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David Ellis
Critic · Author — London restaurants and bars; the city's mid-market and neighbourhood end as well as openings.
restaurant critic of The London Standard (succeeded Jimi Famurewa after the 2024 rebrand).
Their own reviews and picks.
Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.
- The Evening Standard, quoted in Harden's critics round-up ↗their review · 2025-05-25
- TOWNCovent Garden
“a Wolseley, reimagined for the modern age... True, no one went to the Wolseley for the food, but I suspect they just might here... Town has no theme other than to serve good food in a knockout space.”
- TOWNCovent Garden
- Evening Standard, restaurants of the year 2024, via Harden's ↗their review · 2024-12-17
- Chinese GourmetIsle of Dogs
“Restaurants like this, that go unnoticed, feel like gifts”
- Chinese GourmetIsle of Dogs
- The Standard, quoted by Top 50 Cocktail Bars (the original review was NOT read at source) ↗their review
- Kwãnt MayfairMayfair
“I can't quite shake the feeling London hasn't had a bar this radical in years.”
- Kwãnt MayfairMayfair