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Arbutus interior

ARBUTUS LONDON

Arbutus London is that rare thing, a Michelin-starred restaurant in casual dress. It’s as much a place to relax and have a good time over an interesting glass of wine as to enjoy gutsy food with big flavours. No tablecloths and minimal decor, with slightly incongruous butcher-block tables playing against mirrored glass in the back […]

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Les Couilles du Chien bar sign

LES COUILLES DU CHIEN

When the name of your bar translates as the dog’s bollocks, you know you’re in for some kick-ass drinks.   Les Couilles du Chien delivers them with style in the heart of Soho.

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Portobello Drawing Room

PORTOBELLO HOTEL. London

It’s as close as you’ll get to sleeping in the same bed as Johnny Depp and Kate Moss.   Like other A-listers, including members of The Rolling Stones, they are former habitues of the Portobello Hotel. Not that you’d ever guess, from the looks of this utterly genteel hostelry a stone’s throw from Portobello market.   It’s […]

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West Thirty Six

It looks like a club, it feels like a club, but West Thirty Six is that rare thing, a public restaurant with all the intimate ambience of a private club. The fact it’s in Golborne Road is both a blessing and a curse. For those in the know, this is a charming and happening west […]

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Dining Booths at Bandol

BANDOL LONDON RESTAURANT

Bandol London restaurant is what lovers of Provence have been waiting for – a restaurant which showcases the food of that region, under-represented in UK restaurants, and many of the lovely wines for which the South of France is regaining  a reputation.   It would be nice if it also looked the part, but despite the […]

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No.11 Pimlico Road, London

When a much-loved gin palace-cum-gastropub is converted into an all-day eatery, it can be a cause for celebration    The new incarnation of the eponymous No.11 Pimlico Road certainly offers fans of what was the louche and lavish Ebury(now relocated up the road) a chance to breakfast and snack as well as dine, not to mention […]

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