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Fine dining blogger and epicurean owl

February 25, 2020February 27, 2020

Frenchie … madeleine heaven

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September 7, 2019September 11, 2019

Sushi Nakazawa … nigiri heaven

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September 5, 2019September 11, 2019

701West … fancy bonuses

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September 5, 2019September 11, 2019

Black Iron Burger … and the milkshake

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September 3, 2019September 11, 2019

Trademark Taste + Grind … just keep eating

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August 24, 2019September 11, 2019

Pelagos … bonus baklava and wedding music

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August 23, 2019September 11, 2019

Trattoria … simple souvlaki

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August 22, 2019September 11, 2019

Taverna … mosaiko by sunset

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August 22, 2019September 11, 2019

Helios … poolside tiradito

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About me

  • Fine dining – what a hoot

Dining Owl Hoot Ratings

  • How many hoots do I give? – at a glance
  • 5 hoots
  • 4 hoots
  • 3 hoots
  • 2 hoots

Michelin Guide ratings

  • 3 Michelin Stars
  • 2 Michelin Stars
  • 1 Michelin Star
  • Recommended
  • Not rated in the Guide

Locations

  • Austria
    • Vienna
  • Canada
    • Toronto
    • Vancouver
  • Denmark
    • Copenhagen
  • England
    • Bath
    • Bray
    • Cambridge
    • London
    • Newcastle
    • Oxfordshire
    • Staffordshire
    • Sussex
  • France
    • Paris
  • Greece
    • Athens
  • Hungary
    • Budapest
  • Italy
    • Bologna
    • Florence
    • Lake Como
    • Milan
    • Rome
    • Venice
  • Japan
    • Hakone
    • Kanazawa
    • Kyoto
    • Tokyo
  • The Netherlands
    • Amsterdam
  • Northern Ireland
    • Belfast
  • Republic of Ireland
    • Galway
  • Singapore
  • Spain
    • Barcelona
    • Marbella
  • USA
    • Hawaii
    • Las Vegas
    • Los Angeles
    • Miami
    • New York
    • Orlando

Types of food

  • American
  • Austrian
  • Brazilian
  • Cakes
  • Chinese
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • European
  • French
  • Greek
  • Icelandic
  • Indian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mexican
  • Nordic
  • Peruvian
  • Pre-theatre
  • Salads
  • Seafood
  • Singaporean
  • South American
  • Spanish
  • Steak
  • Theme parks
  • Vegetarian
  • Viennese

Special posts

  • How many hoots do I give? – at a glance
  • Dining Owl Awards
  • Vegetarian dining
  • Pre-theatre dining
  • Drinking Owl
  • Theme park dining
  • Bread and wine: on or off the table?
  • Beware the main course dip
  • Fine dining hallmarks

