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Amari Boulevard Hotel

The Credentials: The Amari chain, part of the Onyx hospitality group, has several hotels in Thailand. The Boulevard is a four-star hotel located in Sukhumvit, east of the river in...
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'It’d be a good place for an illicit liaison...'

The Oak W12

Open Mon–Wed 5pm–11pm, Thu–Fri 5pm–1am, Sat 11am–1am, Sun 11am–10.30pm Sounds like a pub doesn’t it? It isn’t though; it’s a restaurant. This grand old building is really too beautiful to...
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'Generous portions only go some way to compensating for these shortcomings.'

The Eagle

Open Mon–Thu midday–11pm, Fri–Sat midday–midnight, Sun midday–10.30pm The style & the crowd: Before its recent makeover, I used to go in The Eagle now and then, thinking of it as...
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'They should have stuck to what they're best at'

L’Eto Caffe, King’s Road

Open Mon–Sat 8am–9pm, Sun 8am–8pm You might have seen this small chain popping up around town. It’s the one with a logo that looks like it should be on the...
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'They’ll be surprised at the menu initially...'

Finch’s Dining Room

Open Mon–Thu 11am–11pm, Fri–Sat 11am–midnight, Sun midday–10.30pm The style & crowd: Once upon a time there were gastropubs, which dared to offer restaurant quality food instead of nuts and crisps....
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'Min Jiang is not your average Chinese'

Min Jiang, Royal Garden Hotel Kensington

Open daily midday–3pm, 6pm–10.30pm Recently I’ve had the unsettling thought that I may be tiring of a relationship that I thought would endure until my old age. It started 15...
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'The range of choice on the menu is impressive and so the cooking turned out to be, initially at least'

Manicomio

Open for lunch Mon–Fri midday–3pm, Sat–Sun midday–5pm; open for dinner Mon–Sat 6.30pm–10.30pm, Sun 6.30pm–10pm Restaurants open and close so rapidly in London that a 10-year anniversary is certainly cause for...
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The Pig in the Wall, Southampton

The Credentials: The original Pig, situated in Brockenhurst in the New Forest, won rave reviews when it opened last year. Marketed as a ‘restaurant with rooms’ by Hotel Du Vin...
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' Certainly, the three starters we tried would have made for a decent early supper by themselves'

Bush Hall Dining Rooms

Open Mon midday–10pm, Tue–Thu 8.30am–10pm, Fri 8.30–10.30pm, Sat 10am–10.30pm, Sun 10am–4pm If you’ve never been to Bush Hall, have a gander at their website, find something you like and get...
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'there is literally no way that you won’t be able to find something you like to drink'

The Truscott Arms

Open Mon–Thu 11.30am–11pm, Fri & Sat 10am–midnight, Sun 10am–10.30pm The style & the crowd: This is a monster of a pub that is going to need a fair few bodies...
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