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21a Foley St W1 
020 7436 2181 Fish Mon-Fri £10-£20
Simple décor yet excellent fresh fish in huge portions (you have to be hungry to have both a starter and a main course). Service is good even if the waitresses can appear a bit frosty at first - it's worth persevering as they are really rather friendly underneath. Seating outside in summer with a nice atmosphere as there are a few ther restaurants and pubs nearby which laso spill out onto the pavement. One of my favourites.
Review Back To BasicsThe Wallace Collection
Hertford House
Mancester Square
London W1U 3BN 020 7563 9505 Modern British 7 days £20-£30
Excellent Restaurant in covered courtyard in the Wallace Collection Museum. Although the restaurant area is large, it doesn't suffer from the accoustic problems often associated with restaurants in 'unusual' places. The ambience is informal but elegant, and the service is impeccable. Surprisingly for the Wallace Collection which speciallises in the 'frou-frou' decortive arts of earlier times, the cooking is good quality modern british, well executed and neither over-fussy nor over-priced. Morning Coffee from 10.00am until 12.00pm Lunch from 12.00pm until 2.30pm Afternoon Tea from 3.00pm until 4.30pm. Photo by Peter
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Review Bagatelle60-62 Old Compton St W1V 5PA 020 7437 5212 Modern British 7 Days £20-£30
Gay restaurant in the heart of the 'Gay Village' ie Old Compton St.
Review Balans239 Brompton Road,
Earls Court SW3 020 7584 0070 Modern British 7 days £10-£20
Suprisingly good brasserie style restaurant in Earls Court. Good sized portions of excellent modern british cuisine, with airy modern decor, a buzzy atmosphere, and attentive and helpful staff.
Review Balans (Earls Court)1 Percy Street, London W1P 0ET 0207 323 9130 French-Vietnamese Mon-Sat £20-£30
BamBou is a chic Vietnamese inspired eatery in the heart of Fitzrovia. This olive-green converted town house, with various dining rooms, bars and cosy alcoves spread over four floors, has been injected with a seductive Far Eastern persona; it takes French-Vietnamese food as its cuisine, and French Colonial style as the decor. A narrow hallway leads to an airy interior adorned with lacquer, hardwoods and Buddhist artefacts and exudes a feeling of mysterious charm and sexy decadence. The head chef, together with the North Vietnamese consultant chef Mei Fung, ensure the authenticity of the cooking, and the slick and attentive crew add to the ambience.
Review Bam Bou33 South End,
Croydon,
Surrey CR0 1BE 020 8667 0070 Nouveau Caribbean 7 days £20-£30
Bamboo Grove
Located in the heart of Croydon, Bamboo Grove offers an upmarket dining experience.
This fine dining restaurant has an excellent menu, specialising in Nouveau Caribbean cuisine. Head Chef Anthony Cumberbatch, (the Savoy, the Ivy and Quaglinos), naturally fuses Caribbean and modern European cuisine, to create beautifully presented dishes which are as pleasing to the palate as they are to the eye.
Alongside the gourmet menu Bamboo Grove offers a comprehensive list of exquisite wines selected from around the globe.
Don't miss out on the superb cocktail list, especially the restaurant's very own special Carib Rum Punch, but be warned: It carries a hefty kick!
The smartly-dressed staff along with the elegant surroundings, make it easy to unwind and enjoy a taste of the Caribbean in style.
Opening Times:
sun - thu 12-4pm / 6-11pm
fri - sat 12-4pm / 6-12pm
Review Bamboo Grove
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1 Kingsway WC2 020 7379 9797 Modern British Mon-Sat £30-£50
Overrated mega-restaurant caters to the office crowd. Food is standard modern fare, but can be sloppily executed.
Review Bank32 Southwark Bridge Rd SE1 9EU 020 7633 0011 Modern British Mon-Sat £10-£20
As a regular of this restaurant I am suprised you have no entry?! It is the best value and friendliest modern British restaurant in town. They have forerib steaks on at £9 (which is the most expensive thing on the menu) which are fab! The restaurant has been open for three years and is an excellant party venue, I went there for a party for 150 people and I've been told they will do parties for upto 300. We go there all the time it is fresh, buzzing and affordable, it's great.
Review Bankside50 Earlham St WC2H 9LA 020 7813 2233 Belgian 7 Days £10-£20
Belgian restaurant still offering good moules+frites and associated belgian beers. Starting to feel a little 'chainy'.
