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Barrica - 2012 November

Barrica opened in 2009, a tapas bar situated a few steps from the bustle of nearby Charlotte Street. It has a black and white tiled floor, a mix of tables and bar seating, along

Bar Shu - 2007 October

I had high expectations of Bar Shu, given some slavering reviews in the London food press. Certainly London could so with a genuine Sichuan restaurant as a change from the endless

Bar Boulud London - 2011 March

Bar Boulud is the London debut of Daniel Boulud, whose flagship is the excellent Daniel in New York. Daniel is originally from Lyon, and these roots show in this bistro

BaoziInn - 2019 January

This restaurant opened in June 2018, the creation of Wei Shao, who pioneered Sichuan food in London with Bar Shu. BaoziInn (their spelling) notionally offers Cantonese food

Bao Fitzrovia - 2016 July

Editor's note: this restaurant will close by Christmas 2022. The latest Bao incarnation is on Windmill Street in Fitzrovia. The expanding group of restaurants started as a

Bao - 2015 June

Starting out its life in an east London street stall, Bao as now found a permanent home at the north end of Lexington street in Soho. The wood-panelled dining room is tiny

Bancone - 2020 January

This pasta restaurant, whose name means “counter”, opened in late June 2018 just off Trafalgar Square. It has since gained a 90-seat sister restaurant Bancone, located

Banca - 2012 October

Editor's note: In June 2013 it was reported that Banca would be converted to a branch of Roka. This opened in February 2014. Banca has the same owners as the wildly successful

Baluchi - 2017 May

Lalit is a chain of luxury hotels in India, and has recently opened its first branch in London in what used to be a grammar school. This is located at the end of Tooley Street

Balthazar - 2013 March

Balthazar in New York is a highly popular brasserie, so iconic that it was even in a scene in the TV series Sex in The City. Its owner Keith McNally is actually British, so his

Bai Yok - 2013 June

Bai Yok is a Thai restaurant in Zwolle, open since 2004. It has quite a large dining room, with closely packed tables. The lengthy menu runs through the classic dishes of

Azurmendi - 2014 September

The dining experience at Azurmendi is unusual in that it goes beyond just sitting at a table and being fed. When you arrive at the hilltop building you are led to the striking

Axis - 2012 Axis

Editor's note: In the summer of 2012 head chef Tony Fleming moved on, launching the Angler restaurant, which opened in September 2012 at the South Place hotel in London. Hence the

Autre Pied - 2012 September

L’Autre Pied opened in November 2007, the little sister of Pied à Terre. It is at one end of Blandford Street in Marylebone seating just over 50 customers at any one

Aulis London - 2021 June

Aulis is a tiny six seat restaurant in a Soho side street, showcasing the food of Simon Rogan from L’Enclume. The format is simple: a no-choice tasting menu with paired

Aubergine - 2009 May

Aubergine closed on September 8th 2010. This does not affect the sister restaurant in Marlow. The notes below are for historical interest only. In April 2015 the

Auberge du Lac - 2012 January

Editor's note. In February 2014 there was a change of head chef. Marcus McGuiness, formerly of Malt House, Hibiscus and Champignon Sauvage, is now head chef, with Anthony

Attica - 2011 August

In a former bank in a parade of shops in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea is Attica, where Ben Shewry (originally from New Zealand) has headed the kitchen since 2005. There was

Atrium - 2012 January

Editor's note: this has now been rebranded as The English Pig, but still with Johnny Mountain involved. Atrium is set within the 4 Millbank complex near Big Ben, (not, as I

Atrio - 2024 January

Atrio (“atrium”) restaurant is located within the walled old town of Caceres in Extremadura in western Spain. Caceres is about 300km southwest of Madrid, 315km east of