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Huw Oliver

Critic · Journalist — London restaurants and bars, with a run of reviews of small owner-operated east London kitchens; Time Out's starred venue reviews.

writes Time Out London's bylined, starred venue reviews, which carry a rating out of five, a Recommended flag and a price band, so the verdict is explicit and comparable across venues. His Shankeys review (13 February 2023, five stars) works at dish and technique level, names the chef in the kitchen and quotes him directly, and files the dissent about the frontage in the same piece.

Their own reviews and picks.

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

• Time Out London, 'Shankeys', 5 of 5 ↗their review · 2023-02-13
  • ShankeysHackney

    “Like every dish at the fantastic Shankeys, it's a beautiful, colourful mess, served on floral crockery straight off Grandma's dresser.”