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Feature Published 07 May 2025
First look: The Highland Laddie, Leeds
Britain’s fondness for a nostalgic pub is helping recent openings like The Devonshire and The Knave of Clubs buck the nationwide trend of pub closures. In the North, Leeds’ ‘newest old pub’ The Highland Laddie is leading the charge, says food writer Thom Archer.
News Published 07 May 2025
New Restaurant Openings in 2025
Keeping your finger on the pulse? If you've visited any of the new openings below, let us know what you think by sending us your review. Restaurants opening this month | Restaurant openings this year | Restaurants opening next yearRestaurants opened in 2025: January | February | March | April Restaurants opening in May 2025 Norbert’s Former Planque sous chef Jack Coghlan ...
Local Guide Published 06 May 2025
Where to eat in the towns of Medway
Soaked in history and peppered with ancient monuments, Medway is often overlooked when it comes to eating out. Food writer, wine consultant and John Dory co-owner Zeren Wilson lifts the lid on the best places for a bite to eat.
Where to eat Published 03 May 2025
Best restaurants in Chester
Chester brings a distinctive flair to the dining scene in Cheshire, with a growing number of restaurants that balance creativity, precision, and a strong sense of place. From bold Mediterranean flavours to plant-led plates and modern British cooking, this historic city is carving out a name for itself among food lovers. Gary Usher’s Sticky Walnut set the tone for quality ...
Feature Published 02 May 2025
Catching up with Elly Wentworth
Ahead of the next instalment of our Claridge’s Supper Series, we caught up with Elly Wentworth from The Angel.
Local Guide Published 02 May 2025
Where to eat around the Salcombe-Kingsbridge estuary
The South Hams boasts some of the most beautiful stretches of the English coastline, with fertile farmland stretching from sea-sprayed headlands to steep rolling pasture and cool, shady valleys. It’s home to a fiercely local food and drink scene and around the Salcombe-Kingsbridge estuary, there’s plenty of good eating to be had.
Feature Published 02 May 2025
To eat: Wild Artichokes' crab cakes with Courchamps sauce
Samantha Miller and Jane Baxter’s eccentrically located restaurant, Wild Artichokes, brings people together in a shared table format. Here’s a light summer recipe to bring to your dining table.
Where to eat Published 29 April 2025
Late night in London
Have we seen the last gasp of late night London? Critic and Good Food Guide columnist Jimi Famurewa doesn't think so. Some of the best restaurants in the city will still seat you come 10pm, you just have to know where to look.
Feature Published 29 April 2025
First look: Bangkok Diners Club
Bangkok Diners Club began life as District, a Thai fusion tasting menu restaurant on nearby Oldham Street that attracted plaudits from local and national press before closing in 2022 due to financial difficulties. In the three years since, husband-and-wife team Ben and Bo Humphreys have been travelling across Thailand and America gathering inspiration (along with a stint ...
Feature Published 28 April 2025
Last orders for late-night dining? Jimi Famurewa weighs in
As a critic, few things are as uncomfortable as having to hurriedly recalibrate opinions about a formerly wholehearted recommendation. A year or so ago, I excitedly dragged my wife along for a very late, post-theatre dinner at a West End restaurant — an opening I had published an exuberant rave about just six months earlier — and had the creeping ...
