Time Out, 31 July
Guy Dimond is wowed by Hélène Darroze at The Connaught
Recession my arse, I thought, gazing around the dining room. Large, important-looking men in dark suits seemed as comfortable as if they were in their own living rooms, the sort who clearly think nothing of spending three figures on dinner. Each. For this is The Connaught hotel (est 1897) – still the grande dame of London hotels, one of the last bastions of the bourgeoisie and still a place where they like things done properly and hang the cost.
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught – Time Out review in full >>
Evening Standard, 30 July
Fay Maschler visits The Giaconda
Gastropubs and restaurants are often the advance guard in gentrification of an area. Prices creep up. Starbucks follows. Hearing that a promising restaurant had opened in Denmark Street - that's London's Tin Pan Alley for chrissakes, Tin Pan Alley where the Rolling Stones recorded their first album and Reg Dwight (later known as Elton John) worked as an office boy at Mills Music, where Paul Simon was told that Homeward Bound and The Sound of Silence had no future, where Bob Marley bought his very first guitar and David Bowie lived in a van - I was not unconditionally thrilled.
The Giaconda – Evening Standard review in full >>
Metro, 30 July
Marina O’Loughlin is impressed with Oliver Peyton’s latest venture, Lawn Restaurant
'This,' said my not normally romantically inclined pal, 'would make a fantastic setting for a wedding.' It seems the gorgeousness of this unique location can melt the most adamantine heart. Oliver Peyton is no stranger to a breathtaking scene. Check out his quirky Inn The Park in St James's, the dreamy, slightly surreal Wallace at the Wallace Collection, or the National Gallery's cake-tastic National Dining Rooms. But with this he's landed an absolute corker.
Lawn Restaurnat – Metro review in full >>
Bloomberg, 31 July
Richard Vines finds fine fish and Sloane charm at Hix Oyster and Fish House
In “The French Lieutenant's Woman,” Meryl Streep looks longingly out to sea from the Cobb, the historic harbor wall at Lyme Regis, on England's southwest coast. If only she'd turned and looked to her left, she'd have seen the hillside on which stands Hix Oyster & Fish House, the coastal outpost of chef Mark Hix's London restaurant, where tables can be as hard to find as lost lovers and Oscar-winning movie roles.
Hix Oyster and Fish House - Bloomberg review in full >>
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