Restaurant reviews

  • 28-50 degrees
  • 2veneti
  • 701West
  • AG’s
  • Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester
  • Alle Corone
  • Amare Beach
  • Amarone
  • Andaz Tavern
  • L’Anima
  • Aqua Nueva
  • Aquavit
  • The Araki
  • Arancino
  • Arbutus
  • Ard Bia at Nimmos
  • Arpege
  • L’Astrance
  • Au Petit Riche
  • L’Autre Pied
  • Baccano
  • Balcon
  • Balthazar
  • Baltic
  • Bar Boulud
  • Barrafina
  • Bath Priory
  • The Bazaar
  • Berners Tavern
  • Bice
  • Biffi
  • Bird Land
  • Black Iron Burger
  • Blue Water Cafe
  • Boat
  • Bocca Di Lupo
  • Botanist
  • Bouchon
  • Boulestin
  • Boutique de qualité et salon de the rosage
  • Brasserie Chavot
  • Brasserie Gallopin
  • Brasserie Zédel
  • Bravo 24
  • Bread Street Kitchen
  • Bror
  • Cafe Il Balcone sul Lago
  • Cafe Murano
  • Cafe Sacher
  • Cantina Laredo
  • Catal
  • Catch
  • La Cave
  • Chapters
  • Char
  • Chef’s Table
  • Le Ciel
  • The Cinnamon Club
  • Cip’s Club
  • City Social
  • Clos Maggiore
  • Coast
  • Comerc 24
  • Core by Clare Smyth
  • Corner House
  • Coya
  • La Dame de Pic
  • Les Deux Salons
  • Ding Dong
  • Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
  • Duck and Waffle
  • Eataly Alti Cibi
  • Engawa
  • Fashion It
  • The Fat Duck
  • Fera
  • Ferraro
  • Fischer’s
  • Fitzbillies
  • Le Florentin
  • The French Table
  • Frenchie
  • Galvin at Windows
  • Galvin La Chapelle
  • Gaucho
  • Gauthier Soho
  • Le Gavroche
  • Gerbeaud
  • Gerstner
  • Gilbert Scott
  • Ginza Sushi Ichi
  • La Goletta
  • Gora Kadan restaurant
  • Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
  • Grain Store
  • The Greenhouse
  • The Grill at Marbella Club
  • Gucci Museo Caffe
  • Guy Savoy
  • Gymkhana
  • Hakkasan
  • Harbour60
  • Ham Yard Restaurant
  • Hawksmoor
  • Helene Darroze
  • Helios
  • Hibiscus
  • HKK
  • Hoofdstad Brasserie
  • Hotel du Lac
  • Hotel Florence
  • House of Tides
  • Humble Grape
  • Ristorante Il David
  • Imago
  • Ivy Market Grill
  • J Sheekey
  • Jaleo
  • Kappa Sakamoto
  • Kissa Tanto
  • Kitchenette
  • The Knolls
  • Kokkeriet
  • Laduree
  • Latium
  • The Ledbury
  • Li Veli
  • The Lighthouse
  • Lima
  • La Locanda
  • De Luwte
  • M
  • Magnolia Bakery
  • Manatus
  • Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
  • Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley
  • Marseille
  • MASH
  • Maze
  • Mercato
  • Messina
  • Miller and Carter
  • Minetta Tavern
  • Mistral
  • Momofuku Ko
  • The Moon
  • Murano
  • New York Grill
  • No. 97
  • Nobu
  • Obica
  • L’Ombre del Leone
  • OX
  • Pasta e basta
  • Peace and Loaf
  • Pelagos
  • Per Se
  • La Pergola
  • Petrus
  • Picasso
  • Pied a Terre
  • De Pisis
  • La Plage
  • Pollen Street Social
  • Polpo
  • Le Pont de la Tour
  • Principessa
  • Procacci
  • La Punta
  • Ristorante Quadri
  • Quod
  • Rabot 1745
  • Reflections
  • Le Relais de Venise
  • Rouge Tomate
  • Route
  • Roux at the Landau
  • Rumsey’s Chocolaterie
  • Salt
  • San Carlo Cicchetti
  • Sarabeth’s
  • Savini
  • Scully
  • Sea Containers
  • Searcys St Pancras Grand Restaurant & Champagne Bar
  • Seryna
  • Sexy Fish
  • Signorvino
  • Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library)
  • Skylon
  • Sohe
  • Soleo
  • Spectrum (formerly Librije’s Zusje)
  • Spago (Hawaii)
  • Spago (LA)
  • Spring
  • The Square
  • Steve Wynn Steakhouse
  • Sticks ‘n’ Sushi
  • Restaurant Story
  • Stripsteak (Michael Mina)
  • Suisse
  • Sushisamba
  • Sushi Mizuki
  • Sushi Nakazawa
  • The Swan at Tetsworth
  • T bar
  • Tahini
  • Tartufo
  • Taverna
  • Tempura Mizuki
  • Terrazza
  • Texture
  • Toca
  • Trademark Taste + Grind
  • Trakol
  • Trattoria
  • Tredwell’s
  • La Trompette
  • Il ristoranti Trussardi alla Scala
  • Umu
  • Victoria and Albert’s
  • Vun
  • The Waterside Inn
  • Wild Honey
  • The Wine House
  • Restaurant Yonemura
  • Zerocinquantino
  • Zuma

