This Scotland-focussed article is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Continue reading →
Nothing builds up an appetite like walking 140km across Wales. Continue reading →
https://pickyglutton.com/2021/11/08/eating-my-way-across-the-brecon-beacons/
Cornwall has an outsized reputation for high quality produce, but hiking the South West Coastal Path from St Ives to Falmouth isn’t necessarily the best way to appreciate its bounty. Continue r...
https://pickyglutton.com/2020/09/23/eating-my-way-around-cornwall-from-st-ives-to-falmouth/
Finsbury Park doesn’t need more battered fried food I have a confession to make. It’s a deeply unpopular, long-held opinion that will not endear me to many of you. It’ll be even more contro...
Aye for pie with an eye for pie One should never, ever underestimate the importance of how food looks. Attractive-looking food not only influences how we perceive its taste, but can get otherw...
https://pickyglutton.com/2017/04/10/holborn-dining-room-review-instagram-pies/
Defies both easy categorisation and expectations If there’s been one defining cultural aesthetic in the West over the past 20 years or so, then it has to be minimalism. Paring back everything ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2017/03/20/lyles-review-shoreditch/
Barbecue British-style Update 10/6/2019 – this restaurant has now closed The move from street food maverick to established restaurant can be a rocky one. Even if you somehow tame the logistica...
Oxford Street has never had it so good Update 14/2/17 – this restaurant has now closed Although by no means the most incongruously positioned restaurant I’ve ever come across, Piquet is none...
This railway arch restaurant will set your heart racing Update 12/02/18 – this restaurant has now closed Unless you walk around London, it’s hard to appreciate just how close many of the city...
Quality venison that’s not too deer Opening a restaurant is almost as hard work as running one. Some restauranteurs take a long-winded path to opening their own premises, either by choice or n...
https://pickyglutton.com/2014/11/19/the-wild-game-co-review/
Better than Fera at Claridge’s, any day of the week Despite its booming property prices, leafy lanes and bourgeois reputation, Crouch End isn’t one of London’s dining hotspots. This is almo...
Almost the entire menu reviewed at Fitzrovia’s Farmville-chic diner Update 6/01/2017 – this restaurant has now closed. The phrase ‘dirty food’ is often used to describe the casual, ine...
The Polpo guys do it again Updated 12/01/18 – this restaurant has now closed. Updated 6/04/14 – set menu details added. It’s mildly myopic to say that there’s no where good to eat on Shaf...
https://pickyglutton.com/2013/12/09/the-ape-and-bird-review/
Easily mistaken for a pub, but only if you’re an idiot Some restaurants open with a blaze of publicity and hype, while others open quietly and slowly but surely build up a sterling reputation t...
https://pickyglutton.com/2013/05/10/newman-street-tavern-review/
Was the food at this easy going East End eatery riveting or rotten? As you can probably tell from this blog, I’m fairly anal about eating out. I like to plan things as much as possible, from bo...
This review is part of Hawksmoorathon – three meals at three different Hawksmoors in one day After a breakfast of devilled veal kidneys and a black pudding burger for lunch, it should come as...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/24/hawksmoor-day-dinner-at-spitalfields/
This review is part of Hawksmoorathon – three meals at three different Hawksmoors in one day The Seven Dials Covent Garden branch of Hawksmoor is perhaps my favourite of the three thanks to its...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/23/hawksmoor-day-lunch-at-seven-dials-covent-garden/
This review is part of Hawksmoorathon – three meals at three different Hawksmoors in one day Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day, but in this case it turned out to be...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/23/hawksmoor-day-breakfast-at-guildhall/
Tom Aikens Restaurant’s casual little brother I love fine dining and the meal I had at Tom Aikens Restaurant was one of the best of its kind. Sometimes though I’m just not in the mood for fa...
How To Bust Your Gut in One Easy Sitting Despite some of the massive meals I’ve eaten in the course of writing this blog, there have been very, very few where I’ve ordered too much. The Break...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/01/03/hawksmoor-guildhall-review-breakfast/
Is it really as good as everyone says it is? Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal needs no introduction for anyone who has even a casual interest in restaurants – the man is everywhere from numerou...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/08/25/dinner-by-heston-blumenthal-review-overrated/
The best steak and burgers I’ve had in London so far There’s no shortage of steakhouses in London, but many of them are merely OK or just plain pants. One of the best is Hawksmoor which was o...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/06/08/hawksmoor-seven-dials-covent-garden-review/
Traditional British food with a twist in grand Victorian surroundings Despite the ravages of both the Luftwaffe and post-war urban planners, London has a diverse and remarkable architectural heri...
Clerkenwell’s meat palace opens a branch in the West End, but does it have the same magic as the original? The huge glass block that is the new W Hotel now dominates Leicester Square overwhelmi...
It’s like pub food, but without the pub. Update 3/1/14 – this restaurant has now closed I love haute cuisine and fine dining, but sometimes, especially after a long day at the office, all I w...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/03/07/british-comfort-food-in-islington-sm-cafe/