Best dishes we ate

• The best things we ate and drank in November 2024

  

  A short trip to Paris, return visits to a few old favourites and a smattering of brand new openings all across London filled up our restaurant dance card for November.

• The best things we ate and drank in October 2024

  

  Trips to Ireland, Norfolk and Suffolk helped with our highlights this past month, along with an excellent new Mexican, barnstormingly good burger and the latest new bakery mash-up in town.

• The best things we ate and drank in September 2024

  

  September saw the arrival of cooler weather alongside us trying some wonderful bar snacks from Bébé Bob, learning how to make carbonara, visiting a hot new West London wine bar and also heading back to Malaga in search of some late summer sun. 

• The best things we ate and drank in August

  

  August saw us busier than ever, with highlights including anniversary trips to The Portrait and Lyle's, trying The Devonshire's bar menu, discovering the hottest new Islington wine bar, eat a spectacular meal beside the Thames and LOTS more. 

• The best things we ate and drank in July 2024

  

  Alongside some great dishes from London, July saw us travelling a fair bit, dining out in Spain, Ireland, Sussex and just outside Winchester. And even in London we roamed the globe, trying out Basque, Mexican, Japanese, French and Thai dishes. Here's our pick of the bunch. 

• The best things we ate and drank in June 2024

  

  June was a busy affair that saw us try almost everything at Taste of London, check out the latest from Jeremy King, visit a hot new Maida Vale pub and preview the next from the Four Legs team. Here's our pick of the bunch. 

• The best things we ate and drank in May

  

  April saw us  at hot new opening Oma (and Agora) with their lobster borek, across the Irish Sea for tempura short rib at The Morrison Room, at home with Connaught Patisserie pastries and an awful lot more... 

• The best things we ate and drank in April

  

  April saw us enjoying dishes at a couple of extremely strong new openings in Lita and Roe, ordering top notch cocktails at The Connaught, and making a return to a revamped restaurant at 20 Berkeley.

• The best things we ate and drank in March

  

  March saw us throw a party ourselves, visit one of the hottest restaurants in town, try some amazing French food and also pop over to New York for a few days. Here are the highlights. 

• The best things we ate and drank in February

  

  This month we matched wine with pretzels, prawns and tartare, tried a newly Michelined-up restaurant, food from two establishments marking their 15th birthdays and more...

• The best things we ate and drank in January

  

  Our highlights list for January includes three-Michelin-starred bar snacks, delights from a trip to Malaga, galettes, sushi and more...

• The best things we ate and drank in November

  

  Our highlights list for November focuses on classic dishes and drinks being given a twist by new restaurants and bars from a lasagna featuring cuttlefish ragu to a cocktail take on a tarte tatin.

• The best things we ate and drank in October

  

  Swanky sushi, shellfish platters by the sea, rotisserie chicken and perfect pasta all make our top picks for October. 

• The best things we ate and drank in September

  

  Perfectly cooked steak, baked oysters, exemplary pies and a croissant sandwich all make our top picks for September

• The best things we ate and drank in August

  

  From top Thai food at an exemplary London pop-up to a stunning chop at a fabulous country hotel, here are the best things we ate this past month.