Victoria Stewart visits the second branch of Cafe Murano, an excellent Italian spot offering access to Angela Hartnett’s fabled food in Covent Garden. A year spent studying in Verona 10 years ago taught me that the simple fact of living in Italy does not guarantee you good food. I did eat some truly excellent things […]

With the constant flurry of new openings, it can be hard to make it back to restaurants past. This month food writer Victoria Stewart seeks the value of second helpings, returning to Marylebone’s Lurra. Twenty-sixteen, I’ve decided, is to be my year of repeat restaurant visits. Regular London restaurant-goers (myself included) are all so preoccupied […]

In her quest for the finest food in London, Victoria Stewart visits 45 Jermyn St., a suitably self-deprecating eatery owned by Fortnum & Mason and serving an extremely enjoyable ‘afters’ menu. (Victoria was a guest of the restaurant.) The funny thing about 45 Jermyn St. is that you could walk in all dressed up expecting […]

This month food writer Victoria Stewart returns to one of London’s most fashionable establishments, Dabbous, a Michelin-star eatery that is equally – if not more – impressive on the second visit. Some dining rooms don’t seem to need a bedding-in period; they’re off with a bang the minute they’re out of the starting blocks. Ollie […]