Edible Reading

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Often imitated, never bettered: Reading's only restaurant blog, as featured in the Sunday Times and the Mail On Sunday. Established 2013.

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NEW REVIEW! This week, a return to Vegivores, a meditation on eating with strangers and a reflection on what makes Reading magical. I hope you like it: https://ediblereading.com/2024/08/09/restaurant-review-vegivores/ #rdguk
Restaurant review: Vegivores

Do you remember back when supper clubs were a thing? It was around the start of the last decade, and they were huge in places like London and Brighton before finally making it to Reading in somethi…

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NEW REVIEW: This week, the last of the big three new places to open in the centre of Reading, the Rising Sun. A lot of money has been spent on this site, but does it mean you should be spending yours? https://ediblereading.com/2024/08/02/pub-review-the-rising-sun/ #rdguk
Pub review: The Rising Sun

“I bet the word most overused in restaurant reviews is nice,” said my old friend Mike. We were sitting in the Rising Sun’s courtyard, the sun blazing down, drinkers and diners pac…

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NEW REVIEW! This week, a surprising Iberian oasis that has materialised on the Oxford Road, and the best pasteis de nata: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/26/cafe-review-denata-coffee-co/ #rdguk
Cafe review: DeNata Coffee & Co.

You can have a great network of informants, but sometimes there’s no substitute for getting out and about, keeping your eyes peeled. It’s a fact that our local journalists – what’s left of th…

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Updated on the blog, my to do list. If there’s somewhere on here you especially want me to review, or somewhere you like that’s not on this list, tell me! https://ediblereading.com/where-next/ #rdguk
Where next?

Edible Reading has always been based on feedback from readers, and the vast majority of places I review are requested or recommended by people who read and follow the blog. If you want to get invol…

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NEW REVIEW! This week, a really remarkable lunch somewhere a little bit different: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/19/restaurant-review-lucky-lychee-winchester/
Restaurant review: Lucky Lychee, Winchester

Even though Reading is my patch and always has been, I get asked for recommendations elsewhere fairly often. And my blog is more useful in that respect, I hope, than it used to be, with a number of…

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NEW REVIEW! This week I check out Bombay Brothers, one of the plethora of restaurants in what used to be called Kings Walk: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/12/restaurant-review-bombay-brothers/ #rdguk
Restaurant review: Bombay Brothers

I’m grateful for every single one of my readers, but there’s a special place in my affections for people who tip me off about places. Whether it’s my West Reading mole who keeps m…

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NEW REVIEW! I saved a good one for the first day of this new government - this week, I check out the quite remarkable Dough Bros: https://ediblereading.com/2024/07/05/restaurant-review-dough-bros/ #rdguk
Restaurant review: Dough Bros

I moved house last week, and suddenly everything changed. My little slice of Reading, my walks, maps, routes and routines were no more. No more waking up in the Village and mooching into town for l…

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NEW REVIEW! This week, checking out probably the most keenly anticipated new venue of the year, Siren RG1: https://ediblereading.com/2024/06/28/bar-review-siren-rg1/ #rdguk
Bar review: Siren RG1

The closure of Pepe Sale last week – temporarily or permanently, nobody knows for sure – rounds off the most brutal six months I’ve ever experienced in covering Reading’s hospitality sc…

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NEW REVIEW! This week, I try out the U.K.’s 27th best restaurant (really, it’s a thing). Is it brilliant, or just the hype talking? https://ediblereading.com/2024/06/21/restaurant-review-kolae-borough/
Restaurant review: Kolae, Borough

How many of the U.K.’s 100 best restaurants have you been to? I ask because it’s a thing – the National Restaurant Awards – and it came out last week. Looking through the list, I couldn…

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@keefeglise I loved their simple mozzarella, sun dried tomato and pesto. They were great.