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Clos Maggiore - 2009 November

Just off the Covent Garden piazza, the restaurant is split over a couple of levels, and is much larger inside than it appears to be from the pavement. A first section is a

Cliveden - 2014 May

Editor's note: in October 2018 it was announced that head chef Andre Garrett would move to the Corinithia hotel in London. The country house Cliveden (“valley among

Clarkes - 2018 September

Sally Clarke opened her eponymous restaurant in December 1984, adding a successful bakery five years later that serves dozens of other restaurants. After taking cookery courses

Clarkes - 2010 November

On December 17th 2010 Clarke’s will celebrate its 26th anniversary. For decades Sally Clarke was ahead of her time in offering an omakese style i.e. no choice menu, which is

Cinnamon Kitchen - 2011 January

Cinnamon Kitchen is the City sibling of the well-established Cinnamon Club in Westminster. It is tucked away in the smart pedestrianised Devonshire Square development, not far

Cinnamon Club - 2007 june

The Cinnamon Club opened in 2001 and was one of the first Indian restaurants in London to offer a modern interpretation of Indian cooking. It has become immensely successful

Cilantro - 2023 March

Cilantro (the American name for coriander) opened in November 2022, in the premises that used to house the south Indian restaurant Ma Goa. Cilantro is owned the Senthil family

Chutney Mary - 2015 July

Chutney Mary moved in the summer of 2015 from Chelsea to St James Street, taking over the premises that used to house Wheelers. There is a large bar at the front, the dining

Chung Ying - 2024 February

Chung Ying opened in 1981 and is the oldest restaurant in Birmingham’s Chinatown district. It has a large, cavernous dining room and an overspill room for walk-ins. Even on

Chugoku Hanten - 2012 April

This Chinese restaurant is one of five Chugoku Hantens, located in Roppongi, Higashiazabu Mita, Ichigaya and Chao Meng Lai. Kitchen staff are recruited from Shanghai and

Chrysan - 2012 September

Chrysan closed at the end of March 2013, after just six months. Chrysan opened in September 2012, part of the Hakkasan group, serving Japanese food rather than their usual Chinese

Chourangi - 2025 March

Chourangi is a district in Calcutta (Kolkata these days), and the restaurant name reflects the Kolkata cuisine that is featured here. Choruangi is actually part of an Indian

Chor Bizarre - 2003 May

Many up-market Indian restaurants in London are disappointing, and after a good start this one seems on the decline. The cooking stretches beyond the usual fare into

Cho Asia - 2024 February

Parminder Singh had a long association with the Indian Accent restaurant group. Originally from the Punjab, he cooked at the mothership in Delhi before moving to its branch in New

Chisou W4 - 2012 February

Editor's note: this restaurant closed at the end of November 2014. Chisou in Chiswick is the little sister of Chisou in Mayfair (there is a further branch in Knightsbridge)

Chishuru - 2024 February

Adejoké (Joké) Bakare studied biology in Nigeria but also ran a fish and chip shop. After moving to London, she started a supper club, out of which grew the

China Blue - 2008 June

China Blue is on the 28th Floor of the smart Conrad Hotel (next to Gordon Ramsay’s Tokyo venture).The room is spectacular, with huge picture windows overlooking the river, a

Chimera

Chimera is located near the South Gate of the Yasaka Jinja shrine on the border of Maruyama Park, at the edge of the geisha district of Gion in Kyoto. Chimera serves Italian food

Chiltern Firehouse - 2014 May

I first encountered Nuno Mendes’ cooking at Bacchus in Hoxton. It was experimental, genuinely interesting and ahead of its time for what at that point (2006) was a

Chez Roux - 2024 July

Chez Roux is on the ground floor of the Langham Hotel, directly ahead of you as you go through the main entrance. It opened in late May 2024, with large, well-spaced tables in a