Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • Restaurant review: Pasta Strada, Nicosia

    Restaurant review: Pasta Strada, Nicosia

    The very idea we have of restaurants has changed profoundly and perhaps irreversibly in recent years. We used to go out to eat, now we mostly stay in and order. I don’t necessarily like the new way, much like I don’t find myself exactly at ease with the digital age or trap music, but the…

  • ‘Staff Meal’ Review: The Last Course for Doomsday Diners and Dates

    ‘Staff Meal’ Review: The Last Course for Doomsday Diners and Dates

    Restaurant patrons and staff members are oblivious to the impending apocalypse in Abe Koogler’s new show at Playwrights Horizons. A woman in the audience started grumbling around 30 minutes into a recent performance of “Staff Meal” at Playwrights Horizons in Manhattan. “What is this play about?” she hissed. A few uncomfortable seconds after she stood…

  • The best London restaurants you have to eat at

    The best London restaurants you have to eat at

    May 2024: Last month we revealed our brand new list of London’s very best restaurants for 2024.  The fresh Top 50 list is topped by a brand new Number One; the majestic Mambow in Clapton, east London, and our new Top 50 also includes some old school London classics; Victorian icon Quality Chop House, 1980s time warp Oslo…

  • Copenhagen’s Ark Spotlights Local, Sustainable, and Foraged Ingredients, All Without Meat

    Copenhagen’s Ark Spotlights Local, Sustainable, and Foraged Ingredients, All Without Meat

    My first bite at one of the most preeminent vegan restaurants in the world is a mouthful of jellied seaweed. A familiar, oniony bite melds with the refreshing flavors of the sea, along with cucumber and salted Japanese plums. The first course—made with ingredients picked up, literally, along the shores of Copenhagen that morning—opens the…

  • No meat? No dairy? No problem at Guru Indian Restaurant

    No meat? No dairy? No problem at Guru Indian Restaurant

    CLERMONT — Did you know that Guru Indian Restaurant has a vegan menu that has become a favorite among diners seeking out sumptuous and flavorful plant-based cuisine? Owner/Master Chef Uday Kadam has run the tastefully decorated restaurant for the past decade. He chose the name “Guru” because he says he wants to be a “sharing…

  • Shanghai, Bratislava: “A classy take on Chinese food”

    Shanghai, Bratislava: “A classy take on Chinese food”

    30. Apr 2024 at 21:13  I  Twenty-five years after I first ate there, Restaurant Shanghai is still in the same place. Font size:A–|A+  Comments disabled I first visited Bratislava in 1999. Yes that means I am getting old. My girlfriend and I arrived in a taxi at a very square and entirely grey hotel, on a…

  • Restaurant review: Servino still serving up exquisite Italian cuisine

    Restaurant review: Servino still serving up exquisite Italian cuisine

    Servino’s Gnocchi Di Spinaci features Gorgonzola cheese, savoy cabbage and guanciale. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Halibut is served at Trattoria Servino in Tiburon. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Servino’s Barbabietole Di Asparagi features beets, goat cheese, asparagus and hazelnuts. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) A Romaine Lettuce Heart is served at Trattoria Servino in Tiburon. (Sherry LaVars/Marin…

  • Customer’s bad restaurant review led to ‘beatdown’ invitation by owner

    Customer’s bad restaurant review led to ‘beatdown’ invitation by owner

    Article content Be careful what you say when you post Google restaurant reviews? Article content An Ontario man, who goes by @adamjuvs on TikTok, amassed millions of views when he alleged on the social media video platform how a negative restaurant review led to an invitation for “a parking lot beatdown,’ by the owner. “I…

  • ‘This is one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard’: Restaurant goer leaves bad review so owner sends him Google invite to parking lot beatdown

    ‘This is one of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard’: Restaurant goer leaves bad review so owner sends him Google invite to parking lot beatdown

    Some people cannot handle criticism, especially when said criticism pertains to their cooking expertise — or lack thereof. Granted, no one enjoys hearing complaints, but a certain restaurant owner took that way too personally. Recommended Videos According to a TikTok video posted by user @adamjuvs, it all started when he and a friend decided to…

  • Wilding, Oxford: A Must-Try Restaurant In The City Of Dreaming Spires

    Wilding, Oxford: A Must-Try Restaurant In The City Of Dreaming Spires

    Out and about in Oxford and feeling peckish? There are plenty of restaurants to choose from, but bypass the bustling high street and you’ll find this standout spot. Martha Davies reviews Wilding. Restaurant Review: Wilding, Oxford Spend a few hours in a small city like Oxford and a paradox begins to emerge: since everything you…