Review Belgo Centraal72 Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AN 020 7267 0718 Belgian 7 Days £10-£20
Belgo Noord 'the original moule house' was opened in 1992 and introduced the continental brewery eating hall culture to London. With a modern approach to Belgian cuisine - the restaurant is based on Belgian food and an enormous selection of beer in funky suroundings!! Great seafood, 'Psycho Kilo' pots of moules, perfect Belgian frites, loads of different beers, special promotions and waiters dressed as Trappist monks!!! - what more could you want?
Review Belgo Noord124 Ladbroke Grove W10 5NE 020 8982 8400 Belgian 7 Days £10-£20
Belgo Zuid, which opened in March 1999 pays homage to the Belgian cyclist folk hero, Eddy Merckx, the result is a spectacular geometrical restaurant with a velodrome-like main eating hall. The Belgo signature Moules Frites dishes prepared in 10 different ways feature on the menu, as do the other favourites like Stoemp and wild boar sausages, hearty Carbonnades and home-made ice creams. These are complemented by some great new additions to the menu including spider crab bisque served with new potatoes and deep fried soft shell crab with a lemon geneva dressing. In true Belgian tradition, Belgo Zuid is as serious about drinking as about eating , offering 101 potent Belgian brews!!!
Review Belgo Zuid171 LADBROKE GROVE W10 6HJ 02089606744 Indian 7 days Under £10
Authentic Indian Dining
Serving up high quailty indian food at very competative prices. The food has to be tried to belive how good it is.
voted best indian restaurant in the notting hill area.
Coming soon modern indian cusine.
Review BENGAL TIGER - MORDERN INDIAN DINING
Benja Not yet reviewed 
17 Beak Street,
London,
W1F 9RW 0207 2870555 Thai Mon-Sat £20-£30
The Benja experience is based on hundreds of years of Thai tradition, with comfort and intimacy in equal measure. Welcoming and friendly staff provide unrivalled hospitality
Spread over three floors in an old Soho town house, Benja has a relaxed and cosy feel that comes with a total capacity of sixty coves.
The dining areas are located on the ground and first floors, while the bar on the lower-ground
level provides the perfect pre and post meal location; serving a range of authentic Thai cocktails that are made using methods and ingredients that are faithful to Thai convention.
Review Benja19 Charlotte St,
London W1T 1RL 020 7636 4174 Italian 7 days £20-£30
Famous Italian restaurant on Charlotte Street. I think it was breifly featured in the film 'Sliding Doors'. The food in the brasserie downstairs is a little hit or miss, but upstairs in the more expensive a la carte restaurant, the food is better.
Unusually, the gentlements toilets are also worth noting... instead of urinals there is a modernist waterfall for your service.
Review Bertorelli's189 Piccadilly W1J 9ES 020 7434 1921 Italian 7 days £20-£30
Mon - Sun
10:00 - 23:00
Review BIAGIO RISTORANTE PICCADILLYBiazo Not yet reviewed
307 Hale Lane Edgware Middlesex, HA8 7AX HA8 7AX 020 8958 8826 African 7 days £10-£20
New restaurant brings a taste of Nigeria to London
A brand new Nigerian restaurant has opened in London with a promise of great food at reasonable prices. Biazo, in Hale Lane Edgware, has opened shop in time for Nigeria’s Independence Day on October 1 intent on filling the gap in the market for quality Nigerian restaurants.
Biazo, the brainchild of husband and wife team, Bola and Kemi Olukoya, is a contemporary-styled restaurant that serves up a rich cuisine reflecting the exoticness of Nigerian culture. The 50-seater restaurant provides the kind of traditional menu you’d expect to find traveling around Nigeria, giving people the chance to try something different from the usual Friday night takeaways. Guests who have never sampled African food before will find a true taste of Nigeria in delicacies like the flame grilled suya (a tasty serving of spicy barbequed beef/goat cooked in local herbs and spices), the popular jollof rice, a mainstay rice dish in Nigeria, Senegal and Gambia, deliciously cooked in onions, tomatoes and pepper sauces or the Edikang-Ikong, a vegetable stew made with a blend of Pumpkin leaves, and water leaves combined with traditional African spices
“People need to see Nigeria through our eyes,” says founder Kemi Olukoya. “Nigeria is a colourful country with lots of great potential but the bad publicity very often means people don’t get to see or experience the rich culture. We hope Biazo will change all that. As we prepare to celebrate Nigeria’s independence from the United Kingdom on October 1, we hope it’ll be a chance for people to come out and sample what Nigeria has to offer. They might be pleasantly surprised.”
Serving lunch and dinner at affordable prices, Biazo transforms from a vibrant atmosphere during the day to relaxed evenings, with soft lighting, music and visual delights from around Africa and African themed paintings to provide the perfect eating environment.
