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12/08/2026 .
Restaurant Reviews
The Rose & Crown Pub named Pub of the Year. Great news for this family run village pub in Norfolk
A Norfolk pub has won a coveted title by the editors of the Good Pub Guide 2015. The Rose & Crown Pub was named Pub of the Year for the first time for its traditional pub atmosphere, beer and locally sourced food.
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Blue Door Bistro at the Montague on the Gardens. Discover delicious dining on Russell Square.
The Montague Hotel tucked away a stone’s throw from the leafy environs of Russell Square, may be not enjoy the celebrity status of some of Red Carnation’s top tier of properties, such as The Milestone for example, but has enough of owner Beatrice Tollman’s trademark artworks and fancy knick knacks about it to leave no doubt of its provenance. It is a stylish boutique hotel with all the hallmarks of Red Carnation’s service and its snug Blue Door Bistro is certainly an eatery worthy of a mention.
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Le Grill Rotisserie at Gstaad Palace. Enjoy refined fine dining in Gstaad.
Walking in to Le Grill Rotisserie, the Gstaad Palace’s 16 point rated Gault Millau fine dining restaurant, you instantly realise you’re not walking into a restaurant, you’re entering a destination. Restaurant royalty some might say. After all, this is an establishmentwith history. A mighty long line of previous suitors who have come here not just to eat and see, but to be seen eating. This is Gstaad after all.
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Hutong at The Shard. Stellar food and spectacular views
I am in an express elevator and in less than 30 seconds whisked 121 meters (400 feet) above the streets of London to the 33rd level where Hutong at The Shard awaits.
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Super Croce’s Park West. San Diego honours the great Jim Croce.
Croce’s Park West. For those of a certain age Jim Croce will be remembered as an American folk singer & songwriter of such classics songs as Time in a Bottle and Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Croce sadly died in a plane crash in 1973 at the age of just 30 shortly after moving to San Diego with his wife and singing partner Ingrid. Some 40 years later his legacy lives on in the restaurant and live music venue Ingrid Croce first opened in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter in 1985.
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The Boathouse Cafe. Discover Plymouth’s wonderful seafood legend.
Eating a deliciously fresh lemon sole by Sutton harbour and the mouth of the River Plym with the sun shining on the water, was a great way to first experience the much underrated city of Plymouth. It was there that I met Ben Squire, owner of The Boathouse Cafe who told me his own story.
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