Matthew Norman on restaurants
Matthew Norman's weekly restaurant review
Restaurant: Warehouse Kitchen & Bar, Southport
You wouldn't want to put the England captaiin off his game at the World Cup. So thank heaven Matthew Norman has a meal to remember at Steven Gerrard's new brasserie
Restaurant: Bar Boulud, London SW1
What has an American superstar chef got to offer the British restaurant scene? Not much on this showing, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: Viajante, London E2
Avant-garde gastronomy comes to Bethnal Green. What were they thinking, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: Kathmandu Inn, London W12
If your local curry house is even half as good as mine, says Matthew Norman, then you're laughing
Restaurant: Crab House Cafe, Wyke Regis, Dorset
Matthew Norman hails a restaurant with that all too rare winning formula: take local ingredients of top quality, cook them simply and accurately, and serve without poncery
Restaurant: Petrus, London SW1
After they split, Gordon Ramsay kept the name of the restaurant where Marcus Wareing made his mark, but not the same standard of cooking, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: My Dining Room, London SW6
Matthew Norman is not too proud to admit that he can't remember a whole lot about what he ate at this new Fulham gastropub. But he does know he had a whale of a time
Restaurant: Colony, London W1
Atul Kochhar's latest takes him from hero to (nearly) zero in Matthew Norman's eyes
Restaurant: Bistrot Bruno Loubet, London EC1
He was a star of the 90s, and his new menu reads like a dream. But one scarily over-rich dish stops Bruno Loubet's return being a total triumph, says Matthew Norman
Bibis Italianissimo, Leeds
A place that's said to serve 4,000 customers a week can't be bad. Can it? Matthew Norman finds out
Restaurant: The Magdalen Arms, Oxford
How a rough boozer on the wrong side of town was transformed into one of the finest gastropubs in the country. By Matthew Norman
Restaurant: Zilli Green, London W1
It's easy to see why celeb chef Aldo Zilli might want to turn his flagship veggie. But hard to see why anyone would want to eat there, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: Ba Shan, London W1
It's an easy mistake to make, claims Matthew Norman as he ends up in the wrong restaurant. But professional pride forces him to have two lunches…
Restaurant: Dean Street Townhouse, London W1
Not even Smersh could halt the march of Richard Caring on his quest for global restaurant domination, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant review: The Evesham Hotel, Evesham, Worcestershire
Basil Fawlty meets haute cuisine in quite the strangest dining experience Matthew Norman has had in years
Restaurant: Wallace & Co
The cooking at Gregg Wallace's debut as a restaurateur wouldn't make it even to the first round of Masterchef, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester
Matthew Norman sets out to work out what separates a three Michelin star restaurant from a two-star also-ran, but after dinner at this grand establishment he's still as confused as ever
Restaurant: Midsummer House, Cambridge
Daniel Clifford's food puts paid to the myth that Michelin stars are about cooking that thinks 'creativity' is more important than the punters, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: Faanoos, London SW14
It doesn't look much from the outside, but step inside and you find yourself in a surreal Persian wonderland. The food's not bad, either, says Matthew Norman
Restaurant: My Old Place, London E1
If the new year blues are still getting you down, head for this little Szechuan place I know, says Matthew Norman
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