Stocks Urban Bistro I’d visited Stocks Urban Bistro shortly after it opened and found it off to a pretty shaky start. Dishes lacked finesse and the space, which previously traded as the very poor Broadsheet Bistro – and blink and you’ll miss it as Henderson’s – felt like it needed a good bit of time …

Radici I was sad to hear that Rafael’s had closed as it had both served me both an excellent dinner and provided me with a lasting Lunchquest memory when the words complimentary and complementary had got all mixed up, as they often do.Exterior But life goes on and I was interested in what Radici, the …

Spoon Cafe Bistro I’m declaring another blindspot. Much in the same way as I can’t seem to get to grips with Passorn Brasserie, despite repeated exposures I can’t build an appreciation for Spoon Cafe Bistro on Nicolson Street.Entrance way Spoon was one of our first ever reviews so the time for a revisit was long …

Owl & Deer When I heard that Owl & Deer on Haddington Place was going to be opening as a bistro in the evenings it wasn’t a prospect that particularly thrilled me.Exterior This site used to be home to the excellent I Heart Cafe, but over the years has diminished in quality appreciably with my …

Cafe Grande Cafe Grande is one of those places I’ve walked past so many times but never timed it right for a visit. I’ve never been entirely sure whether it was a cafe, restaurant or bar so that’s at least partly the reason I’ve not popped in but when I was recently hungry in the …