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The Warrington in Maida Vale
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/09/2010 12:16:48
Dining out at Gordon Ramsay's posh pub The Warrington in Maida Vale is a relaxed family affair
Posh pub downstairs, even posher restaurant upstairs at Gordon Ramsay's The WarringtonIT MAY BE “the local” for the lucky folk who happen to call Maida Vale home, but The Warrington Pub & Restaurant is about as far removed from The Queen Vic as Phil
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The highs and lows of restaurant dining with children
By Catherine O'Dolan on 30/09/2010 18:30:52
You've taken your seats at table, and you're ready to start your family dining experience, but are your fellow diners pleased – or appauled – to see children at the table?
you started.What's your experience of dining out with children? Good or bad, share your views in our forum
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YO! Sushi
By Catherine O'Dolan on 18/04/2010 16:09:27
Perfect dining in pint-sized portions
A carousel of dinky little plates in a rainbow of colours, each one hosting a delicate portion of nibble-sized treats, dance past in an attempt to seduce: Eat me! Eat me! What could be more fun? Armed with a pair of child’s chopsticks and an activity sheet for playing a game of ...
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Restaurant of the month: Wagamama
By Catherine O'Dolan on 22/09/2012 15:48:00
Sample a taste of the Orient with the popular pan-Asian chain's new children's menu
Edamame Soya Beans, with a sprinkling of salt.In my experience, Wagamama has always proved a very palatable option for family dining – you can’t go far wrong with chicken on a skewer and a bowl of sticky rice. But now there’s a new children’s menu “for
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Restaurant review: Meatballs
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/01/2012 16:42:24
We get our head around the latest New York foodie trend to roll into these shores
The Clue is in the name, you’d think, and yet the couple who sat down at the table next to us seemed somewhat perturbed to discover that Meatballs does indeed sell meatballs – only meatballs. They grimaced as they surveyed the menu and the daily specials (today it was Salmon Meat...
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Restaurant review: Galvin La Chapelle
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/04/2012 15:27:34
The Spitalfields bistro where family and fine dining go hand in hand
With Galvin brothers Chris and Jeff at the helm – or rather at the hot stove – the business of fine dining has always been a family affair at Galvin Restaurants. Renowned for their Michelin-starred haute cuisine, inspired by the classic French style
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Restaurant review: Zilli Fish
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/02/2011 16:51:49
The affable Italian chef proves chic seafood and family dining go together like fish and chips
attitude that welcomes children into restaurants. To show his commitment to the cause, he’s inviting under-fives to dine for free, while babies and toddlers are treated to his range of organic Baby Zilli. Still, you have to be brave to venture out on a
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Brasserie Blanc Covent Garden
By Catherine O'Dolan on 24/04/2013 13:14:00
Dine en famille with fine French dishes for all the family, courtesy of celebrity chef Raymond Blanc
AT THE OPENING soirée for the Covent Garden branch of his restaurant, affable Gallic chef Raymond Blanc was practically wiping a tear from his eye as he fondly reminisced coming to London as a young man, and visiting the famous Piazza and dreaming
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Inn The Park
By Catherine O'Dolan on 19/04/2010 16:12:40
Family dining with a view
. The dandelion was easy to spot, but it was the surprise half-boiled egg that I found most often at the end of my fork. I concluded that the eel and crispy pig are more of an acquired taste (but it also showed me that I would be rubbish at dining out on kangaroo
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Parisian-style family dining (& celeb spotting) at Le Relais de Venise in Marylebone
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/07/2010 17:11:17
There's no menu but the food is great at this family-friendly restaurant that's great for celebrity spotting
, the restaurant was busy with a very much family orientated clientele: suited grandfathers and well-heeled grandmothers were dining en famille with their children and grandchildren, all no doubt elegantly attired from the chic local boutiques like Bonpoint
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