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Restaurant reviews featured in luxury leisure reviews website ALadyofLeisure.com written by travel journalist Sarah Bridge

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My top ten hotels with Michelin star restaurants (all reviewed by ALadyofLeisure)

by Sarah Bridge
added August 24, 2021

Staying in a luxury hotel with a Michelin star restaurant turns a great trip into a truly memorable one. While most four and five star hotels will have their own fine-dining restaurants, many of them highly-rated by the AA, Sawdays, Tripadvisor and t...

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Restaurant kits to make at home – Northcote’s Gourmet Box reviewed

by Sarah Bridge
added February 22, 2021

By ALadyofLeisure.com guest writer, food and drink journalist Stuart Peskett To say that the UK restaurant industry is in trouble is putting it mildly. Lockdowns due to the pandemic have seen bars and restaurants shutting up shop – many for good. ...

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A birthday lunch for a Bridge (me) at the Pig at Bridge Place, Kent

by Sarah Bridge
added November 19, 2020

You never forget your first Pig, as the old saying doesn't go, and with such fond memories of my stay at The Pig near Bath (check out my review 'The Pig near Bath - A heavenly, foodie, country retreat') I was very excited to discover on a recent trip...

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Noble Rot on Lamb’s Conduit Street, a welcome addition to memory lane

by Sarah Bridge
added May 18, 2016

It is hard not to start off a review of Noble Rot restaurant - as practically every other reviewer has done - with a nostalgic look back at days gone by, spent in the various pubs and wine bars of Lamb's Conduit Street. It seems that every journal...

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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal review: food for thought

by Sarah Bridge
added April 6, 2016

Turning up to lunch at Dinner restaurant in Knightsbridge - the restaurant from top chef Heston Blumenthal - with a copy of the menu from The Fat Duck at Bray (also by Heston Blumenthal, where my dining companion Simon had eaten just the week before)...

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Balans Soho Society restaurant Kensington- it’s smart, sexy and has its very own tree

by Sarah Bridge
added February 25, 2016

Returning to Balans Soho Society restaurant Kensington High Street was like visiting an old friend who had had a complete image change in the intervening years. My colleagues and I used to come here for a post-work glass of wine of two, sitting squas...

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Sexy Fish: Mayfair’s slice of loud, brash, bling and fun

by Sarah Bridge
added December 8, 2015

Sexy Fish, the £15 million restaurant from Richard Caring (The Ivy, Le Caprice, J Sheekey) doesn't actually look very sexy from the outside. It's rather plain and square and dull and looks not dissimilar from the NatWest bank it used to be, plonked o...

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Ynyshir restaurant with rooms in Wales: one of the best restaurants in Wales

by Sarah Bridge
added October 14, 2015

The wonderful thing about reviewing hotels for ALadyofLeisure.com is that I've discovered so many new places which I would never in a million years have come across otherwise, and the award-winning restaurant Ynyshir restaurant in Wales - which bills...

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Percy & Founders restaurant Goodge Street: smart, modern food with style in Fitzrovia

by Sarah Bridge
added September 28, 2015

The part of London between Portland Place and Goodge Street near Goodge Street tube station has historically been a bit of a culinary no-man's land, with little to tempt you to eat in the estate-agent-christened 'Noho' unless you actually worked in ...

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Lunch at two top London restaurants Kitty Fisher’s and Ham Yard

by Sarah Bridge
added August 24, 2015

They've both received glowing reviews and are two of the hottest places on London's restaurant scene at the moment, but Kitty Fisher's and Ham Yard restaurant are rather different culinary experiences. [Note: this review of top London restaurants ...

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An indulgent evening at The Secret Garden, Clapham

by Sarah Bridge
added August 7, 2015

It is a bittersweet moment when you go to a new restaurant and discover that it has replaced an old favourite. However in the case of The Secret Garden, located just opposite Clapham North tube, London, where the highly-rated Four O Nine restaurant u...

