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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/
A pub that's welcoming to all, even if its food won't be to everyone's taste. Continue reading →
https://pickyglutton.com/2021/10/04/perry-hill-pub-review-barbecue/
A pub food minichain hiding in plain sight Pubs serving Thai food seems like an odd pairing, but this now commonplace coupling was initially a result of nothing more exotic than economic necessit...
https://pickyglutton.com/2019/08/05/mc-and-sons-review-thairish-pub/
Hearty fare for locals and Heathrow travellers alike There are many reasons to hate Heathrow, from the 7am drinkers and the tedious security theatre of dubious utility to the obligatory naff ads ...
The Langham’s second hotel bar in all but name I review relatively few gastropubs, not because I have any objection to them but due to a pair of far more prosaic reasons. For starters, many of ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2017/07/31/the-wigmore-review-gastropub/
The gastropub cousin to Bocca di Lupo Most new restaurants launch in a blaze of publicity glory with press releases spamming inboxes, repetitively woolly social media chatter, oversubscribed laun...
https://pickyglutton.com/2017/06/26/plaquemine-lock-review-regents-canal/
Steakhouse and pub all-in-one Update 19/7/21 – this restaurant has now closed The original Hill and Szrok is a butchers in Broadway Market that branched out into catering. Re-purposing its cent...
https://pickyglutton.com/2016/03/02/hill-and-szrok-pub-review-old-street/
Not a Cornish pasty in sight A lot of gastropubs are restaurants in all but name, but The Newman Arms in Fitzrovia stands apart from that annoying trend. It’s actually a boozer with a tiny dow...
https://pickyglutton.com/2015/08/12/the-cornwall-project-at-the-newman-arms-review/
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/
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/
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire? When I surveyed the state of American-style barbecue in London, one of the most common queries was ‘what about Smokehouse?’. However, despite its name S...
The Lukin – winnin’ or pukin’? There are plenty of pubs serving food in Fitzrovia and The Lukin is one of them. Sat within spitting distance of the BT Tower, it’s a popular watering hol...
Vege-might or vege-lite? I’m not a vegetarian, but I do like to dabble with vegetarian food. However, my veggie-friendly sentiments aren’t shared by some of my friends and work chums who, at ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2013/03/18/the-coach-and-horses-review/
Meat on the walls and the plate. The Endurance is one of the odder pubs in Soho. Set inside a rather ugly block of concrete on Berwick Street, the dark walls are decorated with the mounted heads ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/12/27/wild-game-co-at-the-endurance-review/
Yet another Islington gastropub or something more? Islington has no shortage of gastropubs, but The Pig and Butcher caught my attention for two reasons. One, it has a hint of blood thirstiness in...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/12/04/the-pig-and-butcher-review/
Pub food fit for a queen? Update 16/8/2019 – this gastropub has now closed Going to a restaurant recommended by another blogger is fraught with difficulty. If I agree that it’s great, then ei...
https://pickyglutton.com/2012/12/03/great-queen-street-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...
Not all gastropubs are created equal As its name suggests The Old Dairy is situated in what used to be an old cow juicing facility dating from 1890. Situated on the same stretch of grey, unloved ...
Definitely not your average local Gastropubs should combine the excellent cooking of a restaurant with the more casual and easy going environment of a pub, but many of the gastropubs I’ve been ...
Is this gastropub the king of Fitzrovia foodie pubs? Fitzrovia is desperately short of good gastropubs, so I just had to check out the Crown and Sceptre when I found out that the pub has a varied...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/10/03/crown-and-sceptre-review-pub/
Will I be impressed on my second visit to the gastropub that has Tower Bridge as a neighbour? I’ve been to the Tower Bridge branch of The Draft House before with The Jolly Giant, the Lensman, W...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/06/20/the-draft-house-tower-bridge-review-2/
Huge selection of beers and the food’s not bad either The Jolly Giant has a deep, abiding, unquenchable love of quality beer so it’s no surprise he chose to hold his birthday celebrations in ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/04/03/tower-bridge-gastropub-the-draft-house-review/
Unlike the other eateries reviewed so far on The Picky Glutton, Dean Swift isn’t a traditional restaurant but a gastropub. Distinguishing a gastropub from any other kind of pub or a restaurant ...
https://pickyglutton.com/2011/02/06/hidden-back-alley-gastropub-dean-swift-review/