Shaka Zulu cost a terrifying £5.5 million, but most of the dishes are as bland and underwhelming as the surroundings are bananas. Metro gave it 2 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
Staff are sweet; otherwise, the best compliments I can dredge up are: serviceable, and not expensive for South Ken. The definition of damning with faint praise. En savoir plus .
As this kitchen produces utterly delicious and great value Malaysian cuisine, it is also capable of serving up some shamefully ersatz rubbish. Metro gave it 2 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
Trullo features super-friendly staff, niftily priced wine and a funky laid-back space - the food's not bad either, by the way. Metro gave it 3 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
This isn't just gelato, this is science, in a shop tricked out to look like the best mad scientist's laboratory. Metro gave it 4 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
A small but sexy wine list, together with a regularly changing, equally succinct food menu means this Tapas and sherry bar contains some genuine foodie thrills. Metro gave it 4 out of 5 stars. En savoir plus .
5 Pollen St is a curiously old-fashioned Italian restaurant - with prices designed to keep out the hoi polloi. We gave it 2 out of 5 stars En savoir plus .
The food is pretty good; after all, it is an expensive, upmarket chain. But it has a curiously outmoded feel and doesnt seduce like Nobu or Zuma. En savoir plus .
Much of the menu consists of USDA Prime meat, and is cooked inconsistently (read: overcooked). The rest of the menu is OK. Metro gave it 2 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu is one that sounds as if everything is a goer. But it's still not good enough; much of the food is inconsistent and bland. Metro gave it 2 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu is great, almost comically Brit retro. The hero dish is mince and potatoes, as stark a confection as it sounds. Metro gave it 5 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu is dedicated to all things indigenous - even some decent English wines. The decor is elegantly spare - all very Anglican. Metro gave it 3 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The only way you could be properly impressed with this soulless, inept place is if you were actually 17, loaded with loot and not too bothered about food. En savoir plus .
The gist of the menu: luxury bistro food; but this restaurant is gorgeous. Metro gave it 4 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The pseudo-Chinese food isn't awful. It's the fun-vacuum, soullessness of the place itself that leaves you feeling mugged by the bill. Metro gave it 2 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu mostly plays it safe, with a roll-call of familiar tapas. Barrica is beautifully laid-back, welcoming you for simply beer and salted almonds or a full blowout. Metro gave it 3 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu, an all-day, deliberate crowd-pleaser, veers from genuinely excellent - fat burger of ripe, juicy minerality - to frankly duff. Metro gave it 3 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu is almost pastiche-worthy bistro French. Come summer, the pavement tables will be like gold dust: the pefect combo of people watching and great food. Metro gave it 4 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The food is cheery, with usual suspect pad thais and curries, but it's the interesting ingredients that put it above the norm: venison, scallops, soft-shell crab. Metro gave it 4 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
The menu offers a bunch of familiar suspects - well-executed patatas bravas, tortilla - but enough twists make this a little more interesting than a usual tapas joint. Metro gave it 3 out of 5 stars. En savoir plus .
Cedric and Claude Bosi just miss the mark with their gastropub Fox And Grapes, which needs more of their Gallic charm. We gave it 3 out of 5 stars. En savoir plus .
A chaotic menu that staggers from sandwiches and smoothies to more 'ambitious' items such as chicken, orange and cashew curry. Metro gave it 2 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
Altogether, Caravan is clean, fresh, and staffed by enchanting, helpful, and attractive people. Metro gave it 3 out of 5 Stars. En savoir plus .
4/5 stars: The fourth outpost from the purveyor of the quality British steakhouse doesn’t put a foot wrong. En savoir plus .
3/5 stars: WHEEEEEE! The glass lift, as thrilling for this grown-up as anything by Roald Dahl, whisks us up the new Heron Tower, above a city sprawling sexily beneath us. En savoir plus .
4/5 stars: Lardo has legs: when the novelty-seekers have moved on, it will still be here making nouveau middle-class Hackney’s denizens happy. En savoir plus .
3/5 stars: Before we even order in this curious new Russian-themed restaurant, we’re given enough carbohydrates to make an Atkins adherent faint clean away. En savoir plus .
4/5 stars: Much of the food has an Asian/Middle Eastern flavour, probably because the original owners, brothers Michael and Adrian Daniel, are Indo-Iraqi-Jewish, which means lots of spicing En savoir plus .
4/5 stars: Argentine chef and owner Daniel Veron has been manning grills for an improbable number of years. He’s downsized into this tiny, black and red dining room... En savoir plus .
The Red Riding House Café is decked out so brilliantly that you just have to enjoy its glamour - don't expect the food to reach the same standard though. En savoir plus .
