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For the last decade, on my occasional wanderings into Greenwich, I have walked past this place with its prime spot in the heart of Greenwich and wondered if it was any good.

Now I have been and now I know. It's ok. Reasonable food, reasonably priced. You won't offend anyone but you won't amaze them either.

Popped in on a dreary Sunday for a roast lunch with some friends and found it very warm and comforting.

The food was pretty good but what was outstanding was the service. We needed some hot water to warm up some baby formula - but unlike other places we've been to - the staff were very sympathetic and gave us hot water almost immediately. A simple request, quickly added upon.

The food was pretty good too and worth the cost of £10 for a Sunday roast.

Well, it's a Harvester - so expect a nicely inoffensive corporate pub decorated to look like a rural country pub, in the middle of suburbia.

Alas, they don't ask you if you've ever been to a Harvester before - which is a shame, because their unlimited salad bar and drinks offering does confuse things slightly.

The service was nicely good, if slightly inefficient - and the food was fine. The unlimited salad bar and drinks are good if you like that sort of thing.

The wife loves it, so I'm doomed to be here again and again!

If you're getting bored of the same average bread, cakes and pastries at your local cafe, then pop down to the Bakehaus for a German twist on the traditional bakery.

Everything tastes wunderbar here - and just in time for Xmas - with a great twist on the hot dog bun and the pizza slice. Delicious.

I just wish they had bratwurst to go.

If you like meat, this is the place to go, no question.

Within five minutes of having sat down on a loud and busy Friday night, I had no fewer than eight waiters swing by our table, offering us various cuts of freshly cooked meat from a large skewer and plonking it on top of the very substantial range of rice, veggies and other cheesy deliciousness (like cheese and brocolli, and shredded chicken lasagne).

I have no idea how everyone else managed lively chatter since our table was just silent except for approving ooohs and wahhhs with the delicious meaty goodness on offer.

Of all the meats on offer, I think the lamb was perfect, as was the rare juicy steak. The chicken and beef sausages (wrapped in bacon naturally) were a particular treat. It comes to something that I had to stop eating, but kept being tempted by more delicious cuts of meat that kept emerging.

If you want a meat coma to send you to sleep afterwards, this is the perfect place to indulge. I just want to go back!

Good luck on finding the place (psst: it's pretty much opposite the famed Pineapple Dance Studios) - and once you do, you'll find a very imposing set of double doors.

But get past those and there's a friendly host who offers to take your coat. Not many places do that these days for free, so there's a good start!

Down the steps, and as someone else mentioned, it's a throwback to urbane 1950s New York, with a dark bar thronged with people supping cocktails and generally being fabulous. There's not really any such thing as a bad cocktail, but the Hawksmoor Julip was tastily bitter, and the Concealed Weapon certainly was.

The bar snacks on offer are highly recommended - the lobster roll are oozing in gorgeousness and something slightly Oriental, while the lamb cutlets were very easy on the stomach.

Of course, all it did was whet the appetite, and we'll have to come back one night for the steaks in the dining room, which looked opulent, spacious, gorgeous and well-lit.

Definitely somewhere you'd take Christina Hendricks on a date swoon, and far more visually impressive than its predecessor.

The third airport for Sweden's capital city only seems to be serviced by Ryanair, and thus is literally a shed by the runaway. However, within that, they have managed to subdivide it into the basic amenities you'd expect from an airport, including security, two small cafes and customs.

However, it does take about 80 to 90 minutes (by coach) to get from the airport to Stockholm Central and the landscape doesn't vary that much so I'd definitely bring some kind of personal entertainment.

This has possibly the most inappropriate title of any restaurant I've been to, since it's definitely not a mess, and it's not really a gallery either.

Walk in, and you're greeted by a friendly manager who guides you to your table. My table happened to be by the glass front so I got a stunning view of the park outside, and didn't realise that the space behind me had some discreetly placed artworks. But then I'm not an art-lover instead.

What I am is a food lover, and the food was certainly tasty enough (although as usual, as a lardo, I'd quibble with the portions). There was a Spanish meat'n'cheese platter which was lovely, and the meatballs with mash were much more luxurious than the title suggests, with a nice bit of bite and texture.

In short, better than average food for Chelsea prices!

As soon as I walked in, I knew it was my kind of pub. Huge screens, games to be played, drinks to be consumed, and a feeling of space. The main problem was a distinct lack of chairs - but if you're playing, why are you sitting down?

There's even a tiny back garden with some faux grass if you need a sense of fresh air - or you can stand outside the pub itself, which has plenty of space. There's even a wonderfully decorated basement with all sorts of nick nacks and decoration touches.

On the night we were there to look at Windows Mobile phones and gaming, there was even a very knowledgable cocktail meister serving some delicious cocktails (we counted watermelon and ginger amongst the ingredients) and some oh-so-juicy burgers. Nom om om.

Alas, I didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked with the phone or with the gaming, but it seemed to have a whizzy user interface that had come on leaps and bounds since my last-thwarted attempt to get a Windows phone to work with me, back in 2008. The games looked fun, the screen looked bright and colourful, and the interface seemd incredibly responsive to my touches. Aside, that is, from the touch-screen keyboard which was responsive but just couldn't quite cope with my drunken attempts at writing a text - but then again, I've never gotten on with touch-screen keyboards generally.

If only there was a way to actually try a phone in the real world for a while before you bought one - I'm in the market for a new phone, but have yet to find a cool phone with a physical keyboard - and touch-screen keyboards and I just don't seem to get on yet. And yes, I've been told that I need to train touchscreen keyboards to respond to me - but quite frankly, if I have to train an input device, then something's gone wrong straight away. I already know how to read and write - I don't need to adjust my reading skills for a different book, do I?