from The Corinthia London’s Bassoon Bar to the hotel’s Northall Restaurant, but it does offer an opportunity along the way to ogle at some pretty spectacular interior design on an epic scale.

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Quaglino’s. London’s legendary restaurant.

04/08/2017 by .

The Walnut Tree

20/07/2017 by .
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“Going to The Walnut Tree then” said Jed our taxi driver. “Best restaurant in Wales that is.”  That brought the anticipation in the car up a few notches as we sped through the Abergavenny countryside at light speed.

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Searcys St. Pancras Restaurant & Bar

10/07/2017 by .
Searcys interior

For decades, Paris has given travellers something London could not – an iconic station eatery in which to prelude an epic journey with a great meal served as swiftly as necessary, luggage no object.  

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The Jones Family Project

02/03/2017 by .
Jones Family Project interior

A 70s-style bar awash in greenery portrays The Jones Family Project as a probable purveyor of right-on clean eating.   But appearances deceive; huge hunks of prime rib, rumps of hoggett and primeval pork tomahawks are what drive  traffic to this serious Shoreditch steakhouse after sundown.

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Glorious Galvin At The Athenaeum

01/03/2017 by .

The Jugged Hare. A wonderful City of London Institution

09/01/2017 by .
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The Jugged Hare, a City of London institution at any time of year, really comes into its own during game season.

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Lotus Indian restaurant – Now Closed

16/12/2016 by .
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Lotus Indian restaurant , two minutes from Charing Cross, breaks the rule which says an ethnic restaurant close to a mainline station is likely be inauthentic at best, a tourist trap at worst.   In fact this multi-award-winning eatery is up there with the best Indian restaurants in London, as good as the several with a Michelin star this reviewer has dined at.

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Eneko at One Aldwych

30/11/2016 by .
Eneko interior

Eneko at One Aldwych is a restaurant whose arrival should have been heralded with trumpets.   Here’s a chef who not only boasts three Michelin stars, but has been soaring steadily up the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for the past three years. 

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