Monthly Archives: May 2010

Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 24/05

May 24, 2010 OliverThring Leave a comment

Welcome to the weekly round-up of national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring AA Gill braves it to Surbiton, ‘the Mecca of suburbs’, to visit the French Table. Its dishes are ‘safe and commodious’ if ‘a teency bit dull’. A pea … Continue reading →

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Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 17/05

May 17, 2010 OliverThring 1 Comment

Welcome to the weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring. Burgers and bank holidays were this week’s themes. Fay Maschler finds Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental ‘A Big Step Forward’. The decor isn’t mind-blowing – the … Continue reading →

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Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 10/05

May 10, 2010 OliverThring 1 Comment

Welcome to the weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring Colony gets panned again, this time by Hugo Rifkind, who’s standing in while a certain critic is on honeymoon. The room is insufficiently colonial for him but … Continue reading →

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Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 04/05

May 4, 2010 OliverThring Leave a comment

Welcome to the weekly round-up of national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring Another rave review for Zucca, this time from Andy Lynes. ‘Nearly everything we eat is faultless’: mozzarella with grilled fennel was ‘about as good as the cheese gets’, … Continue reading →

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