About

Who Tastes for Us

A small team that pays its own way, eats too much bread and writes the score down before anyone can talk us out of it.

Several shared plates and notebooks on a dimly lit restaurant table during a review dinner
Review dinners: shared plates, separate notes.

The team

Three regular reviewers and a small bench of paid contributors in other cities. Between us: years in professional kitchens, a pastry obsession that borders on the clinical, and a habit of reading menus for their margins. Nobody on the team works for, invests in or consults for a restaurant.

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Meals paid by us.

Why we started

We got tired of choosing dinner from a wall of 4.6s. Online ratings tell you a place is liked; they rarely tell you why, or whether you would like it. Professional guides are excellent but cover a fraction of where people actually eat on a normal week. We wanted something in between: a reviewer's judgement, with the maths printed so readers can check it.

How we stay independent

  • We pay for every meal, drink and tip, and book under ordinary names.
  • We carry no advertising from restaurants, booking platforms or delivery apps.
  • We use no affiliate booking links, so we earn nothing when you reserve a table.
  • Contributors declare any personal connection to a venue and are taken off that review.
  • We do not accept invitations to launches, press dinners or "friends and family" nights.

How the site is funded

WalnutRallyBungalow is owned and funded by Walnut Rally Bungalow Media Ltd, a small independent publisher. Our budget pays for meals and for contributors' time. If that ever changes, this page will say so first.

Corrections

We get things wrong sometimes: a price, an opening hour, a chef's name. Write to [email protected] and we will fix factual errors quickly and note the change at the foot of the review.

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