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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Good ingredients, cooked well and served in an unshowy room… Wilsons shows the joy of keeping things simple, says Jay Rayner
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A self-confessed glutton, Jay Rayner has always been wary of the ‘January detox’. But after talking to experts and sampling some of the products, he’s discovered the truth is even worse than he imagined
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It looks like it could give your car an MOT, but 108 Garage is more interested in filling you up with great food, says Jay Rayner
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There’s no sign of any flock wallpaper, but this concept-heavy clubby new Indian should concentrate on the food, says Jay Rayner
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At Scott’s in Mayfair, the VIP diners arrive with bodyguards and the kitchen spends £45,000 on fresh fish every week. Jay Rayner goes behind the scenes
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Veneta may have been a lacklustre way to round off 2016. But the year has had many highlights. Jay Rayner picks his best
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Smoke gets in your eyes at Temper, but it’s the sumptuous rendered meat that will make you weep, says Jay Rayner
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Trump, Brexit, Bowie: it’s time for some serious comfort eating
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We asked our favourite food writers and chefs to try the best mince pies, panettone, salmon, gravy, stuffing, biscuits, port and more
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From your table at the Jetty in Dorset you can almost see your dinner swimming in the harbour, says Jay Rayner
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Who better to sample sackfuls of festive-season sandwiches than our own Jay Rayner?
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For great Turkish food you normally head to the suburbs… but Yosma in Baker Street is the exception
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The result of the Brexit-inspired falling pound is that we are, and will continue to be, at the mercy of increasingly expensive imports
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Jay is in love, and he doesn’t care who knows it. The object of his desire? A pair of shipping containers half an hour’s drive from Newcastle…
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Foley’s is all about shouty flavours and having a good time – the only problem is that Jay doesn’t do ‘enforced jollity’
Jay Rayner on restaurants The Other Naughty Piglet, London: restaurant review