Editorial
News Published 07 May 2024
New Restaurant Openings in 2024
New and notable restaurant openings across Britain in 2024
Best Local Restaurant Published 03 May 2024
Best Local Restaurants 2024: the frontrunners
The search for Britain’s best local restaurants is back for 2024 and we've been reading thousands of your nominations as they flood in. Here’s a glimpse of the restaurants topping the leaderboard at the halfway mark, but with nominations open until 22nd May, it’s all to play for.
Feature Published 03 May 2024
The Good Food Guide: our restaurant scoring system explained
Trusting to hearsay can prove very costly these days. A restaurant’s sound reputation, once established, may cling on undeserved through years of decline. Guiding to the best is the purpose of this new scoring system – but so is protection from the second rate.
Feature Published 01 May 2024
On the inspector’s plate: Bistrot Wild Honey
Adjacent to the main restaurant, the little sister of Wild Honey operates as a casual all-day wine bar and bistrot. The dramatic, high-ceilinged space with its white-clothed tables, claret-coloured banquettes and a marble-topped bar with counter seating is, despite the grand style, intimate. Noise levels are kept in check and with service run in a friendly, relaxed manner. Anthony Demetre’s ...
Local Guide Published 23 April 2024
Cheap eats in Mayfair: a local’s guide
Mayfair, the very word conjures up exclusivity - in clubs, restaurants, hotels, shops, houses. But walk around – the best way to explore the area – and you will find another side of Mayfair, one representing value for money. Martin Seymour, aka The Mayfair Foodie, takes us on a tour of his favourite spots.
Feature Published 22 April 2024
First Look: Psycho Sandbar, Leeds
Smoke machines, heavy metal, dialling up the concrete bunker aesthetic. Psycho Sandbar isn’t the everyone-welcome pivot we were expecting from Michael O’Hare’s restaurant rebrand.
Where to eat Published 20 April 2024
Best restaurants in Manchester
Manchester’s dining scene has matured beyond the days of drinking food only. Now you'll find a plethora of locally sourced, seasonal menus to tuck into alongside brilliant bakeries and natural wine bars a plenty.
Where to eat Published 17 April 2024
The London Marathon 2024: where to eat along the route
If you're taking part and looking forward to a post-run reward, or a spectator with time to dine along the way, here are our top suggestions for where to eat along the London Marathon route.
Feature Published 17 April 2024
Trolley service: 12 restaurants with tableside theatre
‘If I had a restaurant that was 80% bigger, I’d have trolleys for everything, ’ says Victor Garvey, executive chef at Sola in Soho. ‘A flambé trolley for sure – you can do your duck or lobster à la presse, you can do your crêpes Suzette. Trolleys are about tableside theatre. They add something to a restaurant that you can’t ...
News Published 11 April 2024
Vetch to open in Liverpool, Monica Galetti's Mere closes & Kindling reopens in Brighton
Vetch, Liverpool Great British Menu’s 'Champion of Champions’ in 2021, Dan McGeorge is to open a 26-cover fine dining restaurant on Hope Street in his hometown of Liverpool later this spring. The chef stepped down from his head chef role at Rothay Manor in the Lakes last October in advance of working on his own restaurant plans with partner Georgia ...