Precious is a new-style weepie but one that is much more bracing than depressing
Precious
Theatre
Ian McKellen is captivating throughout. He delights in the play’s gallows humour, yet is also maudlin and poignant
Waiting for Godot
Theatre
Slight quibbles notwithstanding, this will set the West End’s stock riding high
Enron
Utterly, utterly brilliant. You really are in for a treat
Though 'Trilogy' has won rave reviews, I personally found myself exasperated after about an hour
We went on a quiet sunday evening and the food was excellent, but the experience let down by the service and ambiance
While other venues lap up Michelin acclaim, one charming Thameside venture has earned its rating unnoticed. The Bingham is definitely one to watch... more | Add your review
The Stockpot is great value for the West End and the small chain of S&M cafés are just the job for sausage and mash. .. more | Add your view
Gregg Wallace of Masterchef fame has opened his own restaurant, Wallace & Co, in Putney. Here's Fay Maschler's verdict... more | Add your review
Hunter 486 feels a little too fussy and effortful for that atmosphere to come off, for actual Londoners at any rate... more | Add your review
The Forge offers plenty of familiar familiar British and French dishes and Browns is a genuine brasserie... more | Add your view
Bangalore Express is one of the latest Indian restaurants with a trendy edge to be cropping up around the capital... more | Add your view
Green’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar offers fine but affordable dining, with seafood as its specialty... more | Add your view
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Food, drink and conversation are no longer considered enough, it seems, to add up to a good time for those eating out these days.. more | Add your review
Angels & Gypsies delivers a tapas menu at table, an easy way to eat, and the prices are remarkably low for the quality and quantity.. more | Add your review
A round-up of the best places in the capital to celebrate Burns night.. more | Add your view
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Gemma Tuley is thriving in the more casual environment of her new Fulham restaurant - Mansons.. more | Add your review
It may be cold outside but there's plenty of places in the capital where you can find hot food to warm you up.. more | Add your view
Wheeler's Of St James's claims to have undergone a "stunning makeover" but it's not apparent.. more | Add your review
Celebrity restaurateur Tony Allan promises freshness, sustainability and good value for money' at Fish! Kitchen.. more | Add your view
The contemporary house created cocktails are fittingly fashionable at the Great Eastern Street Dining room.. more | Add your view
Like nearly every other restaurant these days, The Ritz extols its devotion to seasonality and best of British.. more | Add your review
Stay warm and set yourself up for the day ahead with our guide to the best places to eat porridge in the capital.. more | Add your view
Bel Canto is a faintly surreal but quite jolly evening with initially perplexed faces - who on earth arranged this office party?.. more | Add your review
The fact that fewer restaurants than anticipated closed down in 2009 may be a blessing, at least for the owners, but the real crunch, I suspect, is still to come, says Fay Maschler.. more | Add your view
The rigours of Christmas shopping must be faced up to, but there comes the moment when a sit down for a mince pie and a pot of tea is crucial... more | Add your view
You might want to know that The Capital is open for Christmas Day lunch — £165 for five courses... more | Add your review
The Grill at the Dorchester, Corrigan's and Wild Honey are amongst restaurants serving Mayfair's finest beef... more | Add your view
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