• Added: 21st of August 2007
• Area: West Kensington
• Category: Restaurants

London W14 9EX
020 7386 5375

inkognitoh said
Thai Die For Takeaway
Flavoursome, well cooked, well priced Thai food can be eaten in the modest restaurant or taken away to tantalise your taste buds at leisure.

This is a regular stop of mine on the takeaway trail and I have never been disappointed with the food or the service. Combinging traditional spicy flavours at take no prisoner levels although they do accommodate the Western palate upon request.

My favourites would be the perennial fave green chicken curry and the spicy (and I do mean spicy) beef salad. The fish cakes are awesome too and isn't that the best way to judge a Thai restaurant?

• Added: 24th of July 2007
• Area: Covent Garden
• Category: Bars and Pubs

London WC2E 8RD
020 7836 2137

inkognitoh said
Great Pizza but the Service Needs Re-Fuelling
Cheap and cheerful pizza restaurant come bar in the middle of Covent Garden Market. The venue itself is quite funky and makes an effort to provide good food and drink. The drink is extra affordable at Happy Hour when they run a cocktail special and keep your eye out for food deals where they combine a couple of courses for a tenner eg.

What lets this place down (a long way) is the seriously bad service. Forgetful waitresses who might acknowledge your table if you're lucky strive to ignore you for most of your meal. If you have a lot of time to kill and the patience of a saint then it's worth checking out but if you are in a rush and/or prefer slicker service then head to the next pit stop.

• Added: 24th of July 2007
• Area: Covent Garden
• Category: Restaurants

London WC2E 7PB
020 7240 3773

inkognitoh said
Turkish Chain Restaurant With Family Feel.
Perfectly located in the heart of Covent Garden, Sofra serves perfect Mezzes platters and Shish meal deals to tempt the wallet and the pallet. Finish off any meal here with some rose water and pistachio ice cream and your meal transports you right out of London.

The staff are agreeable, friendly and more helpful. The restaurant is usually very busy so booking ahead is advised, though they seem to always try and accommodate walk ins.

• Added: 20th of July 2007
• Area: Temple
• Category: Food and Drink

London EC4Y 1JU
020 7583 6060

inkognitoh said
It's a Roast Meal on a Bap!
Former city financier with antipodean origins saw a niche in the market and made city lunches more exciting and special.

The premise is simple:

1. Choose bap, bread, salad or roast meal.

2. Choose your meat.

3. Choose your trimmings (and they have ALL the trimmings).

Extremely generous portions and a pricetag that screams 'good value'.

• Added: 18th of July 2007
• Area: Kensington
• Category: Food and Drink

London W14 8PB
020 7853 7100

inkognitoh said
Tesco Kensington Has Everything
For a central London supermarket, this store is gigantic. It carries all basic fruit and veg and some seasonal oddities. It has a deli section, and a fish monger. It does a line of cooked foods (mostly chicken) and it carries rare lines like kosher and Carribean foods, not to mention the gluten and wheat free lines.

Lately it has developed a whole food range in direct competition with the Wholefoods supermarket down the road and it has also got a limited range of pet stuff, camping/picnic equipment.

There is a cafe upstairs which also sells books , dvds and games. Plus a holistic/health food unit which sells all manner of vitamins and potions.

Walking distance from Earls Court and West Kensington tube stations.

• Added: 18th of July 2007
• Area: Mayfair
• Category: Restaurants

London W1K 6US
020 7107 0000

inkognitoh said
A-Maze-ing Menu and Wine Selections
What a wonderful concpet and delicious dining experience. I love the creative flavours and textures on the sample menu and (although it bumps the bill up considerably) having the sommelier choose wines to accompany each course just jets the whole thing out of the stratosphere. I am not a huge lover of wine and found myself writhing in gastronimic delight at some of the combinations.

The menu is a sort of french/fusion with small taster portions being served in succession. For someone who rather likes her food, I was nervous about being satiated after a series of small portions and can assure one and all I was fed full to bursting :)

For the full Maze experience (and die hard foodies), I reccommend booking the Chef's table or private dining room; both of which make you feel as though you are sitting right in the heart of the kitchen action.

If you are looking for an interesting night out with a group of friends who love good food, great wine and a relaxed but funky atmosphere you need to make a booking right now!

• Added: 18th of July 2007
• Area: Piccadilly Circus
• Category: Restaurants

London W1B 4EA
020 7494 7600

inkognitoh said
Award Winning Cocktails, Interestingly Stylish Deocr
From the incense filled, sweet and spicy smelling foyer to the pre-dinner cocktail bar, this restaurant is a really pleasnt dining experience.

It is on the pricey side but well worth making the stretch for a special occassion. They go out of their way to keep large groups separated from intimate couples so that both maintain the ambience they are seeking and the food is simply wonderful. The menu was fresh, well planned and delicious.

• Added: 18th of July 2007
• Area: Chalk Farm
• Category: Bars and Pubs

London NW1 8AH
020 7424 0692

inkognitoh said
Havana Good Time In Camden
Absolutely wonderful and generous tapas portions although I can't tell you what the mains are like because when I visited they were renevating and only serving tapas.

The atmosphere is about ten steps above 'lively' and would wander into 'rowdy' territory as the restaurant/bar hosts a sort of open mike night for bands of all descriptions. If you are after a quiet night of gazing into your loved ones eyes over a mohito, this is not the place for you.

If you like something different and enjoy up and coming live bands and don't mind noise and chaos while you dine then definitely check it out.

• Added: 18th of July 2007
• Area: Lambeth
• Category: Restaurants

London SE1 8XX
020 7928 2004

inkognitoh said
Funky, Fusion, Fast and Fabulous Food.
God bless the new Southbank redevelopment and the introduction of restaurants and cafe's. Giraffe is actually a chain of restaurants but I've only been to the one at Southbank Centre (a lot) so can't comment on the rest.Though I imagine the same good vibe flows through them all.

The food is cafe style fusion with lots of South East Asian influences although there are loads of good solid grill options like burgers and fish. All the ingredients are healthy and fresh and the dishes are cooked to order.

The service can be a bit iffy but this is possibly because the restaurant is always busy. I make it a policy to always book in advance if attending a play/gig as otherwise there is often a queue for a table.

I notice another review mentions a celebrity sighting in her local Giraffe and I would like to add my own 'Simon Amstell was here' at the Southbank. Not as glamorous as a Hollywood screen goddess but still...

• Added: 18th of July 2007
• Area: Bankside
• Category: Restaurants

London SE1 9EU
020 7633 0011

inkognitoh said
It's a Bunker! It's a Bar! No, It's Also a Restaurant... Allegedly.
I was lured to this venue by a cheap deal on another website and I found it cold, empty a dim echo chamber. No windows and weird accoustics meant that I could hear what the only other couple in the restaurant was saying over the top of the very large and very rowdy American tour group that were dining pre-Globe theatre experience. I would say this restaurant does a lot of this sort of package deal so be warned if sharing space with 50 American school kids is not your ideal night out.

The food was overpriced, poorly cooked - deep fried potato wedges? I mean come on - and lacking in imagination. A cold, dry, souless bit of grilled chicken draped over a limp bit of lettuce and wedged inbetween bits of untoasted focaccia does not 'a burger' make.

I would reccommend you fossick through the bins outside the Tate Modern for scraps before even thinking of giving this venue your money.