Having dropped ninety quid in an hour for just enough food for a moderately-sized couple I realised that Fumo's dictator-chic interior is funded on the rapid turnover of dictator-budgeted clients spending such sums. It was fun while it lasted there's plenty of other places around St M's L that offer a similar service at less damage to the wallet.
Read more Resto 26 Fumo, St Martin’s Lane
The food was good but at 30 quid a head we were paying too much for what was on affer.
Read more Resto 25 Thai Elephant, Leamington Spa
A white Rioja has enough beef to brighten up my conference pasted consciousness and we have a jolly enough time for £20 a head. Thanks Joe.
Read more Resto 24 Salt House Tapas, Liverpool
It's hard to put a price on total relaxation but I definitely know the value of it.
Read more Resto 23 Venissa, Mazzorbo
Bar Vincenzo could save your life, depending on your problem.
Read more Resto 22 Vicenzo Bar, Venice
You think you can make pizza? I’ll show you how to finish off a pizza!
Read more Resto 21 Bar da Valentino, Venice
The first 1/10 review of the year. I went there, now you don’t have to make the same mistake.
Read more Resto 20 Exquisite, Finsbury Park
A brief review of an excellent concert at the Wallace Collection by the City Music Foundation. There's a link to their website, where you can find out about the rest of this week's program.
Read more Music at the Wallace – CMF summer residency
The Marais has some jewels - especially the Musée de la Chasse et Nature (also bereft of vittles) - but you have to pay for them in the tedium of expensive crapshops, chainshit and a swarm of arseholes, some on scooters.
Read more Resto 19 Des Gars Dans La Cuisine, Paris
Kudos to the guy in the Uruguayan rugby shirt for surprise outfit of the day.
Read more Resto 18 Brasserie Saint Maurice, Reims