Chefs

  • Matt Abe
  • Carles Abellan
  • Mark Amos
  • Jose Andres
  • Andrea Aprea
  • Francesco Apreda
  • Mitsuhiro Araki
  • Julien Asseo
  • Jason Atherton
  • Kenny Atkinson
  • Greg Austin
  • Dale Bainbridge
  • Pascal Barbot
  • Emma Bengtsson
  • Andy Bennett
  • Arnaud Bignon
  • Raymond Blanc
  • George Bloor
  • Jean-Philippe Blondet
  • Heston Blumenthal
  • Ettore Bocchia
  • Jesper Boelskifte
  • Anna Bolz
  • Jonny Bone
  • Ho Chee Boon
  • Oliver Boon
  • Claude Bosi
  • Daniel Boulud
  • Elwyn Boyles
  • Sterling Buckley
  • Francis Cardenau
  • Claudio Cardoso
  • Phil Carmichael
  • Tom Cenci
  • David Chang
  • Eric Chavot
  • Corey Chow
  • Dave Coulson
  • Josh Crain
  • Gus Crosby
  • Andy D’Amico
  • Helene Darroze
  • Anthony Demetre
  • Francesco Dibenedetto
  • Daniel Doherty
  • Alain Ducasse
  • Mark Edwards
  • Angelo Ercolano
  • Antonio Favuzzi
  • Diego Ferrari
  • Matthew Fleisher
  • Dan Fletcher
  • Frederick Forster
  • Mark Froydelund
  • Kenji Fujimoto
  • Pierre Gagnaire
  • Juan Galvez
  • Chris Galvin
  • Jeff Galvin
  • Alexis Gauthier
  • Silvio Giavedoni
  • Gabriel Gonzalez
  • Jose-Luis Gonzalez
  • Brett Graham
  • Adam Gray
  • Sean Gray
  • Skye Gyngell
  • Jonathan Hardy
  • Angela Hartnett
  • Valentin Hay
  • Lee Hefter
  • Eric Herbitschek
  • Alberton Hernandez
  • Raimund Heuser
  • Francois Hiegel
  • Richard Hondier
  • Graham Hornigold
  • Roland Huber
  • Rachel Humphrey
  • Scott Hunnel
  • Tong Chee Hwee
  • Yoshinori Ishii
  • David Johansen
  • Sarah Johnson
  • Eli Kaimeh
  • Erion Karaj
  • Ryuta Katori
  • Thomas Keller
  • Joel Kissin
  • Jayden Kresnyak
  • Masaki ‘Masa’ Kudo
  • Pip Lacey
  • Hector Laguna
  • Marty Lau
  • Justin LeClair
  • Alessandro Lozzi
  • Leo Maple
  • Martin Major
  • Marcellin Marc
  • Virgilio Martinez
  • Jarad McCarroll
  • Andy McFadden
  • Andy McLeish
  • Michael Mina
  • Sam Moody
  • Luis Montesinos
  • Toni Morwald
  • Guenter Moser
  • Rakesh Nair
  • Daisuke Nakazawa
  • Sam Nutter
  • Manuel Oliveri
  • Robert Ortiz
  • Frank Pabst
  • Ashley Palmer-Watts
  • Danny Parker
  • Alain Passard
  • Thomas Piat
  • Marc Piquet
  • Wolfgang Puck
  • Gordon Ramsay
  • Michael Reid
  • Robert Reid
  • Henrik Ritzen
  • Derrick Roberts
  • Simon Rogan
  • Lorenz Raich
  • Alain Roux
  • Albert Roux
  • Michel Roux
  • Michel Roux Jr
  • Robin Saint-Paul
  • Ryuta Sakomoto
  • Jean-Pierre Sanchez
  • Ross Sandonato
  • Guy Savoy
  • Sidney Schutte
  • Masaru Sekiguchi
  • Julian Serrano
  • Karam Sethi
  • Paul Shearing
  • Bryce Shuman
  • Dan Silverman
  • Vivek Singh
  • Clare Smyth
  • Elliot Spurdle
  • Gregor Streun
  • Owen Sullivan
  • Agnar Sverrisson
  • Koichi Taira
  • Stephen Toman
  • Barry Tonks
  • Mitch Tonks
  • Richard Turner
  • Alex Tyndall
  • Fabrice Uhryn
  • Richard van Oostenbrugge
  • Gerard Virolle
  • Victor Wagman
  • Paul Walsh
  • David Walzog
  • Andrew Wandless
  • Andrew Ward
  • Marcus Wareing
  • Scott Wheatfill
  • Sam Williams
  • Masayasu Yonemura
  • Stephan Zoisl

