The food in this review was paid for, in part, using a gift voucher from Jollibee’s UK public relations firm. The voucher was unsolicited and they had no say over anything in this review, nor w...
https://pickyglutton.com/2021/07/19/jollibee-leicester-square-review/
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/
Street food stall settles down in Shoreditch Burger and Beyond’s story sounds like such a throwback from the past, that it’s almost quaint in its retro-ness. This burger stall, a stalwart of ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2018/12/10/burger-and-beyond-review-shoredtich/
Botched burgers and bungled barbecue Conflating burgers and barbecue into the same menu is a common mistake. It’s easy to see why – alongside mac and cheese, they are the emblematic dishes of...
Burger blogger puts his money where his mouth is I usually try to avoid knowing too much about the people behind the restaurants I review. I find it’s more difficult to be critically honest w...
https://pickyglutton.com/2016/05/20/burgerac-burgershack-at-the-social-review/
A waste of Soho real estate Update 19/06/2020 – this restaurant has now closed I haven’t heard the name Bukowski Grill in years – not since my round up of London’s best non-chain burgers...
https://pickyglutton.com/2016/05/09/bukowski-grill-soho-review/
Red Alert! Update 10/5/18 – this restaurant has closed Thanks to restaurants, I now detest the word ‘concept’. In restaurant management and public relations speak, ‘concept’ generally r...
https://pickyglutton.com/2015/08/03/reds-true-barbecue-shoreditch-review/
Every burger reviewed from beef to veal, chicken and mushroom too If you buy into the stereotypical caricature of French food as a rarefied haute cuisine that abhors any sort of perfidious Anglo...
https://pickyglutton.com/2015/03/27/big-fernand-review-fitzrovia/
Warning: bad pub food and even worse bear puns ahead Screens are now so common that we’re surrounded by them – from the phones in our pockets to the TVs in our living rooms and the computers...
https://pickyglutton.com/2015/03/02/the-thirsty-bear-review/
Food fit only for pissheads I usually see a slight dip in the number of visitors to my website over the weekend largely due, I suspect, to most of you getting hammered to blot out the horrors of ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2015/02/13/ruby-jeans-at-the-royal-george-review/
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/
Peanut butter burgers and chocolate chilli bacon sides There are so many burger restaurants in London that it takes something special for one to stand out. Unfortunately for Bobo Social, it didn�...
A new culture of beef eating? Note from The Picky Glutton: this is a guest post from The Flame Haired Squelchie, a trusted dining companion and also a wilting vegetarian oenophile who occasionall...
The most overhyped & overrated burgers since Meatliqour There’s been an explosion in the number of burger restaurants in London over the past couple of years and I’ve been to a lot of them. I...
A party in my mouth or a damp squib? Update 28/03/2016 – this restaurant has now closed I’ve never seen the appeal of Nando’s. As far I’m concerned the seemingly ubiquitous chain serves u...
Bar-gain or bar-baric? (Sorry.) I’ve eaten at and written about the Hawksmoor mini-chain of steakhouses at length before on this blog. What makes Hawksmoor so interesting, apart from the sheer ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2013/06/24/hawksmoor-spitalfields-bar-review/
This review of some Las Vegas restaurants is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage The last time I visited Las Vegas I dined almost exclusively at rather pricey haute cui...
Cow and lobster double vision It’d be easy to dismiss Burger and Shake as a mere imitator of Burger and Lobster. Both serve burgers and lobster rolls, but the two do have their differences. Whe...
https://pickyglutton.com/2013/02/18/burger-and-shake-vs-burger-and-lobster-review/
Fermented cabbage burger pop-up at The Black Heart The Black Heart pub in Camden clearly likes hosting pop-up restaurants and has a thing for burgers too if its choices so far are anything to go ...
Beirut burgers and the best chicken wings in London London doesn’t seem to be tiring of burgers. Since my gut-busting 35 burger roundup that finished back in August, still more burger restauran...
https://pickyglutton.com/2013/01/01/patty-and-bun-vs-brgrco-review/
Limited time offer while stocks last! I’m willing to travel far and wide in search of a good meal, but going south of the river can be a stretch even for me. This can be the only reason why I h...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/11/15/mother-flipper-at-the-black-heart-review/
Crazy pub burgers near the British Museum Following my rather large roundup of 35 different burgers from 25 different independent eateries, I hadn’t expected to be back on the burger wagon so s...
Beastly bountiful burger bonanza – 35 burgers from 25 burger joints tasted and compared When I last toured the burger eateries of London I concentrated exclusively on the chains and concluded t...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/08/28/where-to-find-the-best-indie-burgers-in-london/
Dogging near Hampstead Heath (sorry, cheap joke) Update April 2013 – this restaurant has now closed There might be a harsh slump ravaging the economy, but people still want to eat out – they ...
American BBQ comes to Hackney Update August 2013 – newer, more up-to-date review published Barbecue restaurants are like buses – you wait ages for one to arrive and then two come along at onc...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/07/04/dukes-brew-and-que-review/