Having gone a little overboard with the drinks guide, trying to keep this food one a …
Neil Davey
Neil Davey
Neil is a former private banker turned freelance journalist. He’s also a trained singer, a former cheesemonger, once got paid to argue with old women about the security arrangements at Cliff Richard concerts and almost worked with a cross-dressing wine importer. He now basically eats for a living but, judging by the state of his shirts, isn’t very good at it.
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Christmas Wines & Non-Alcoholic Drinks: Fizz, Sparkling, Red, White & Mocktails
by Neil DaveyIf there’s one thing that truly defines the festive season, it’s the bottles we open and …
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Christmas Spirits & Cocktails: Vodka, Gin, Whisky, Rum & Festive Pre-Mixed Drinks
by Neil DaveyWhether you’re stocking the drinks cabinet for Christmas entertaining, hunting down the perfect gift for a …
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The Newman Arms squeezes a whole lot of history into its compact space. It’s a curious …
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The London Greek Renaissance continues… While it’s still possibly more of a blip than a trend, …
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A lot has already been written about Prince Arthur because, when you cook over open flame, …
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Blackfriars is one of those bits of London it’s very easy to overlook. For Londoners, it’s …
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To use an analogy inspired by my dining companion, The Ox experience equates to a great …
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The Only Christmas and New Year’s Drinks Guide You’ll Ever Need, Part 2
by Neil DaveyFollowing Part 1, we continue with the best drinks guide for the festive season! White Heather …
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I first went to Lyle’s within a month or two of the restaurant’s opening. I was …
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The Only Christmas and New Year’s Drinks Guide You’ll Ever Need, Part 1
by Neil DaveyBeyond the typical items you’ll already have in your drinks cupboard, allow us at The Bespoke …
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In culinary terms, Hammersmith has long been a strange one. There have been flashes of brilliance …
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The ongoing redevelopment of the old BBC TV Centre and surrounds is an impressive thing for …
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If, like me, you’re an occasional visitor to the Old Street area, you’ll have noticed the …
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Do you know about Hovarda? Clearly, judging by the many happy faces visible on the cool, …
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It would be very easy to be very cynical about The Ivy. The original was – …
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It is, as Noddy Holder likes to say, Christmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas. Which means it’s time for the Bespoke …
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The Soho Place development – sorry, the “@sohoplace” development – above Tottenham Court Road Station is …
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Timothy Oulton’s name is all over SW3’s latest gastropub, The Chelsea Pig. It was on the …
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And, indeed, some whiskey. Is that allowed, do you think? As we appear to have relaxed …
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One has to respect tradition – particularly one as magnificent as Wiltons’ sense of timing. Upon …
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It’s been a strange, and tough, few years for restaurants, a mood that doesn’t seem to …
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After the Jones Family Project, and the Jones Family Kitchen, the very-possibly-fictitious (?) Jones’s family have …
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One of London’s more refreshing and remarkable food discoveries in the last five years or so …
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In some cases, two restaurants on the same street would be overkill. In some cases, it …
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Finally, a restaurant named for the spunky person reviewing it… In actual fact, “Fatt” is a …
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The restaurant world is a funny old place. There are those places that shout about every …
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It seems I often start these reviews with a question but then there are so many …
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I wasn’t looking forward to visiting Papa L’s Kitchen. Initially that was because I’d been reading …
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Mikkeller is the sort of brewery that makes a certain kind of beer drinker very, very …
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HUŎ is a neighbourhood Asian restaurant. By which I mean, it has a menu that skips …
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To the cynical, Heliot Steak House screams, “Beware!” To the cynical restaurant addict/food writer / Londoner, …
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With a name that sounds like it should be the setting of a Guy Richie movie, …
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There’s a lot of good dining in Manchester these days. And I mean a LOT, at …
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As you’ll spot elsewhere on our pages, our writer Lorna Oakley spent a rather lovely couple …
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As the name suggests – once you literally dissect it – Mezemiso is a Lebanese / …
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Kutir, I’m told, means “cottage” in Sanskrit. To be fair, perhaps it’s the closest word to …
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There’s a point about six dishes (and some brilliant poppadum) in at Kahani where it suddenly …
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What does Indian food mean to you? From the “curry houses” of yore to the restaurants …
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At the risk of repeating myself – for I know I’ve made this point before – …
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It’s funny how you just click with some hotels, isn’t it? The Feversham Arms Hotel is …
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You wait for ages for a decent hotel in a lovely little market town in North …
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In many places, Headlam Hall’s website tagline would come off as a little trite but, actually, …
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London is one of world’s finest food cities. Fact. No. Don’t even come at me with …
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If you’ll excuse a couple of bits of generalisation, Asian dining in London is a tale …
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Walking into Ginza Onodera made me realise there’s been a whole sub-genre of restaurants that I …
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While the Galvin Brothers are perhaps better known for their more upscale ventures – in particular, …
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There are certain things you should probably have as a Londoner – and almost certainly have …
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Of all the unlikely food trends to hit London (and, one assumes, other cities in due …
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A Russian restaurant? What gag do you want to start with? Something about salt mines? The …
