Hello Beautiful, Indeed! | Ciao Bella Restaurant, Bloomsbury, London
I knew I was going to write about Ciao Bella before we even got there. My hairdresser, Tony has been banging on about it over the years I’ve been going to see him… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Cheap eats London
Meet Your Maker | Pastaio, Ganton Street, London
Noun. pastaio m (plural pastai, feminine pastaia) pasta maker. pasta seller. worker at a pasta factory. Now you know what it means, let us try to explain just how good this new(ish) fresh… Continue reading
Coal Lotta Love | Coal Rooms, Peckham Rye, London
Don’t you just love it when an impromptu little lunch turns out to be one of your month’s foodie highlights? That’s exactly what happened to us when we stumbled across (actually more like… Continue reading
Tongue Thai’d | MC & Sons, 160 Union Street, London
In its previous life, MC & Sons on Union Street in Bankside used to be The Charles Dickens – a proper old boozer with unfriendly service and the world’s smallest toilet cubicles. Despite… Continue reading
Too Hot To Handle | Kiln, 58 Brewer Street, Soho, London
It’s been some time since I’ve had a meal that I prayed wouldn’t end and as a result, spent a good 24 hours afterwards reminiscing about. As per usual, we were late to… Continue reading
Ducking Different | Duck & Waffle Local, 52 Haymarket, London
Five years on since opening, Duck & Waffle up in Heron Tower is still one of the places to go in London with bookings hard to come by. People come flocking for their… Continue reading
A Life Saver, Well Kind Of… | Social Pantry Café, Battersea, London
So how can a little café in Battersea – the Social Pantry, be such a turning point for me? Let me try to explain. Last week all started out fairly normally, Monday was… Continue reading
The Table Café – Not All About The Brunch… | 83 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0HX
We’re not even going to try and pretend that we don’t have a special place in our hearts for The Table Café. It was one of the first restaurant reviews we wrote for… Continue reading
Chops Away! | Blacklock, 24 Great Windmill Street, Soho, London W1D 7LG
I felt I’d given ourselves enough time to recover from the last no reservations restaurant we visited before heading to another* – Blacklock. Founded by a few ex-employees from one of our favourite… Continue reading
#YearOfTheTaco | Spring Taco Specials At Wahaca
Where else to try the new Wahaca specials than the Wahaca Southbank Experiment? Previously Dishoom’s Chowpatty Beach and built from eight recycled shipping containers (we have a thing for shipping containers). In case… Continue reading
Nice To Meat You | Kansas City BBQ Brunch At Bodean’s, 201 City Road, EC1V 1JN
If you’re in or around the area of Old Street, we have some good news for you. Bodean’s, one of London’s original BBQ restaurants, has launched a ‘Brunch-B-Que’ at their new Old Street… Continue reading
3 Things To Do While You’re Waiting For A Table At Hoppers
Time is the one thing that we are all lacking in our lives. No one wants to waste a second of it queuing for a restaurant, yet we put ourselves through this pain… Continue reading
A Home From Homeslice | Homeslice Pizza, 52 Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 3PR
When writing up our restaurant reviews, the first thing that I try to do is think of a title. It has to be witty (usually fails), pun-tasticly clever (again hit and miss) and… Continue reading
Make It EASY On Yourself | Big Easy Canary Wharf, Upper Level 1, Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf London E14 5AR
Crossrail Place has become our second home of late. We’ve been working our way along the ground floor, visiting the likes of Sticks’n’Sushi and Chai Ki – not forgetting a sneaky coffee at… Continue reading
Get Into The Christmas Spirit | Festive Cocktails At Ask For Janice, 50-52 Long Lane Farringdon, London EC1A 9EJ
I’m not actually a massive fan of Christmas food (unless it’s something dirty or Dishoom‘s turkey raan) but what I am keen on is Christmas booze – especially cocktails. So the other night… Continue reading
Chicken Licken | The Chicken Burger At Tommi’s Burger Joint, London
You all well know that we love a burger and Tommi’s Burger Joint have been one of our favourites since they came over to London from their Icelandic homeland in the summer of… Continue reading
Buttylicious | Street Kitchen, Kiosk 2 – 4 Broadgate Circle, London EC2M 1QS
Ever wished you could buy your lunchtime sandwich by the inch? Not that size is important of course but sometimes you just fancy a little nibble rather than stuffing your face. Street Kitchen… Continue reading
A break from the daily grind | London Grind, 2 London Bridge, London, SE1 9RA
The humble coffee shop culture is developing all the time. Who decided coffee should just be a day time thing? London Grind is open from 7am offering breakfast, all-day dining with dishes such… Continue reading
Pizza Perfect | Pizza Pilgrims, 11 Kingly Street, London, W1B 5PW
OK, I’m not being mean, but why do so-called Londoners go to Pizza Express? This is a question we ask ourselves frequently. There are tonnes of greater (and cheaper) restaurants, it’s not 1998… Continue reading
The ShackMeister burger at Shake Shack | 24, Market Building, The Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8RD
We never need an excuse to visit Shake Shack in Covent Garden. But when we found out The ShackMeister was making its UK debut we were there in a flash. The ShackMeister is… Continue reading