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Jimi Famurewa is the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic

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Jimi Famurewa is the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic

Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa reviews The Black Sheep: Avoidable double faults annoy

This playful spin on quintessentially British food is devoid of the requisite skilled execution, says Jimi Famurewa

Jul 6, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on The Fryer’s Delight: This beloved chippy bubbles on

The fish and chip shop is a newly endangered British culinary institution – and so Jimi Famurewa heads back to check on an old favourite

Jun 29, 2022
Music

My first time: “I was a Glastonbury person now”

After years of FOMO, Jimi Famurewa finally finds out what all the fuss is about

Jun 28, 2022
Culture

Billie Eilish at Glastonbury Festival review: “A pop masterclass”

The youngest ever Glastonbury headliner rises to the occasion

Jun 25, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Chet’s at Rondo La Cave: Tantalising but imperfect

The pop-up brainchild of LA chef Kris Yenbamroong makes a mixed impression, says Jimi Famurewa

Jun 22, 2022
Restaurants

London’s best terraces for al fresco dining

The sun is finally here and it’s time to head to city’s top terraces. The ES Writers name their favourite al fresco go-tos

Jun 17, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Cavita: Knockout new Mexican shows just how to do it

Adriana Cavita’s debut is confident, composed and marked by an immense sense of quality, says Jimi Famurewa

Jun 15, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on The Pelican: Polished boozer proves people make a pub

For all its meticulous good looks, this latest reboot of a much-rebooted pub is a big-hearted endeavour, says Jimi Famurewa

Jun 8, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa reviews Parrillan: Insta-hit has a split personality

The second Parrillan walks a fine line between the slick and the brusquely transactional, says Jimi Famurewa

Jun 1, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on The Flygerians: Street food spot deserves to soar

This year-long cafe takeover from sisters Jess and Jo Edun is nimble, generous and jubilant, says Jimi Famurewa

May 25, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Facing Heaven: Charm and chaos at vegan Sichuan spot

Rising from Mao Chow’s ashes, this new restaurant’s maximal approach is sometimes sloppy, sometimes brilliant, says Jimi Famurewa

May 18, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Apricity: Righteous spot needs a little more vice

In trying to be trailblazing, Chantelle Nicholson’s new venture can lose sight of the fun - but there is hope, says Jimi Famurewa

May 11, 2022
The Reveller

Jimi Famurewa on Plaza Khao Gaeng: New stratospheres of pleasure

In every sense, this might just be the hottest new place in town, says Jimi Famurewa

May 4, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa reviews Acme Fire Cult: Like a pyromaniacal Ottolenghi

Amid the wafting woodsmoke, Jimi Famurewa finds a veg-heavy venture that blazes with inventiveness

Apr 27, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Richoux: Egalitarian café casts a normcore spell

Despite an awkward first impression, Jimi Famurewa finds a central spot with indefinable charm

Apr 20, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Three Uncles: Cantonese artistry in a slick new frame

Amid the Brixton bustle, Jimi Famurewa finds cooking of immense focus, skill and endorphin-spiking intensity

Apr 13, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Lisboeta: Nuno Mendes’ fearless love letter to Lisbon

This inordinately sexy restaurant has the palpable, crackling buzz of an instant hit, says Jimi Famurewa

Apr 6, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Boiler and Co: Genius proven one dish at a time

Drop any dodgy preconceptions about the all-day bar — Kerth Gumbs is delivering enrapturing dishes, says Jimi Famurewa

Mar 10, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa on Hawker’s Kitchen: New king of roti takes the throne

Hawker’s is distinguishing itself as more than an overflow car park for its famous antecedent Roti King, says Jimi Famurewa

Mar 2, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa reviews Terra at Eataly: Grand aspirations fall flat

None of the food was disastrous, but there was something about the meal that didn’t leave an especially enjoyable afterglow, says Jimi Famurewa

Feb 2, 2022
Restaurants

Jimi Famurewa reviews Carousel Wine Bar: Rewriting the rules

This irreverent, intensely considered wine bar does away with any lingering notions of provincial, Eighties naffness

Jan 26, 2022