Neighbourhood restaurants don’t always cut the mustard outside of fashionable areas of high income but SOAK has clearly put some proper thought into what they want to achieve and found a chef who can deliver it.

Chloe was sceptical about Herman ze German, she hadn’t heard amazing things. However, everything she had heard turned out to have been very, very wrong.

Bottomless sushi brunch Kiru style at £50 a head-  now there’s no need to be koi

Sushi Shop, founded by 2 French entrepreneurs, gives everyone the opportunity to taste  recipes by Michelin starred chefs.

Gabriella banishes the January blues with a quirky slice of California sun.

As a hotel restaurant, the place is perfectly fine but it advertises itself as’fine dining’ and on the evidence of the evening it’s not that. It needs the bros back in to kick it up a notch and get their tunes back playing the way they’re supposed to.

Giles has his first try of upmarket Indian and thinks he could well get a taste for it.

Some of the dishes possibly weren’t the most authentic Dim Sum I’ve ever tried, however I feel like it is a great restaurant as an introduction to the cuisine, or as a place to meet friends and catch up over some good food and great cocktails. 

Mike Fairbrass goes West from South to find the Middle East in the cuisine of the Lavant.

Native is a great place to escape from the winter, get cosy, and enjoy some fantastic British produce and seasonal game.