Resto 42 Hiba, Holborn
Sat in a booth and despite the noise we had a convivial chat in the company of a marvellous mixture of people. Recommended.
Resto 41 New China City, Amsterdam
We meet the best restaurant manager of the year. And watch a fire show.
Resto 40 Delfts Brouwhuis, Delft
Delft, mansplaining and bitterboellen at the de Hooch exhibition. Oh, and excellent beer. A good place to duck out of the rain.
Resto 39 Sama Sebo, Amsterdam
A show stopper of a dinner at Sama Sebo. Old school dining with gut busting portions. Highly recommended.
Resto 38 Rijksmuseum Café, Amsterdam
A 5am start in London meant that by the time I’d dumped my stuff at the hotel and got to the Rijksmuseum for lunch I was hungry and slightly ratty. Grub was needed before culture. A small wait for a table was natural enough and it’s a pleasant room to wait in the atrium of…
Resto 37 Osteria London, Barbican
Good Italian food at Osteria.
Resto 36 The Green Room, South Bank
An incompetent waiter prompts a trip down memory lane.
Resto 35 Le Mercury, Islington
Good food followed by an hour of Trotskyite propaganda delivered with all the charm of a carriage full of soccer hooligans beating up your grandma.
Resto 34 The Wallace, Marylebone
The room is beautifully light, even on a crappy November day. It's got to be one of the most elegant dining rooms in London at mid-price.
Resto 33 Bryn Williams, Somerset House
The service was good - charmingly wonky, I like that. Other people paying these kinds of prices might prefer to cross the road to the Delaunay to seek the kind of standard they're used to paying for. For myself, I'm not sure I'd walk past Spring, which is just across the courtyard and in my experience does this kind of thing better.
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