• May 30 2026
  Restaurants

  ‘It aims at the delicious and restorative, then misses that target’ — Jay Rayner reviews Holy Carrot, London

  Spitalfields’ latest vegetarian venue has a worthy premise, good-looking menu and a notable chef — and yet it’s falling flat

  Jay Rayner

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• May 30 2026
  Food & Drink

  FT Magazine. Why the best British food is actually French

  French food is back in fashion — but was it ever really out?

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• May 23 2026
  Restaurants

  ‘I really should return for the full, big-ticket experience’ — Jay Rayner reviews The Cocochine, London

  Larry Jayasekara’s accomplished cooking and prix fixe lunch offer Mayfair diners excellent return on investment

  Jay Rayner

  
• May 16 2026
  Restaurants

  Colmado Wilmot: Brilliant, queue-free dining in Barcelona — restaurant review

  An ex-El Bulli chef has gone back to basics, and the results are magical

  Jay Rayner

  
• May 9 2026
  Restaurants

  Romano’s and Simpson’s-in-the-Strand: A legendary building restored to its prime

  Rejoice! Jeremy King has brought an old-fashioned (in the best way) destination back to life

  Jay Rayner

  
• May 2 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Sentosa, London: An essential Singapore chilli crab pilgrimage — restaurant review

   Eat crab. Get messy. Don’t think about the dry cleaning bill

  Jay Rayner

  
• April 25 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Kallos, Salford: No wonder the UK is going crazy for Greek food — restaurant review

  Even a grey day feels sunny when you’ve got a carafe of wine, herby dips and proper feta

  Jay Rayner

  
• April 18 2026
  Restaurants

  Cometa, Fitzrovia: Mexican delights, and some of London’s best fried chicken — restaurant review

  Chef residency restaurant Carousel has made a smart choice for its first permanent space

  Jay Rayner

  
• April 11 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Other, Bristol: Is this the best city in the UK for indie restaurants? — review

  This small Bedminster restaurant is joyful, inventive and undeniably cool

  
• April 4 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Osteria Vibrato, London: Pasta, a piano and a note of magic — restaurant review

  It’ll make you nostalgic for a Soho you never knew

  Jay Rayner

  
• March 28 2026
  Life & Arts

  Would you like some intrusive curiosity with that?

  Waiters who ask about my day may mean well. That doesn’t mean I have to answer them

  Jay Rayner

  
• March 28 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Aces Foodcraft, London: Engrossing, exciting and unashamedly inventive — restaurant review

  Alex Craciun’s Japanese-inspired Fitzrovia restaurant has some weird ideas — and pulls them off brilliantly

  Jay Rayner

  
• March 21 2026
  The everyday miracle of eggs

  FT Magazine. Can Jemima Kelly recreate Martha Stewart’s mythic midnight dinner party? 

  Thirty guests. 111 eggs. A one-bed flat. A fearless host attempts the impossible omelette supper of her dreams

  
• March 21 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, London: £776 of meh — review

  The sweary chef thinks critics have got it in for him, but it’s his restaurant that is the problem

  Jay Rayner

  
• March 14 2026
  Restaurants

  The Noma affair will leave a very nasty taste in the mouth

  High-end restaurants as a force for moral good was an idea long lacking in self-awareness

  Jay Rayner

  
• February 21 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. The Porter’s Table, London: A brand extension too far for Guinness — restaurant review 

  The grill restaurant in Covent Garden’s new brewery-meets-merch shop has all the charm of a new-build hotel 

  Jay Rayner

  
• February 14 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Noodle soup so good it should come on prescription — Jay Rayner reviews Sông Quê Phở in Shoreditch

  One of London’s favourite Vietnamese cafés has opened a grown-up noodle bar

  
• February 7 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. ‘I doubt I will eat better than I did here’ — Jay Rayner reviews Mezzogiorno, Westminster

  Francesco Mazzei’s new restaurant gives Italian comfort food the grand hotel treatment

  Jay Rayner

  
• January 31 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. ‘The late-night hideaway London needs’ — Jay Rayner reviews Dover St Counter in Mayfair

  A vibey little bistro from former Soho House exec Martin Kuczmarski

  Jay Rayner

  
• January 24 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. The pub that refused to die — Jay Rayner reviews The Highland Laddie in Leeds

  This old boozer, ringed by newbuilds, exceeds all expectations — and it’s got a mustard menu

  Jay Rayner

  
• January 17 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. ‘Great highs and thudding lows’ — Jay Rayner reviews Poon’s, the Strand

  This kind of Chinese restaurant without stir fries feels like a joke without a punchline

  
• January 10 2026
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. A journey through the multiverse of Caribbean cooking — Jay Rayner reviews two new openings in south London 

  South London restaurants 2210 by NattyCanCook and RapChar are serving food to excite and intrigue

  Jay Rayner

  
• January 3 2026
  Food & Drink

  FT Magazine. Salad bars have changed. Are they better for it?

  Jay Rayner goes for a restorative stroll down Piccadilly and is ambushed by temptation

  
• December 27 2025
  Restaurants

  FT Magazine. Noodles worth getting weird about — Jay Rayner reviews Maneki Ramen, Birmingham

  A restaurant that takes the essentials seriously — and remembers the desserts

  Jay Rayner

  
• December 27 2025
  The joy of January — a food & drink special

  FT Magazine. Is any meal worth three days’ cooking?

  Jay Rayner goes all in with a glorious menu of multi-day dishes, including his cassoulet recipe