March 2018 - TXG - Archive

March 2018 - TXG - Archive

Sushi Atelier

Article By TXG   |   28th March 2018

Sushi Atelier 114 Great Portland Street W1W 6PH http://sushiatelier.co.uk/ We tried here after reading Jay Rayner’s review and agree with him – it’s great.  The rice is proper sushi rice, the fish is spanking fresh, the room is plain and bright and the counter is comfortable.  We went mid-blizzard in … Read more

Peploe’s, Dublin

Article By TXG   |   23rd March 2018

Peploe’s 16 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 KF34 http://www.peploes.com On a recent visit to Dublin (to watch a fantastic production of a play called Sive, directed by Garry Hynes, incidentally) we went to the institution that is Peploe’s.  Again, another restaurant that we think slightly mis-labels itself…Mediterranean classics I’m not … Read more

Picture, Fitzrovia

Article By TXG   |   9th March 2018

Picture 110 Great Portland St. London, W1W 6PQ http://www.picturerestaurant.co.uk/# There is something calming about Picture, Fitzrovia.  A long, seemingly-narrow-but-not-really room, with a skylight at the back, well spaced tables and abstract photographs of rust on the walls – it works, trust us.  It says it serves ‘sharing plates’*, but it’s … Read more