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Nanban Brixton review – Japanese food with a West Indian edge
Masterminded by a MasterChef Disclosure: upon asking for the bill, my fourth meal here was given free of charge by the management in light of my repeated custom. This was not asked for and was accepted...
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Hoppers review – the Sri Lankan verdict on Soho’s new Sri Lankan restaurant
To queue or not to queue If you hear a deep, guttural howl of despair echoing across London, then fear not. It’s probably just me triaging my email inbox. If they gave out monetary prizes for inbox...
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Nobelhart and Schmutzig review – cloaked contemporary cuisine close to...
This review of a Berlin restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Berlin, like most major cities, has more than its fair share of tourist trap restaurants in and around...
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Big Stuff BBQ review – Berlin market hall barbecue brunch
This review of a Berlin eatery is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Having American barbecue for lunch in Berlin may seem like a cop-out, but a lot of the restaurants that I...
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Oklava review – classy Turkish food quite unlike any you’ve had before
Another reason to stop being so pissy about Shoreditch London’s restaurant scene doesn’t stand still with an unstoppable cycle of new restaurants replacing old ones. Sometimes it’s for the worse, as...
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Piquet review – classy French where you’d least expect it
Oxford Street has never had it so good Although by no means the most incongruously positioned restaurant I’ve ever come across, Piquet is nonetheless oddly located. Wedged in-between a faceless office...
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Jidori review – Dalston yakitori
Skewered in east London If you believe some of the more breathless reviews of Jirdori, then this Dalston restaurant is the first to serve yakitori in the capital. This, of course, is definitely not...
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The best dishes of 2015 – London restaurants you need to visit
What a year it’s been Ah 2015, I barely knew you. It’s been one hell of a year for dining out in London with a bevy of new and interesting restaurants opening in the capital. I usually end the old year...
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The Ninth review – racing towards first place and falling short
Fitzrovia French falls forwards While there’s hardly a shortage of expensive fine dining restaurants in London, there has still nonetheless been a general shift away from pricey, starched table cloth...
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Sushisamba review – sky-high group dining
Glossy, pretty and oh so vacant Tourist guide books often note that London no longer has a high-rise rotating tower restaurant like Berlin’s TV Tower or Toronto’s CN Tower. While thankfully true, this...
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Biko review – glossy, classy Mexico City fine dining
This review of a Mexico City restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Biko is a glossy and sleek fine dining restaurant decked out in refined and soothing shades of...
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Gunpowder review – lamb chops better than Tayyab’s
Tiny City Indian shows us the money The City is the last place I’d expect to find a small and characterful restaurant tucked away on a small lane, but that’s exactly what I found in Gunpowder. This...
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Kaah Siis review – beautiful but overwrought and far too fussy
This review of a Mexico City restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Mexico City (or the DF in local slang) is hardly the most beautiful metropolis I’ve ever visited,...
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Shuang Shuang review – conveyor belt Chinese hot pot
Do-it-yourself food at silver spoon prices Chinese food in London has long been dominated by Cantonese cooking, but that appeared to be changing in the mid noughties with Sichuanese eateries opening up...
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Nudo Negro review – culture clash dining in Mexico City
This review of a Mexico City restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Wandering around Mexico City’s Roma neighbourhood is a pleasant way to while away a couple of...
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Le Bab review – venison kebabs and a pig’s head
Moo, cluck and oink Disclosure: A 10% discount was applied to the bill for my fourth meal, unsolicited. This was accepted only out of politeness. I originally had no intention of reviewing Le Bab. The...
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Casa Oaxaca review – grasshoppers and stone soup on a rooftop in the south of...
This review of an Oaxaca restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Oaxaca may be best known to Londoners, if it’s known at all, as the inspiration behind the name of...
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Tierra y Cielo review – delightfully different Mexican fine dining
This review of a Chiapas, Mexico, restaurant is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage Drinking while eating out can be a thoroughly disheartening experience if you don’t imbibe...
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Smoking Goat review – Thai Soho barbecue
Smoky moody Tottenham Court Road dive bar Updated 12/02/2016 – added back room private dining details Updated 16/02/2015 – updated opening times This review was originally published on 5/11/2014 and...
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Mr Bao review – New York, Taipei, Peckham
Peckham Taiwanese small bites We Londoners like to think that we’re very cosmopolitan, open to new things and experiences, but when it comes to food we tend to prefer our exoticism in small, easily...
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