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Jay Rayner
Jay Rayner is the Observer's restaurant critic and a feature writer. His most recent book is A Greedy Man in a Hungry world. He keeps an archive of all his journalism at jayrayner.co.uk
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A lustily written menu can’t deliver on all its promises – but enough well-executed dishes signal good things to come…
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In an extract from his new book The Ten (Food) Commandments, the restaurant critic and confirmed carnivore explains how he learned to love vegetables
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Sosharu bills itself as a relaxed bar, but the cooking is so precise and poised that it deserves your full attention, says Jay Rayner
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There have always been diet books – and they’ve always been stupid. But now they have added a moral dimension
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Korean pork belly, Anglo-Indian lamb, lobster sandwiches… Jay Rayner relishes big flavours and huge portions in Durham
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Serving up perfect steaks for more than 60 years, this Mayfair restaurant has authenticity a hipster would kill for, says Jay Rayner
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Born in Ethiopia, adopted in Sweden, star chef in America. Marcus Samuelsson cooked for the Obamas, now he’s coming to London. Plus, his grandmother’s classic meatball recipe
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A hotel restaurant with a long and complex menu does not bode well for Jay. But Mannings fails to disappoint…
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We are consuming ever bigger portions on ever larger dinner plates. Food manufacturers keep pushing us to eat more. Can we learn to control our helpings? Plus: Jay Rayner, Gizzi Erskine and Tamal Ray on their struggles with cutting down
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It’s a stunning room and deserves something grand. Instead the Criterion has been lumped with overpriced food
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A great meal is about much more than food – and it’s the people who work front of house who know how to make you feel special
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The town has a breed of cattle named after it, so it makes sense that Hereford should also have a decent burger joint, says Jay Rayner
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In lesser hands, Maray could be a car crash, but as Jay Rayner finds to his surprise, it somehow steers a steady course
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It’s in the name but not on the menu… which is a disaster if you are Jay. But luckily the rest of the menu is excellent, writes Jay Rayner
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A custard bun might just be London’s best dessert, says Jay Rayner, when he visits A Wong. And it’s not just any bun…
Jay Rayner on restaurants Blandford Comptoir, London: restaurant review