The quest for the perect burger is a never-ending saga. There’s a really good effort being served up at trendy Rotary Bar & Diner.
Fish Market, London restaurant
The D & D restaurants are all a bit different in style, but all seem to aim at being somewhere to rely on, whether it’s towards the high end at Cog d’Argent or a little bit touristy like the Butlers Wharf Chop House. Fish Market seems to be swimming right in the middle.
Tartufo
Truffle-loving to the maximum at the rather fine establishment of Tartufo
The Dysart Arms, Petersham
The Dysart Arms is an old arts and crafts style pub that’s a pub no longer. Like so many it found it couldn’t survive on beer alone and so has changed hands and gone gourmet. A resulting internal refurb suffers a bit from the curse of Farrow & Ball, but they’ve resisted the temptation to paint absolutely everything cream. This means that it doesn’t feel like you’re sitting in branch of Daylesford Organic, a place that sends me into a frenzy of hatred even just thinking about it.
Lady Ottoline
Lucy Self finds herself intoxicated by The Lady Ottoline. She’s just not sure what to call her…
The Big Easy in Chelsea
Good old fashioned food done in the American way. Big portions of big meat means that sending Big Marcus to have a look is a rather good fit.
Lasan
Birmingham’s award-winning Indian restaurant is visited by Brummie turned Londoner Marcus
Mango Tree and Pan Chai at Harrods London
You don’t eat cheap in Harrods Food Halls; from steaks to sashimi the prices make your eyes water and the water isn’t cheap either. It’s the kind of spending excess that makes dreadlocked white kids put wheelie bins through the windows of banks before heading off to pay £11 for a gourmet burger.
Heliot Steakhouse
A casino in central London may not seem the most obvious place for a’gourmet steakhouse’, but Heliot restaurant and bar, located in the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square, has managed to create a balance of food and cocktails with a side of blackjack.