Travel

This page lists Gourmet Chick restaurant reviews outside London and Melbourne:

Pavement dining at Le Comptoir du Relais, Paris

America, Las Vegas

• B and B Ristorante;
• Bouchon;
• Jean Philippe Patisserie;
• Raku;
• The Verandah;

Where to sleep: Mandalay Bay Hotel.

America, Los Angeles

• In N Out burger;

Where to sleep: RV road trip.

Australia, Barwon Heads

• At The Heads;

Australia, Melbourne


See my Melbourne page.

Austria, St Anton

• Cafe Haferl;
• Fuhrmannstube;
• Testa Rossa;

Where to sleep: Walter Klimmer.

Austria, Vienna

• Cantino;
• Sky Restaurant;

Brazil, Boipeba

• Guido's;
• Panelo de Barro;
• Paraiso;
• Santa Clara;

Where to sleep: Pousada Santa Clara.

Brazil, Lencois and the Chapada Diamantina

• Bodega;
• Cozina Aberta;
• Fazendinha;

Where to sleep: Vila Serrano.

Brazil, Rio

• Capricciosa;
• Cook in Rio (Cooking course);
• Manekineko;
• Market;
• Milas Frutas;
• Pergula;
• Porcau;
• Téréze;
• Zuka;

Where to sleep: Copacabana Palace or La Suite.

Brazil, Salvador

• A Cubana Ice-cream;
• Paraiso Tropical;
• Street food on Terriero de Jesus square;

Where to sleep: Zank Boutique Hotel or Bahia Cafe Hotel.

Canada, New Brunswick

• Darlene's Tea House (Blackville);
• King George B and B (Miramichi);
• La Sagouine (Bouctouche);
• Lobster Tales (Pointe-du-Chêne);
• O'Donnells Cottages (Doaktown);

What to do: foraging for fiddleheads on the Mirimichi or jam making with Darlene.

Where to sleep: O'Donnells Cottages, King George B and B or The Homestead Inn.

Croatia, Dubrovnik

• Buza;
• Konoba Ekvinocijo;
• Storia;

Where to sleep: Old Town Apartments. 

Cuba

• Coppelia;
• Paladar La Guarida;

Denmark, Copenhagen

• Cafe Wilder;
• Hotel Fox;

Where to sleep: Hotel Fox.

England, Bath

• The Fine Cheese Company,
• The Malborough Tavern;

Where to sleep: Dorian House.

England, Berkshire

• The Fat Duck;
• The Hind's Head;
• The Olde Bell;

Where to sleep: The Olde Bell.

England, Brighton

• Bill's Produce;
• Hotel du Vin;
• Taylor Street;
• Terraces;
• The Ginger Pig;

England, Buckinghamshire

• Stoke Place;

England, Cambridge

• Fort St George;

England, Cornwall

• The Lugger Hotel;
• The Scarlet;

England, Devon

• The River Cottage;

England, Lakes District

• The Angel Inn;
• The Queen's Head;

England, Leeds

• Malmaison Leeds;

England, Manchester

• Red Chilli (Manchester);
• The Bubble Room (Alderly Edge);
• The Lord Clyde (Kerridge);

England, Oxfordshire

• The Bull and Butcher;
• The Miller of Mansfield;

England, Somerset

• Babington House;

England, Windsor

• The Carpenters Arms;

Estonia, Tallinn

• Kaerajaan;
• Pirosmani;
• Troika;

France, Biarritz

• Bar Jean;
• Chez Pilou;

France, Bordeaux

• Fete le vin;
• L'Auberge d'village;
• Le Premayac;
• Matthieu Moulierac;

France, Burgundy

• Abbaye de la Bussiere;
• Brasserie le Béléna;
• La Ciboulette;
• L’Oree De Bois;

Where to sleep: Abbaye de la Bussiere or Villa Louise.

France, Champagne region

• Chateau d'Etoges;
• La Table Anna;
• The Champagne Route;

France, Grenoble

• Le Grill Parisien;

Where to sleep: Hotel Europole.

France, Lake Annecy

• Chalet La Pricaz;
• Chez Ma Couisine; 
• La Ciboulette;

France, Loire Valley

• Chez Bruno;
• La Reserve;

Where to sleep: Belleroche.

