The Rough Guide to London Restaurants 2004 6 (Rough Guide Mini Guides) - Softcover

Campion, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184353097X ISBN 13: 9781843530978

Publisher: Rough Guides, 2003

Synopsis

This guide reviews some 350 recommended eating houses from Wimbledon to Wembley and Brixton to Brick Lane. It includes some very cheap places and some potentially very expensive establishments, but the rule for inclusion is that it must be possible to eat at every restaurant for under 35 pounds a head. Restaurants are grouped by area and should suit all budgets and tastes - cuisines include French, Indian, Chinese, British, Caribbean, Polish and Ethiopian. The book contains three indexes: A-Z by name, cuisine type and mood to help readers make the right decision.

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About the Author

Charles Campion is an award-winning food writer and restaurant reviewer. He writes a regular column in the Evening Standard and is the author of 'Real Greek Food'.

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GETTING OFF THE FENCE... Every restaurant reviewed in this book is wholeheartedly recommended...but it would be a very strange person who did not have favourites, so here are some of my "six of the bests".

BEST NEWCOMERS Cigala, Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia Cinnamon Club, Victoria & Westminster Hakkasan, Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia Mosaica, Further North – Wood Green La Trompette, Hammersmith & Chiswick The Parsee, Highgate & Crouch End Best Chinese and Southeast Asian Aroma II, Chinatown Hakkasan, Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia Huong Viet, Hackney & Dalston Mandarin Kitchen, Queensway & Westbourne Grove Mr Kong, Chinatown Nid Ting, Holloway & Highbury

BEST FRENCH Chez Bruce, Clapham & Wandsworth Foliage, Knightsbridge & Belgravia Club Gascon, Clerkenwell Orrery, Marylebone The Square, Mayfair & Bond Street La Tante Clare, Knightsbridge & Belgravia Best New-Style Indian Café Spice Namaste, The City Cinnamon Club, Victoria & Westminster Mela, Covent Garden & Holborn Sarkhel’s, Wimbledon & Southfields Veeraswamy, Piccadilly & St James’s Zaika, Chelsea

BEST OLD-STYLE INDIAN The Brilliant, Southall Ma Goa, Putney Monty’s, Ealing & Acton Omi’s, Southall Palm Palace, Southall Tabaq, Clapham & Wandsworth

BEST ITALIAN Assaggi, Notting Hill Del Buongustaio, Putney Osteria d’Isola, Knightsbridge & Belgravia Al San Vincenzo, Paddington & Edgware Road Tentazioni, Tower Bridge & Bermondsey Vasco & Piero’s Pavilion, Soho

BEST ECCENTRIC RESTAURANT The Czechoslovak House, Hampstead & Golders Green The India Club, Covent Garden & Holborn The Lobster Pot, Kennington & Vauxhall The Mandalay, Paddington & Edgware Road Mosaica, Further North – Wood Green The Patio, Shepherds Bush & Olympia

BEST GASTROPUB The Anglesea Arms, Hammersmith & Chiswick The Eagle, Clerkenwell The Engineer, Camden Town & Primrose Hill St John’s, Holloway & Highbury The Victoria, Barnes & Sheen The Well, Clerkenwell

BEST VEGETARIAN MEAL Fiction, Highgate & Crouch End The Gate, Hammersmith & Chiswick The Gate 2, Hampstead & Golders Green Kastoori, Further South – Tooting Roussillon, Victoria & Westminster Wild Cherry, Further East – Bethnall Green

BEST BUDGET MEAL Al Duca, Piccadilly & St James’s Masala Zone, Soho Mela, Covent Garden & Holborn Huong Viet, Hackney & Dalston Palm Palace, Southall The Toucan, Soho

BEST FOR BUSINESS The Cinnamon Club, Victoria & Westminster The Don, The City Foliage, Knighstbridge & Belgravia Gay Hussar, Soho Searcy’s Restaurant, The City The Square, Mayfair & Bond Street

BEST FOR LIVELY ATMOSPHERE L’Artista, Hampstead & Golders Green Bierodrome, Islington Café Pacifico, Covent Garden & Holborn The Hard Rock Café, Piccadilly & St James’s Kensington Place, Notting Hill Masala Zone, Soho

BEST LOCAL Brula Bistrot, Richmond & Twickenham Miraggio, Fulham Mosaica, Further North – Wood Green Parade, Ealing & Acton The Salusbury, Maida Vale & Kilburn La Trompette, Hammersmith & Chiswick

BEST-VALUE SET LUNCH Gordon Ramsay, Chelsea Incognico, Covent Garden & Holborn Masala Zone, Soho Orrery, Marylebone The Real Greek, Hoxton & Shoreditch The Square, Mayfair & Bond Street

Edition details

• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184353097X
• ISBN 13: 9781843530978
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544