MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace's debut as a restaurateur with the opening of Wallace & Co in south London wouldn't even make to the first round of the BBC programme, says Matthew Norman.
While The Guardian's food critic praises the service at the Putney-based café for being willing, he slams the food for being rough and amateurish.
"It was amateur hour this lunchtime," Norman says. "In fact, it was closer to amateur two hours, what with the delay between ordering drinks and receiving them nudging 20 minutes. And the service, patchy but willing, was the clear highlight."
Meanwhile John Walsh of The Independent pays a return visit to Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, Cornwall, and was delighted to find that a refurbishment has refreshed the place and some new exotic dishes give breadth to the menu. However, Walsh describes the prices as "idiotic", with local cod and chips at £17.50 being the cheapest dishes on the menu.
The Observer's Jay Rayner says his experience of The Goring's menu, which is currently reflecting the hotel's centenary, is disappointing. He says the dishes are not of a standard he would expect from such a grand hotel.
AA Gill of The Sunday Times also experiences a bygone age when dining at the French Horn in Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire. He describes the location as a classy spot for a really poignant, leering date and the food as "Frenchish, francophilic".
Writing for the Daily Telegraph Zoe Williams finds a restaurant of real pedigree in the Soho House Group's latest venture, Dean Street Town House, and is impressed with its classic British menu.
Giles Coren of The Times says Terroirs is the French equivalent of Polpo, Barrafina and Bocca di Lupo, serving first class food in small sharing plates.
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