Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • Is this REALLY Perth’s best restaurant?

    Is this REALLY Perth’s best restaurant?

    Ask someone who loves dining out what their favourite restaurant in Perth is and there is a high chance it will be Le Rebelle. Or Google ‘Perth’s best restaurant’ to find the Mt Lawley bistro topping the lists (or just take my word for it, I did some investigative journalism). Despite becoming one of Perth’s…

  • Michelin winning Galway restaurant listed ‘best in world’ after 81 star review

    An award-winning restaurant in Galway has been ranked as one of the best in the world by its inclusion on a prestigious list, becoming the only dining establishment in Ireland to be featured. Aniar on Dominick Street already holds a Michelin star for its word-class food and has recently been recognised by La Liste 2024…

  • Jimi Famurewa on Saltine: Pure animal greed had me back for another hit

    Jimi Famurewa on Saltine: Pure animal greed had me back for another hit

    If I am honest, the kitchen’s potency actually seemed a little dulled during that second visit. My wife and I got an impulsive 9pm walk-in, settled in the mobbed, burbling darkness of a very busy dinner service and found ourselves see-sawing between delight and slight befuddlement. Here were comforting brandade toasts, soft in spirit and…

  • Food review: Cafe Cru, Imperial Hotel, Great Yarmouth

    Owned by the Mobbs family for over 90 years, The Imperial Hotel has been a stalwart of both the town’s hotel sector and restaurant trade for decades. Earlier this year, Nick and Eileen Mobbs handed over the reins to an employee ownership trust. Grant Smith with Aileen and Nick Mobbs outside the seafront Imperial Hotel…

  • Amazon Prime Visa credit card review

    Amazon Prime Visa credit card review

    Our quick take: With no annual fee and plenty of perks, the Prime Visa is a rewarding card for frequent Amazon shoppers. However, some of the card’s category bonuses are lower than other cash back credit cards. Pros: High earning potential on Amazon, Whole Foods and Chase Travel purchases Extensive travel protections, including lost luggage reimbursement and travel accident…

  • Pub and cafe receive new hygiene ratings after inspection

    Pub and cafe receive new hygiene ratings after inspection

    The Seven Stars at Marsh Baldon has received a three out of five rating following an inspection on October 17. And the Pierreponts Cafe in Goring High Street has been given a score of four out of five after an inspection on the same day.  The Food Standards Agency has this week published the hygiene ratings…

  • Devon restaurants named among UK’s best

    Three Devon restaurants have been named among some of the best in the UK. OpenTable has included the Exeter and Torquay venues in its Top 100 restaurants for 2023. Popular restaurants in Exeter and Torquay have received some of the most customer bookings and rave reviews in Devon, according to OpenTable. The restaurant reservation website…

  • The Produce Reporter Week in Review – Thanksgiving Edition

    Pamela and Greg ponder the 9% of Americans who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, and the 32% planning to get takeout or dine at a restaurant. Related Stories:

  • Penelope’s Amano Review –

    Penelope’s Amano Review –

    Hotel AMANO Covent Garden, has unveiled a new winter menu at Penelope’s the Israel and Spanish fusion restaurant. For years I’ve been hearing that hotel restaurants were notorious for not being all that great, but I’ve come to understand that it all depends on the management. So it’s not all one sided, in fact I even put together…

  • Eating out in Mallorca: Vent in Palma

    Eating out in Mallorca: Vent in Palma

    When I first started writing these columns just over a year ago, the initial idea was to review daily menus (menú del día) at reasonable prices. Over the coming months, the column developed into reviewing a variety of places, from quick eateries to high-end and Michelin-star restaurants. While this has been great fun, I had…