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Boulevard is a discreet, luvvy-free restaurant in the heart of old Soho. And it even made a theatre-lover of me… ALMOST! By Tom Parker Bowles Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 4 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 4 January 2020 Boulevard 6 Walker’s Court, London Rating: I don’t like the theatre. … Read more
Ah, Valentine’s Day, scourge of chefs the world over. Those once-vibrant rooms, now packed with despondent tables for two. The heavily marked-up ‘romantic’ menus, the soppy specials with a side order of schmaltz. And all those flaccid, overpriced roses. It’s enough to send Venus running for cover. But worry not. The following restaurants are chosen … Read more
Gloria 54-56 Great Eastern St, London Rating: Gloria, a raucously flamboyant Shoreditch trattoria, doesn’t do things by halves. From the ivy-clad, pastel yellow-hued outside walls, flanked by chorus lines of succulent and herb-filled terracotta pots, to the lovely garrulous waiters clad in pink candy stripe jackets, the Neapolitan lounge-lizard low lighting and the throbbing house/disco/Eighties … Read more