It is a good place. The waiter/manager told me they'd been open for three weeks and I hope they make a go of it. Covent Garden has an awful lot of crap but the Oystermen aren't involved in that scene, they cook straight up good food and serve it well at a reasonable price for the area. I hope they thrive.
Read more Resto 35 The Oystermen Bar & Grill, Covent Garden
Strange meeting with a puritanical Enfieldonian and flat beer. Not a Standard night out.
Read more Resto 34 Chaseside Indian Restaurant, Enfield
Wine and food for under a tenner a head! Recommended.
Read more Resto 33 Pall Mall Fine Wines, Haymarket
Much improved after coming under Benugo's management if you're in the BM the Great Court is worth booking.
Read more Resto 32 Great Court, British Museum
Post-show blues only mean you should get on with something else.
Read more The end of Marivaux
On a sunny Monday lunchtime we strolled to Assaggetti tempted by their lunchtime offer of two courses for £16.95. It was a good choice.
Read more Resto 27 Assaggetti, Haymarket
Don't miss out on the chance to hear one of the foremost cricket historians talking about early Indian tours to England.
Read more Imperial Wanderers: Cricket Tours in the High Noon of Empire
If you want the trad Indian in this part of London it's a better option to hang on if you can till The India Club starts cooking.
Read more Resto 26 Bhatti, Covent Garden
Lancret, Marivaux and Ric Lindley
Comparing the modern Crouch End Players to the Comedie-Italiennes may be a first but it isn't without justification.
Read more The Crouch End Players and the Comédie-Italienne
There are two temporary offerings at the National that any self-respecting art lover finding themselves with an afternoon in London should get to. Catch Cagnacci while you can. His masterpiece, Repentant Magdalene, leaves town tomorrow! But also catch Ofili's jewel-like tapestry.
Read more More good things at the National