“There’s a real gap in the market for this,” adds Bola Olukoya. “We cannot deny that lots of Nigerian restaurants have risen up in London in recent times but we can say confidently that Nigerian cuisine isn’t presented very well a lot of times because for diners, quality and ambience is usually high on the menu. We don’t just want to provide good food; we want to provide great food and an unrivalled atmosphere along with exceptional customer service.”
Kemi Olukoya says, “The Biazo experience will be truly unique for those looking for homely atmosphere in which to dine and enjoy delicious African food in an African themed environment. Why not drop by today and judge for yourself?”
Review Biazo110 Whitfield Street W1 020 7383 3356 Pacific Rim Mon-Sat £20-£30
Modern Thai-French fusion, extremely fashionable, but small and intimate. Hence booking is necessary up to a month in advance! Can seem to have over-fussy touches with everything presented in exquisite boxes, and the bill comes in a book, however this all seems to add to the special occasion feel.
Review Birdcage350 King's Road, Chelsea,
London
SW3 0207 559 1000 Modern British 7 days £50+
One of the fleet of the Conran restaurants situated on Kings Road in the heart of Chelsea. Best known for serving modern British seasonal food.
Review Bluebird332, Kennington Lane,
Vauxhall,
London SE11 5HY 0207 582 9569 Modern British Mon-Sat £20-£30
A contemporary restaurant offering modern British and European cuisine, and a fine range of wines, located close to Vauxhall Tube.
Ijay Blunt the lady Chef Patron personally cooks really tasty dishes to order. Many customers say that it is the best food they have ever tasted.
Favourites include scallops, red onion tartlet, oxtail, steak, pasta and unique vegetarian dishes.
Review Blunt's Dining Room18 Greek St W1V 5LF 020 7287 2051 American Mon-Sat £20-£30
Loud office party venue. Appropriate food for those who would rather drink.
Review Boardwalk Soho15 Eccleston Street
London SW1 9LX 020 7730 6922 Scottish 7 days £30-£50
Scottish themed restaurant with live music (Jazz). The traditional feel to the place ensures its popularity with the older generation, however the food is not without its merits.
Review Boisdale33 Broadgate circle
London EC2M 2QS 0207 628 1592 French Mon-Fri £30-£50
Brasserie Pierre is the newly opened French restaurant in the Broadgate circle in London. It serves some really delicious French food and has some really good wines. They also have a lounge bar/club which has a great relaxing atmosphere, some very good tapas food and great welcoming staff.
opening hours Mon-fri 12:00noon-12:00mid-night
Review Brasserie Pierre5 Goslett Yard, Charing Cross Rd WC2H 0EA 020 7437 8595 Mexican 7 Days £20-£30
Typical london Tex-Mex (ie good for drinking). Live entertainment.
Review Break for the Border82–84 St Martins Lane WC2N 4AA 020 7497 5050 British 7 days £10-£20
Large, informal restaurant on St Martin's lane. Cheaper than you would expect. Good for quick pre/post theatre meals and a useful place to meet as there is a large bar area. The food is slightly unadventurous, but this ensures the kitchens can produce dishes of consistent quality considering the number of covers.
As it's a Bass group venue, both the location and the food find it hard to shake off the feel of a typical pub chain.
Review Browns, Covent GardenBrula Not yet reviewed
43 Crown Road
St Margarets
TW1 3EJ 02088920602 French 7 days £20-£30
French food with modern european influences which complements the exclusively French wine list. Professional and friendly service and private dining rooms for larger parties celebrating special occasions. Close to Twickenham rugby ground. Online booking available through the website.
Review BrulaBruno Delamare @ the Art Room restaurant
6 Market Place Margate
CT9 1EN CT9 1EN 01843295603 French Mon-Sat £50+
opening from thu to sat
This charming local restaurant with
chef-patron Bruno Delamare is famous for its excellent cooking and visited by food lovers all over. The Art Room Restaurant is a true dining connoisseur’s paradise, and is rightly classed as Fine Dining. The main type of cuisine is French and the quality of food is excellent. The décor is modern the service professional and friendly. For an unforgettable dining experience The Art Room Restaurant is the place to eat. Booking strongly recommended.
Review Bruno Delamare6 Market Place
Margate
Kent CT9 1EN 01843295603 French Mon-Sat £50+
This charming local restaurant with chef-patron Bruno Delamare is famous for its excellent cooking and visited by food lovers all over. The Art Room Restaurant is a true dining connoisseur’s paradise, and is rightly classed as Fine Dining. The main type of cuisine is French and the quality of food is excellent. The décor is modern the service professional and friendly. For an unforgettable dining experience The Art Room Restaurant is the place to eat.
Booking strongly recommended.
Review Bruno Delamare @ The Art Room Restaurant