France, Lyon

• Brasserie Leon;
• Chez Paul;
• Les Halles;
• Merle;

Where to sleep: Hotel St Vincent.

France, Morzine

• La Chamade;
• Les Mouilles;

France, Paris

• A la Flute Gana;
• Au Gourmand; 
• Bouchiere Rouliere; 
• Cafe Charlot; 
• Cook'n with Class (cooking course);
• Frederic Comyn;
• Hotel du Nord;
• How to eat snails (a guide);
• Laduree;
• L'Atlas;
• L'Avant Comptoir;
• La Fontaine de Mars;
• La Taverne L’arbre Sec;
• Le Bambou;
• Le Chateaubriand;
• Le Comptoir du Relais;
• Le Dauphin;
• L'Entregdeu;
• Le Mouton Noir;
• Le Petit Marche;
• Mama Shelter;
• Pierre Hermé;
• Rose Bakery;
• Sorza;
• Sunday dinners with Jim Haynes;
• Terminus Nord;

Where to sleep: Hôtel Serotel Lutèce, Hi Matic or Mama Shelter. 

What to do: 48 hours in Paris, Eight cheap eats in Paris. 

France, Provence

• Amphityron (Aix en Provence)
• Chez Maxime (Aix en Provence);
• Crillon le Brave (Crillon le Brave);
• Le Passage (Aix en Provence);
• Market (Aix en Provence);
• Market (Isle Sur la Sorgue);

What to do: truffle hunting in Provence;
Where to sleep: Crillon le Brave;

Germany, Berlin

• Amici;
• Angie's Grill;
• Borchardt;
• Curry 36;
• Der Thuringer;
• Kaffestube im Nikolaiverte;
• Luchs;
• Nola;
• Oliv;
• Splinder and Klatt;
• Travels with my fork supper club;

What to do: Christmas markets in Berlin.

Where to sleep: Lux 11.

Greece, Crete

• The Deck (Elounda Mare);
• The Old Mill (Elounda Mare);

Where to sleep: Elounda Mare. 

Hong Kong

• Cafe Grey Deluxe; 
• City Hall Maxim's Palace;
• Dragon-i;
• Nagomi;
• Posto Pubblico; 
• Tim Ho Wan;
• Tim's Kitchen;
• Under the Bridge Spicy Crab; 

Where to sleep: Hotel LFK. 

Iceland, Reykjavik

• Baejarins Bestu;
• Sjavarbarrin;
• Sjavarkjallarin (Seafood Cellar);

Iceland, Snaefellsnes Peninsula

• Hotel Budir;

India, Agra

• Joney's Place;
• Saniya Palace Hotel;

Where to sleep: Hotel Sheela Inn.

India, Delhi

• Ashok and Ashok;
• Bukhara;
• Chor Bizarre;
• Jain Coffee House;
• Karim's; 
• Shri Duli Chand Naresh Gupta.

Where to sleep: Cottage Yes Please.

India, Kerala

• Dal Roti;
• Malabar Junction; 
• Paradisa Plantation Retreat;
• Shala.  

Where to sleep: Malabar House or  Paradisa Plantation Retreat.

India, Jaipur

• Madhuban;
• Niro's;
• Samode Haveli.

Where to sleep: Samode Haveli.  

India, Jodhpur

Where to sleep: Chhatra Sagar Nimaj (2 hours from Jodhpur). 

India, Varanasi

• Brown Bread Bakery;
• Keshari Ruchikar Byanjan;
• Pizzeria Vaatika Cafe;

Where to sleep:  Kedareswar Guesthouse.

Ireland, Dublin

• Saba;

Ireland, Kilkenny

• Langtons;

Italy, Bologna

• Drogheria della Rosa;
• Gelataria Gianni;
• Gelatauro;
• Tamburine;
• Trattoria del Rosso;

Where to sleep: Albergo delle Drapperie.

Italy, Cinque Terre

• Dau Cila (Riomaggiore);
• Il Grottino (Riomaggiore);
• Trattoria Dal Billy (Manarola);

Italy, Lake Como

• Hosteria del Platano (Fiumelatte);
• Locanda dell'Isola Comacina (Isola Comacina);
• Nilus (Varenna);

Italy, Positano

• Cova Dei Saraceni;
• Donna Rosa;

Italy, Rome

• Alle Fratte di Trastevere; 
• Crema;
• Dagnino;
• Dal Paino;
• Della Palma; 
• Er Buchetto;
• Frenzi and Frioni;
• Hostaria Romana;
• I Caruso;
• Pizzarium;
• Roscioli;
• San Crispino;

Where to sleep: Hotel Daphne.

