Restaurant reviews
Search by critic, restaurant or place, across the UK.
Try a critic’s name, “Manchester” or a restaurant. Use quotes for a phrase, or a minus to exclude a word.
Published favourites and recent recommendations from 4 critics. Selection dates are shown, and these aren’t ranked. The full archive includes favourable and unfavourable reviews.
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Favourable and unfavourable reviews are included. Scores and sentiment aren’t inferred.
Archive coverage and gaps
Grace Dent: 643 records from all 21 pages of her Guardian restaurant series and all 14 pages of her Standard author archive, spanning 2011–2026. Includes 16 roundups. Historical Standard dates can reflect site migrations.
Jay Rayner: 1,254 unique articles from all 63 pages of his public Observer restaurant series, May 2000–March 2025. Some older headlines don’t identify a venue, so those entries remain searchable with an unconfirmed location. His FT collection is partial, using his official public author feed and linked roundups.
Daily checks add metadata from Grace Dent’s Guardian RSS, Jay Rayner’s official-site FT feed and Harden’s latest press roundups. A successful check doesn’t mean that a new article was published. These checks update review links; restaurant hours, hotel availability, travel schedules and annual Michelin awards still need separate verification.
Other critics: records drawn from 540 Harden’s weekly press roundups, February 2015–October 2026. These are selections from each critic’s work, rather than complete career archives. Original links are shown when supplied and consistent with the named restaurant; otherwise the public roundup is linked.
Original article dates and roundup dates are labelled separately. Public summaries aren’t full reviews. Individual article access is only marked verified when its body was checked. Historical coverage doesn’t establish that a restaurant is still open. Unconfirmed locations stay visible by default; overseas reviews can be selected separately.
Grace’s Guardian archive ↗ · Grace’s Standard archive ↗ · Jay’s Observer archive ↗ · Jay’s journalism ↗ · Harden’s roundups ↗