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Where Have All The Chefs Gone?

Where Have All The Chefs Gone?

You may not have noticed but there has been something of an upset in the world of chefs. In his bid to ‘Ramsay-fy’ every pub and hotel in London, New York and, seemingly, the world, Gordon has managed to make his cheffy brethren homeless with his buy-out and refurb of the much-loved after-hours hangout Foxtrot Oscar. So, the question remains, where are all the chefs going now they no longer want t ...more

Dining Deals

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Save money with these special restaurant deals for London diners. Please pick a day from the list below.

Competition

Win A Meal For Two At Blueberries, Hackney

Name a London football team that plays in blue ...more

Readers Choice

Enjoyed your last meal out? If so, write a restaurant recommendation on Sugarvine and we'll give you 10% off any case of wine purchased from leading independent wine merchant Talking Wines.

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Latest Recommendation

Rooburoo, Islington

Well designed, well thought out restaurant. The menu was inventive and comprehensive. This was a find for us as we were not expecting much. Lovely food, service and definitely worth taking a walk off the beaten path

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Book a Restaurant Table

Take the hassle out of making your restaurant reservation by booking a table online. It's simple and it's free -- just click on the link to browse the restaurants you can book in the London area. ...more

Book a Local Hotel Room

If you're planning a special meal out, why not make a night of it? We can offer the best hotel deals, with discounts of up to 70%. ...more

Readers Choice

Every month we publish a list of the 10 most popular London restaurants on Sugarvine. These figures are based on searches by Sugarvine readers last month (previous month's results in brackets).

  1. (1) Wolseley Restaurant,The - Mayfair
  2. (4) Stonehouse, The - South London
  3. (2) 101 Thai Kitchen - Hammersmith
  4. (-) Mahdi Restaurant - Hammersmith
  5. (8) Wings Buffet - Docklands
  6. (-) The London Showboat - Westminster Book a restaurant table
  7. (-) Larrick, The - Marylebone
  8. (-) Oxford, The - North London
  9. (-) Srinam - Docklands Book a restaurant table
  10. (-) Hakkssan - Fitzrovia
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Restaurant Review

Number Twelve RestaurantNumber Twelve Restaurant

You would think, with all the up-and-coming development of King’s Cross and Euston that it would be easier than ever to find somewhere decent to eat. ...more

The Gastrotourist

The RantDestination Restaurants

Some meals are worth a special journey. In The Gastrotourist we profile select destination restaurants from across the UK and beyond. This month:
The Elephant, Torquay

Neighbourhood Watch

Crystal Palace TriangleCrystal Palace Triangle

The original Crystal Palace was a huge iron and steel structure built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park – the brainchild of Prince Albert, ...more

The Rant

The RantStop Messing

I like to think I’m reasonably broad-minded when it comes to food. I don’t beat the wife if my meal isn’t on the table when I come home from work; in fact, I do more than my fair share in the kitchen. ...more

Signature Dish

The Only Running FootmanThe Only Running Footman

This dish is always really popular with the customers at The Only Running Footman in Mayfair. The Sauce Vierge gives it a really fresh lift. ...more

Sugarvine Wine Offer

Wine BuysExplorer Case £79.95

The Explorer Case brings together a choice of interesting wines from around the globe, specially selected with variety in mind. There’s two bottles ea ...more

Z to A Listings

Z to A ListingsThe Letter K

A diverse mix of restaurants in and around London that just have one thing in common - the restaurant names all begin with the letter K ...more

Book Shop

Sugarvine Book ShopThe Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner

Jay Rayner chronicles the revolution in high-end gastronomy that has been sweeping the world since the late eighties. Not simply an account of endless ...more

Quick Bites

Vanilla Black vegetarian restaurant is moving to London from York. . .Hell Pizza, the quirky New Zealand pizza chain, has opened its first London restaurant in Fulham. . .Fancy being one of the diners for the fourth series of Gordon Ramsay’s F Word on Channel 4? If so, just fill in a diner application form. . .Brighton's critically acclaimed Pintxo People has opened a London outpost -- Pinchito on Old Street in The City. . .Canteen in Spitalfields has won the Observer Food Monthly's Best Restaurant award. . .Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous restaurant at Royal Hospital Road has undergone a complete refurbishment – food and all – for the first time since it opened. The décor is lighter and brighter, the service even more attentive, and the food even more boundary-pushing. . .London sees the opening of its first risotto restaurant, Ooze. Featuring every kind of risotto you could ever think of, and some you probably couldn’t. . .Bacchus, Hoxton Street, opens in a converted Victorian pub. But banish all idea of gastropub-ism. The cooking is ‘sous-vide’ (basically cooked in a vacuum to produce miraculously moist results) and the combinations on the menu are weirdly fantastic, but thrilling. . .Jazz fans check out what's on at Octave in Covent Garden. . .