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Giles Coren

Critic — London restaurant criticism, top-end and hyped openings.

restaurant critic of The Times (long-running); multiple British Press Awards Restaurant Writer of the Year.

Their own reviews and picks.

Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.

• The Times, quoted in Harden's critics round-up ↗their review · 2025-06
  • TOWNCovent Garden

    “a small, warm loaf of potato sourdough with 'Town house gravy', which is a bowl of hot beef dripping... pure Nigel Slater in its acknowledgement that the lees of a Maillard reaction are the locus of 'tasty'. That the best stuff in the kitchen is often that which never gets as far as the dining room.”

• The Times, as quoted by Harden's ↗their review · 2024-09-22
  • Taste of ChongqingBloomsbury

    “a Chinese-for-the-Chinese place”

• The Times, via Harden's review-of-the-reviews ↗their review · 2022-11-21
  • DorianNotting Hill

    “sunny and gorgeous room”

• The Times, quoted in Harden's 'Review of the reviews', week ending 23 May 2021 ↗their review · 2021-05-23
  • KOLMarylebone

    “world-class, genre-defying, entirely new and original modern upscale Mexican restaurant”

  • KOLMarylebone

    “all about the finest British seasonal ingredients presented in traditional Mexican arrangements with supermodern Michelin three-star technique”