HOME SW15 Let me tell you, this place isn’t named the Best Local Restaurant winner in 2019 for nothing. Wandering through the neat little front porch – a sure spot for a summer tipple - into the open bar, you're greeted by the divine and friendly staff. You will be happily seated for a drink, peroozing the extensive cocktail menu or shown straight to your table. With a well experienced head of bar, the cocktail menu is current and always evolving, alongside the alcohol free c

Now this friends, is a visit WELL overdue! Dishoom has been on my 'to visit' list for at least 4 years. This eatery is a chain in London, aside the branch in Edinburgh, of about 5 venues. It describes itself as 'paying homage to the Irani cafes and the food of all Bombay'. If you take one this from this post, its that you need to go to Dishoom if you are ever within 1 mile of one of the branches. Wait for no one, run straight there. I found myself in the Carnaby branch, and w

If a crispy Neapolitan pizza bigger than a car wheel is what you're after, then Pi Pizza in Battersea Rise is most definitely the place to go. Serving 2 sizes of 20 and 12 inch pizzas with toppings to suit every diet – even vegan cheese! – they’ve got all bases covered. First entering the restaurant, you could easily be fooled into thinking it is a fairly small establishment, yet continue in to the back of the space and before you you’ll find two fabulous light and spacious r

“But surely this isn’t all vegan!”. The mutterings of the table next to us voiced our own thoughts gazing upon the menu at the newly opened Tell Your Friends in Parsons Green. The 100% vegan restaurant comes complete with a fully stocked bar and breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, open every day of the week. Tell Your Friends has been the creation of the famous sisters of Made in Chelsea, Tiffany and Lucy Watson, both now proudly waving the vegan flag, with Lucy even in the pr

Here, the name of the game is Porridge. When the teeny tiny store first opened in mid 2015, they sat in site next door to where they are now thanks to their upgrade into the bigger space of 1 Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden. The interiors are minimalism at their finest with the mix of wood and stone in the furnishings and décor, completing the Scandinavian look. Upon pondering the menu, you realise that you are about to have not porridge, but a small bowl of comfort and delight