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Jimi Famurewa
Critic · Author — London restaurants; British-Nigerian and diaspora food; the cultural read on a restaurant.
former restaurant critic of the Evening Standard; Food Book Award, Guild of Food Writers 2026 for Picky; author of Settlers.
Their own reviews and picks.
Their own judgment, in their own words, by the piece it appeared in.
- TOPJAW, 'Best of #London' ↗their pick · 2025-05-18
- Arcade Food TheatreTottenham Court Road
“Best spot for solo dining: Arcade. So many amazing options. You can get curries from Plaza. The beef massaman curry is one of the best things you'll put in your gob.”
- Arcade Food TheatreTottenham Court Road
- Evening Standard, quoted by Harden's ↗their review · 2024-08-18
- MigaHackney
“The result is a justifiably hyped, word-of-mouth success that honestly may be one of the best places I have eaten at this year. They talk a good game here. But, holy cow, do they back it up.”
- MigaHackney
- Evening Standard, 'Jimi Famurewa reviews Oma and Agora: Greek Gods have conspired to bring us something epic' ↗their review · 2024-05-01
- Agora Souvla BarBorough
“Agora (which, fittingly, means 'market') on a Friday night is almost illegally fun; an irrepressible, clubby whirl of bubbled flatbreads, green chilli margaritas and the young and attractive spilling out from communal tables onto the street.”
- Agora Souvla BarBorough
- Evening Standard ↗their review · 2023-07-19
- Mountain Beak StreetSoho
“There is a magnetic, tactile sensuousness to so much of the food that consistently took my breath away.”
- Mountain Beak StreetSoho
- Evening Standard, as reproduced by Harden's ↗their review
- RoeCanary Wharf
“Roe is both big and clever...one of the defining, gravity-defying openings of the year.”
- RoeCanary Wharf