• Added: 10th of April 2008
• Area: Mayfair
• Category: Restaurants

London W1S 2PA
020 7629 2999

Paolo said
Excellent
This is real French dining. After many years of such Michelin restaurants in Paris, it is a real pleasure to rediscover this quality at a reasonable price (lunch time menu at GBP25). Can't recommend Hibiscus enough

• Added: 10th of April 2008
• Area: Richmond Upon Thames
• Category: Restaurants

Richmond Upon Thames TW9 2NQ
020 8332 0348

Paolo said
Quality
In these times of Carluccio's, Zizi's, Pizza Express, Strada etc, here is a quality Italian restaurant. The ingredients are excellent, the presentation is very good and the service polite. Because of the vinotecca alongside, the wine list offers up some of the best Italian wines available. This place isn't cheap but I think it represents real value for money. You definitely get what you pay for with Stefano. We are talking serious restauranteurs here and there aren't enough of them around in London generally.

P.S. I am English, not Italian, so please don't interpret my words as being in any way partisan!

• Added: 10th of April 2008
• Area: Richmond Upon Thames
• Category: Restaurants

Richmond Upon Thames TW9 2PN
020 8605 3679

Paolo said
Enjoy!
I live in Richmond and have noticed over the years how increasingly chain restaurants have taken over. There aren't enough good privately run restaurants around. That is why I was really pleased to see Maki. The guys at Four Regions have made an excellent start with Japanese.

I love Japanese but I think Matsuba in central Richmond, whilst very good, does produce a final bill reminiscent of a cricket score. Maki is very fairly priced, has a good, varied selecion of dishes and those serving are very polite. The conversion of the restaurant has been tastefully done. Most importantly, the food is freshly prepared, the fish is chosen according to what is best on the day and I haven't been disappointed with the selction of sushi and sashimi so far. I've been about times now. I would definitely recommend Maki.