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St John Hotel

St John Hotel 1 Leicester St London WC2H 7BL T: 020 3301 8069 Map We happened upon this place completely by chance on a Friday night. Over a drink at the Hampshire Hotel in Leicester Square, we contemplated finding a restaurant which might approach the Hampshire’s level of civilisation in an area which, let’s face it, [...]

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Opera Tavern

Opera Tavern 23 Catherine St London WC2B 5JS T: 020 7836 3680 Map Another excellent meal from the team behind Dehesa. Service is always delivered with a smile here and the waitress offered to let us try a taste of the wine from the specials board, a 2008 Barbera D’Alba, which we agreed was worth having [...]

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The Three Horseshoes Horseshoe Road Bennett End, Nr Radnage High Wycombe HP14 4EB T: 01494 483273 Map We arrived in the dark on Friday evening and were shown to a quaint little room overlooking a small pond. After freshening up quickly, we went back to the main building for dinner. The restaurant was busy but [...]

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Powder Keg Diplomacy 147 St. John’s Hill Battersea, London SW11D 1TQ T: 020 7450 6457 Map In stark contrast to its early days, it is now relatively easy to get a table at this quirky Battersea bar/restaurant. We sat in the garden room, a dark but somehow cosy place populated by ferns, empty picture frames [...]

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Duck Soup

Duck Soup 41 Dean Street Soho, London W1D 4PY T: 020 7287 4589 Map Last night we had an amazing meal at Duck Soup with some wonderful friends. We arrived without a reservation (because we didn’t know you could book for groups of four or more!) but were quickly shown to a great table in the back [...]

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Le P’tit Normand 185 Merton Road Southfields, London SW18 5EF T: 0208 871 0233 Map Le P’tit Normand is one of our two favourite local family run French restaurants (L’Auberge being the other). The restaurant is small and cosy, the menu of adequate length and the all-French wine list relatively short. Our starters (Fagot d’Asperges [...]

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The Wellington Arms Baughurst Road Baughurst RG26 5LP T: 0118 982 0110 Map Last night we spent a wonderful evening at this exquisite pub, which we found in Sawday’s Special Places. We were looking to spend the night somewhere after our painting workshop with Deana Kim and struck it lucky with The Wellington Arms. On arrival [...]

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L’Auberge Restaurante 22 Upper Richmond Road London SW15 2RX T: 020 8874 3593 Map We spotted this small French Restaurant on the South Circular in August, but didn’t get around to trying it until last Saturday night. It’s run by a husband and wife team who made us feel like part of their family from [...]

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York and Albany 127-129 Parkway London NW1 7PS T: 020 7388 3344 Map We discovered this fantastic restaurant last night after visiting the zoo for Zoo Lates, a late night opening of the zoo where we saw beautiful lions and tigers and many other animals. There was some takeaway food available at the Zoo, but we [...]

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The Wells 30 Well Walk Hamsptead London NW3 1BX Map We discovered The Wells on our first visit to Hamsptead. It was a crisp December day and we were looking for a nice pub to have drink before dinner. We were pleasantly surprised to find The Wells on the corner of Christchurch Hill and Well [...]

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