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Pisco power! Getting into the spirit at London Peruvian restaurant Senor Ceviche

by Sarah Bridge
added April 14, 2015

As a late arrival to the cult of the Pisco sour cocktail I certainly plan to make up for lost time. I started and finished my evening at London Peruvian restaurant Senor Ceviche with a perfect Pisco Sour, the drink which has become one of my favourit...

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Olivo restaurant in Victoria London: an Italian favourite revisited

by Sarah Bridge
added April 10, 2015

Olivo, the Italian restaurant in Victoria London, used to be a lunchtime favourite of mine but for some reason I haven't been back there for about ten years. However when I finally returned I was delighted to find it hadn't changed a bit, which isn'...

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El Pirata Mayfair: the friendliest tapas in this part of London

by Sarah Bridge
added April 10, 2015

Tucked away behind the grey anonymity of Park Lane's hotel district which includes the Dorchester, the Intercontinental and the Athenaeum, El Pirata's tapas bar is a welcome sight. Visiting El Pirata Mayfair You might not think of tapas in Mayfair,...

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Rabbit Restaurant Kings Road Chelsea: hop this way for good food

by Sarah Bridge
added March 17, 2015

It promises to deliver 'British wild food' and while London's Sloane Square isn't known for being especially wild (except maybe in the sales), Rabbit Restaurant Kings Road Chelsea in London fulfils its mission admirably. Visiting Rabbit Restaura...

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The Botanist Sloane Square: posh pancakes for Shrove Tuesday

by Sarah Bridge
added February 12, 2015

The Botanist, Sloane Square was packed as the pre-theatre crowd were getting a few swift ones in before heading across the road to the King's Head Theatre. Thankfully the restaurant itself was rather quieter as we were here on a very serious quest...

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Four to Eight: high quality Italian food in Covent Garden

by Sarah Bridge
added January 29, 2015

[Note: this review of Four to Eight in Covent Garden was published in 2015 and the restaurant is now closed. I've let it up here though as my blog is like my diary!] The ever-changing nature of London's restaurant and bar scene means that not infr...

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Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings: a hidden culinary gem

by Sarah Bridge
added January 21, 2015

It is located in the no-man's land of offices and parkland between Exmouth Market and Clerkenwell Green, but Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings is well worth the detour. Opened by the team which owned the subterranean Goodge Street drinking den ...

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Lunch at Gillray’s steakhouse and bar: a London restaurant with a view

by Sarah Bridge
added January 10, 2015

London's South Bank is known for many things but a good steak was not historically one of them. However my visit to Gillray's Steakhouse and Bar was to change all that - for me at least. Restaurants near Waterloo station Long-time London dwellers s...

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An afternoon aperitivo at the Baglioni hotel Kensington

by Sarah Bridge
added August 27, 2014

'Location is everything' so the saying goes - but when it comes to the afternoon drinks and Italian nibbles at the Baglioni hotel Kensington, it seems location can be a double-edged sword. I was invited to come along and spend the evening in t...

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Apero restaurant South Kensington – relaxed Mediterranean style

by Sarah Bridge
added July 28, 2014

It is always a good sign of a hotel restaurant if you could imagine going back there without being an overnight guest and Apero restaurant in South Kensington, London, definitely fits that description. Apero restaurant in South Kensington Tucked be...

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Holborn Dining Room review: adds class to commuterville

by Sarah Bridge
added March 19, 2014

The traffic-and-commuter-saturated High Holborn usually has little to recommend it, being full of gridlocked buses and office workers doing the twice-daily rat run to and from the tube. But an grand oasis of opulent charm and fine dining has just arr...

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Gordon Ramsay London House Battersea review

by Sarah Bridge
added February 3, 2014

Any business owner will tell you that it's vital to get the local residents on side right from the very beginning to ensure success. And Gordon Ramsay did just that with the newest restaurant in his empire, London House in Battersea Square. Lon...

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