Italy, Sestiere

• Pinkies;
• Ristorante La Baita;

Italy, Umbria

• Colleti Gelatari (Umbertide);
• La Chiuza cooking course (Umbertide);
• La Taverna (Perugia);
• Prato di Sotto (Near Umbertide);
• Umbertide market (Umbertide);

Italy, Verona

• Al Pompiere;

Lebanon, Beirut

• Hannas;
• Le Chef;
• Schwarma Al Fahim;

Lebanon, Byblos

• Abou Walid;
• Chez Pepe: Byblos Fishing Club;

Malta

• Il Kartell;
• Ta Frenc;

Montenegro, Budva

• Grill Basta Kralj;
• Jadran;
• Korkovada;

Where to sleep: Hotel Lux.

Morocco, Essaouira

• Au Bonheur des Dames;
• Elizir;
• Essaouira Seafood Market;
• Ferdaouss;

Morocco, Marrakesh

• Al Fassia;
• Bougainvillea;
• Djemaa El Fna;
• La Maison Arabe (Cooking Course);
• Villa Flore;

Morocco, Sahara region

• Ait Benhaddou, M'hamid, Erg Chegaga, Taznakht;

Nepal


What to do: The Annapurna Circuit trek.  


Norway

• Aegir Brewery (Flam);
• Baker Brun (Bergen);
• Fishmarket - Fiskertorget (Bergen);
• Stott og Salt (Bergen);
• Vangen Cafe (Voss);

Poland, Krakow

• Rebekah's Restaurant;

Portugal, Estoril

• Praia do Tamariz;

Portugal, Lisbon

• Cantinho do Bem Estar;
• Les Mauvais Garcons;
• Pap' Acorda;
• Restaurant Bonjardim;
• Senhora Mae;

Portugal, Madeira

• Doca do Cavados;
• Les Faunes;
• Reid's Palace for afternoon tea and pool buffet;
• Villa Ciprani;

What to do: Mercado dos Lavradores.
Where to sleep: Reid's Palace. 

Russia, Moscow

• Kvatira 44;
• Restaurant Scandinavian (Summer Cafe);
• Sky Lounge;
• Yolki-Palki;

Russia, St Petersburg

• Molkhovet's Dream;
• The Other Side;

Scotland, Edinburgh

• 48 Hours in Edinburgh (Spoon Cafe, Oink, Always Sunday, Hullabaloo bar);

Spain, Alicante

• Cafe Mediterraneo;
• Lizarran;
• Nou Manolin;
• Senzone tapas bar;

Spain, Andalucia

• Almuna villa with Arbuthnott Holidays;
• Bar Stop; 
• Bodeguita Chaparra;

Where to sleep: Almuna 

Spain, Ibiza

• Blue Marlin;
• The Jockey Club;

Spain, Majorca

• El Olivio - La Residencia (Deia); 
• Tast (Palma); 
• Taverna La Boveda (Palma); 
• Ristorante can Quiros (Soller); 
• Xelini (Deia); 

Where to sleep: La Residencia (Deia) or Hotel Born (Palma).

Spain, Seville

Bodega Morales;
Casa Tomate;
El Giraldillo;
Porta Rossa;

Spain, Valencia

Cafe Valiente;

Civera Centro;

Mercado Central;

Sri Lanka, Colombo

Gallery Cafe;

Green Cabin;

Sri Lanka, Galle

Amangalla;

Galle Fort Hotel;

Mama's Galle Fort;

What to do: Cooking course with Karuna at Sonja's Health Food Restaurant.

Sri Lanka, Kandy

Helga's Folly;

Kandy Muslim Hotel;

The Kandy House;

Sri Lanka, Tea country

The Tea Trails and Hatton Tea Factory;

Switzerland, Verbier

Cabane Mont Fort;

Chez Dany;

Where to sleep: Chalet Belette

Wales, Snowdonia

48 Hours in Snowdonia (Plas Derwen, Pete's Eats and Pen-y-Gwyrd).