Vile, Terrible, Nasty, and Ugly

CHOW talks to A. A. Gill about the business of reviewing restaurants, organics as a style statement, and the dark evil of Starbucks.

Am spending a weekend here so need suggestions as to where to go to eat. I know both AA Gill and Jay Rayner have been critical of Darley’s, so am not too keen on going there...but does anyone know of any other good dining...

AA Gill has made his reputation by trashing restaurants in print.Few London restaurant foodies take anything he has to say seriously. The other critics take their job are more seriously and are therefore much more useful.

Cabrales, last Sunday AA Gill raved about a three course lunch for £35. This is indeed great value for this place. Know anything about it? Peter ps I think you meant ‘country code’ as we are not an area code of the US...

for “Gourmet” hot dogs on the patio. Let’s leave this place for the gurning ninnies that are AA Gill and his ilk Now I will go back to the place that does the best in London which is the “ 10 deadly...

got AA Gill's “The Ivy” cookery book a while back as a gift and i used it for the first time yesterday. I made the chicken masala. as is stated in the book, not a dish you’d expect at a posh restaurant. but it...

A.A. Gill gave XO a shockingly bad review in last weekend’s Times. Whether that pushes you closer towards making a reservation or running away like your hair is on fire, I’ll let you decide. -mighty

- a “superbly satisfying dish” - contained a chook “full of real barnyard flavour” mixed in with lardons, pearl onions, mushrooms and a touch of cream. Desserts seemed "overly fussy....." Perhaps...

glass chargers with a real leave underneath were a nice touch. I’d go again – just to test it – but I wasn’t overly impressed. If you haven’t tried The Vineyard in Stockcross outside Newbury, you...

, and to the restaurants credit, they cancelled the swipe.There was an article in this weeks Sunday Times, detailing many experiences like mine. AA Gill and Michael Winner both raved about the place, proving once more they both...

respected me, not AA Gill then I really would have had to kill myself. Perhaps by inhaling near MPW. S

I live in the USA and have been reading the London Times online for years. I love A.A. Gill and Winners Dinners. Their reviews are the best written, biting and funniest of any restaurant reviews that I read. I do not know how...

. Probaby put it in the time out box but without the sparkle. As to weekly recommendations, I’d go for Time Out magazine and AA Gill in the Sunday Times, who I just have to respect for not taking it all too seriously... And...

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the original question was are all food critics fat. AA Gill looks pretty trim, and Nick Foulks of the Evening Standard is actually thin by the looks of his photo. On the other hand, Charles Campion, also of the ES is massive and...