Managers and maitre d’s

  • Abbie Atkinson
  • Franco Becci
  • Sam Berry
  • Jean-Claude Breton
  • Alexandra Brito
  • Adrien Boutet
  • Stephen Cachard
  • Sam Calderbank
  • Francesco Cappucci
  • Antoine Chretien
  • Luca Cinacchi
  • Mathieu Colombet
  • Arnaud Debelmas
  • Nicola Dell’Agnolo
  • Arnaud Demas
  • Robert Dokler
  • Pierre Dumoulin
  • Antonino Giacolone
  • Jean-Luc Giquel
  • Daniel Greenock
  • Raimond Gutschera
  • Ben Hofer
  • Mat Horvath
  • Olga Ivancheva
  • Daniel Kapp
  • Sara Kent
  • Emmanuel Landre
  • Massimo Lanfranchi
  • Sam Lucas
  • Diego Masciaga
  • Benoit Massenneau
  • Matthew Mawtus
  • Poppy Mayer
  • Mourad Mazouz
  • Darren McHugh
  • Claudiu Moldovan
  • David Moore
  • Chantelle Nicholson
  • Pierre Noublanche
  • David Oseas
  • Aaron Pannell
  • Damien Pepin
  • Silvia Perberschlager
  • Ursula Perberschlager
  • Israel Perez
  • Charles Peto
  • Christian Pollock
  • Martin Repicky
  • Christophe Rohat
  • Rob Rose
  • Sandra Schaeuffele
  • Will Smith
  • Sascha Speckemeier
  • Laura Stephenson
  • Kelly Willett

Sommeliers

  • Massimo Alonzo
  • Dannis Apeldoorn
  • Isa Bal
  • Christopher Bothwell
  • Anna Botting
  • Fred Brugues
  • Adrien Butko
  • Zack Charilaou
  • Jean-Marie Contestin
  • Michel Couvreux
  • Roberto Della Pietra
  • Michael Deschamps
  • Louis Dufouleur
  • Philip Dunn
  • Gareth Ferreira
  • David Galetti
  • Arnaud Gobuet
  • Yuri Gualeni
  • Chloe Helfand
  • Miguel Hernandez
  • Masataka Ikari
  • Alexandre Jean
  • Pascaline Lepeltier
  • James Peter Lloyd
  • Vincent Lopresto
  • Rachel Macalisang
  • Marco Marcuzzo
  • Francesca Martusciello
  • Luke McInnes
  • William Mulholland
  • Daniel Murray
  • Stefan Neumann
  • Stephen Nisbet
  • Lorenzo Palmero
  • Maurizio Palomba
  • Phil Park
  • Christine Parkinson
  • Patrick
  • John Peiser
  • Romain Perroches
  • Paul Peterson
  • Nicolas Pierron
  • Carlos Pinto
  • Marc Piquet
  • Nico Rebesco
  • Clement Robert
  • Raphael Rodriguez
  • Andreas Rosendal
  • Zack Saghir
  • Michael Schwab
  • Chantal Serrano
  • Sunaina Sethi
  • Sammy Shafi
  • Robert Smith
  • Agnieszka Swiecka
  • Willem van de Geer
  • David Vareille
  • Seamus Williams-Sharkey
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