12 Apr
2011

Pantrini’s, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

The lovely Amy Purdie, owner of Whiteacres Design and mum to Lyra, write’s BDO’s first fish and chip shop review:

There are three principles which govern the running of Pantrinis Fish and Chips:

  1. Provide value for money
  2. Look after the customers and
  3. Insist on quality ingredients.

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5 Jan
2011

Giraffe, Blackheath, London SE3

The maxim that timing is everything has never been truer than when eating out with babies and small children.  Get the timing wrong and even the most child-friendly eatery will fail to ensure you have a good experience. Read More »

3 Jan
2011

Buenos Aires Cafe, Royal Hill, Greenwich

There are some places that you just don’t want to tell anyone about. The Buenos Aires Cafe was already a favourite weekend haunt of ours before Jack arrived. After his arrival it became one of those places that helped keep me sane during and after maternity leave.  It is an easy (but oh so virtuous) walk through Greenwich Park from our house. Read More »

Random Review

  • Gaucho, Canary Wharf, London E14

    On the spur of the moment last weekend we decided to go out for lunch. As we rang round unsuccessfully trying to get a table, the realisation that it was Valentine’s Day slowly dawned. Our excuse for our lack of awareness of it being simultaneously the most romantic day of the year and the day you are least likely to get a spur of the moment table at a decent restaurant? We eschew the crass commercialisation of love…obviously.

    We finally got a table at The Gaucho at Canary Wharf – a mere 15 minutes drive from us. Result. Chancing upon a restaurant with a free table on such a day really ought to arouse suspicion, however hunger and toddler demands for ‘sausage and mash now’ got the better of us and off we went