Vapiano It’s hard to know where to start when attempting to sum up how bad Vapiano is. I’d heard some fairly mixed reports about their approach – self-service, the dreaded table buzzers, chip cards to order from different stations etc – all of which sounded entirely off-putting.Fail It occurred to me, the best way for …

Hey Pizza Hey Pizza seems like an excellent name for a pizza shop, along the lines of the distinctive “hey, beer man” calls in the stands at baseball games. The takeaway delivery place by this name has opened on Henderson Street just opposite Harmonium and the newly opened Borough. Having unsuccessfully tried to pop in …

Lido – CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley, to paraphrase the poet Burns. With today’s original lunchtime scheme of a visit to newly arrived pizza purveyor Hey Pizza having been consigned to the aft agley pile, regular guest quester Amy and I headed for Lido, on Commercial …

Barracuda I recall trying to order from Barracuda a few months back but the online order having been rejected for some reason. Chips and cheese – good Mindful that it would likely be out of my delivery range in a matter of days, with my abode move imminent, I attempted to order again and this …

Carrette On my first visit to Rome, three years ago, we had a bit of a mixed time, food wise. When we got off the beaten track we found good stuff, but the general standard in the tourist areas what somewhat less consistent.Exterior This trip held more delights in the likes of Pigneto and Testaccio, …