Reviews

WHILE AWAY THE HOUSE AT THE CLOCKHOUSE
06 Jun 13 - OVERLOOKING PECKHAM Rye Common, the newly refurbished Clock House is perfect for the upcoming long summer nights that we’re all praying desperately for, and my companion and I received a warm friendly welcome when we arrived...

A BERMONDSEY GINSTITUTION
17 Apr 13 - OF ALL the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, you need to walk into this one. Bermondsey St’s Antico restaurant has just re-launched its basement bar as 214 Bermondsey, a cocktail and gin bar boasting 45 different varieties of Mother’s Ruin. ..

MUCH LIDO ABOUT SOMETHING
03 Apr 13 - ME AND the s##t machine are men who lunch now. That's how we roll, we hit the park, lark about on the swings, rate the mums and then get some lunch...

SIMPLY DIVINE TAPAS IS WELL WORTH THE TROUBLE
15 Mar 13 - TIPPED AS a tapas hot spot, Angels and Gypsies is quite the jewel of Camberwell Church Street. ..

COTTO HITS THE SPOTTO
14 Feb 13 - After driving round for half an hour looking for a parking spot in one of the greediest boroughs in the capital for ripping off drivers, me and my dining partner, Georgie Cottrell, eventually found a cushty little spot just 50 yards from the front door of our destination – Cotto - a family-run restaurant of 12 years standing that has built up a solid reputation, going by how many people were in there who knew the staff...

WHO'S THE BIG CHEESE?
20 Dec 12 - That’s right fine people of Southwark. It’s time to Smell My Cheese! At the end of a year like 2012, where we have seen the world’s greatest athletes make sporting history, it’s only right that we take on a Smell My Cheese of Olympic proportions. ..

MENIER TRUTH IS SPOKEN: INGEST!
29 Nov 12 - CONSIDERING THE renowned success of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s off-west end theatre, the adjoining restaurant was surprisingly empty on this wintery but bright Friday afternoon...

EVERYTHING IN THE GARDENS IN ROSY
02 Nov 12 - WHEN THE clocks go back, the nights darken early and winter kicks in, it’s hard to get motivated on a cold Sunday unless, of course, you are sampling a restaurant you haven’t had the pleasure of before, and The Gardens was some such restaurant. ..

YOU'D BE MAD NOT TO CIVET A TRY
11 Oct 12 - SOMEWHERE IN the world there is a man whose job it is to pick through cat shit...

GASTRONOMIC GEM IN CAMBERWELL
05 Sep 12 - IT'S EASY to walk straight past FM Mangal. From the outside it looks like any other kebab house which attracts late night clubbers seeking a bit of grease on their way home from a wild night out...