Restaurant & Bar Reviews

Hanway Place houses the original Hakkasan in London.
Situated just off Oxford Street do not let the slightly dodgey surroundings put you off . When you enter this underground restaurant you will be whisked away to a totally different world.

The restaurtant serves modern Chinese
Cuisine and has a Michelin star. I have no idea what the following photos are but can testify that it was all delicious.

The atmosphere is very cool even though it is supposed to be an old style setting.

This place is not cheap but definitely worth a visit.
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Suka is the in house restaurant at the Sanderson Hotel in London.

The set-up is ultra cool with part of the restaurant situated in this covered zen garden.

The other part is at the end if the very famous Long Bar.

The food was fantastic . No idea what is was but fantastic all the same

Check out the restrooms. These are the gents.

Don’t normally do dessert but the sorbet was quite exquisite .

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Blue Bottle Coffee is located in Mint Square in San Francisco. The coffee is fantastic so much so that there normally a line around the block at peak times. Not much else to say except just try it.

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Scampo is located in the funky Liberty Hotel in Boston. It is one of the homes of Boston celebrity chef Lydia Shire.

I visited on a Sunday afternoon the the place was nice and quiet.. The restaurant is situated in the West End of Boston right beside Mass General Hospital.

There was a bit of confusion regarding the free Wi-fi but I was very impressed by the staffs help in getting it to work.

Nothing outstanding about the food but it was very good.

I even had pizza.(no cheese of course)

The Irish coffee was very good and finished off a very pleasant afternoon.
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Cavalli is located on Peel Street in the heart of downtown Montreal . This restaurant actually turns into a club at 11.pm on a Saturday night.

The place is very swanky and the ambience and music are obviously very club like.

We brought a large group so we sampled a lot of food.

Tuna tartar was excellent.

As was the salmon .

Octopus also got 2 thumbs up.

Sea bass main course was fantastic.

Filet mignon was ordered rare nut arrived almost medium.

Swordfish and clams were excellent.

Tuna looked great and tasted ok as well.

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Otto is the restaurant in the W hotel Montreal

Stopped off here for lunch this time. Before I had only been for dinner.Plonked myself at the bar and proceeded to work ear and drink for the next 4 hours.

Started with the spinach salad. Really good . Followed with the lamb burger which once again was great.

Now I have to admit the level of sevice in Montreal is good but this was off the scale. The young lady who served us was a wealth of information. She was full of ideas of where I should visit to get the complete Montreal experience . Her colleague was a Liverpool supporter so he could do no wrong.

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Le Globe,the first restaurant I can actually remember visiting in Montreal in the mid 90s.(my god that was in the last century)

If you want a really cool ambience this is the place to go.

The beautiful people of Montreal cam be seen here. (though they did let Pee Wee in)

Back in my formative years in Liverpool Sapporo was the full hit. (that means good ). So of course they serve it here, not in the non descript bottles but these great designer cans.

Jamiroquai on the play list what more can you ask for.
Ah food that is the reason we are here. Well I have to report that it was excellent . The venison and beef tartar starters were excellent. The steak main course was fantastic. The gluten and diary free salmon was described as the best ever. Just pay this place a visit. It is brill.

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This Brasserie is located in the Hotel Monaco in downtown Baltimore . It is a Brasserie with a southern twist.You can obtain free Wi-fi if you are a Kimpton Hotel member. ( this membership is free and you receive an option to sign -up online.

The atmosphere was very soothing especially in the bar.

For starters I had pork ribs which were excellent.

Main course was tuna and once again this was excellent

The bar was very well stocked. I had my favorite Chimay beer and the cocktails were very interesting.
No obvious downsides to this place. Well worth a visit.
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What a great restaurant . Not at all what I expected to find in Savannah. Located at the tip of Forsyth Park it is located in a charming old building.

The interior is very cool in a very contemporary way and would not look out of place in New York.

I really liked the lighting which created a very soothing atmosphere

This is not a cheap restaurant with prices on a par with Boston . The food is all locally produced(well most if it is) and the service was excellent.
They carried my favorite beer which made the visit worthwhile by itself.

I started with quail stuffed with chorizo which was excellent.

My main course was steak frites.once again this was great.

After dinner I had a couple of drinks on the roof-deck which was very cool.

The trees surrounding the roof were very interesting. Oaks covered with Spanish moss.

Just visited again in Jan 2013.
Some new dishes which did not disappoint.

Deffo 2 thumbs up from me.

Strawberry salad was very good.

Coq au Vin was not that tasteful at the beginning . As the meal cooled it became more flavorful . Quite light not as rich as the usual coq au vin offering.

Tile fish with curry was an interesting combo but tasted very nice.
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In London this restaurant is an institution.Frequented by the artsy fartsy set it is a place to see and be seen.

Located just off the Covent Garden area I recommend that you make a reservation well in advance in order to get in.

I would descibe the place as a gastro pub which seems to be the rage in London at the moment.I had fish and chips and mushy peas.

They were ok but the tomato sauce(ketchup) was excellent.

Overall I really do not know what the big deal is about this place but at least I can say I have been.

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