Editorial
Where to eat Published 08 March 2025
Best restaurants in Hammersmith
Hammersmith’s dining scene blends riverside charm with a mix of relaxed neighbourhood favourites and refined, ingredient-led cooking. Whether you're after fresh pasta, wood-fired pizza, or a perfectly cooked steak, the best restaurants in Hammersmith deliver flavour and quality in equal measure. With everything from long-standing institutions to exciting new openings, this West London hub offers something for every taste. Explore ...
Feature Published 07 March 2025
Chefs to watch: Maria Close, Katie Austin and Kyu Jeong Jeon
Hospitality’s #MeToo movement gained new ground last month, first sparked by an awards ceremony that, aside from Emily Roux, sidelined female chef talent into a meandering pre-recorded video that landed like a patronising pat on the head. It was swiftly followed by a flurry of headlines on the question of sexism in kitchens. There’s no doubt that rising through the ranks ...
Feature Published 07 March 2025
To eat: Stosie Madi's recipe for Parkers Arms' mackerel and tomato pie
Pies may be thought an obvious pub stalwart, but at Parkers Arms they achieve new heights. The pastrywork alone is worth the journey to the rural Newton-in-Bowland pub, but if you can't get there, here is chef-owner Stosie Madi’s recipe for a mackerel and tomato pie.
Feature Published 06 March 2025
First look: The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch
After making his name at Stratford restaurant Allegra over five years and following it up with a spell at The Midland Grand Dining Room, Irish chef Patrick Powell has teamed up with hotshot partners James Dye (The Camberwell Arms) and Benjy Leibowitz to take on a Victorian pub in Shoreditch. We take a first look.




News Published 05 March 2025
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The latest news from The Good Food Guide.
Best Local Restaurant Published 05 March 2025
100 Best Local Restaurants 2025 - Nomination form
The Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Local Restaurants in partnership with Square is back for 2025 and we need your help to find the very best local, independent restaurants across the country. A Best Local Restaurant is likely to be a casual kind of place, with excellent cooking using local suppliers and a brilliantly warm welcome for whoever walks through the door. It’s the kind of ...
Where to eat Published 04 March 2025
27 perfect pies for British Pie Week
The humble pie is a mainstay of pub and restaurant menus across Britain but not all are created equal. From steamed suet pastry and golden crusts to potato-topped comforts and fillings spiked with bone marrow, in honour of British Pie Week, we've picked out some of our favourites from Bettws Newydd to Burchett’s Green.
Where to eat Published 02 March 2025
Dog friendly restaurants on the Norfolk coast
The Norfolk coast is a haven for food lovers, and for those dining with dogs, there’s no shortage of welcoming spots to enjoy a great meal with your four-legged companion. From relaxed pubs with roaring fires to seafood restaurants serving the freshest local catch, these dog-friendly venues offer warm hospitality alongside quality cooking. Whether you're stopping for fish and chips ...




Feature Published 28 February 2025
Unreserved: Jimi Famurewa on how the minimum spend trend is squeezing the spirit out of restaurants
To be a restaurant critic is to be a bruised veteran of the modern reservations system and the tangled politics of booking cancellations. It’s just one of hidden realities of the gig; the stressed, keyboard-tapping little figure hunched behind the curtain of the profession’s glamorously puffed-up public presentation. I have lost innumerable hours engaged in the weeks-long hokey-cokey of booking, ...
Feature Published 28 February 2025
To eat: Hafod cheddar rarebit and leek grilled cheese sandwich recipe
Maryann Wright of the charming Wright’s Food Emporium in Llanarthne lets us in on their recipe for a quick, easy and satisfying Welsh rarebit and leek grilled cheese sandwich.