Restaurant review: Napa

This blog post is written by the lovely Emily Bridgewater, who writes the great blog Meet and Two Veg. 
THEY say all roads lead to Rome.
Well, I say that all roads lead to Birmingham. Because no matter where I am in the world, from Norwich to New York, I am guaranteed to bump into someone from [...]

Restaurant review: Souk Bazaar, Leicester Square, London

A sense of relief prevails as you duck out of the rain-drenched streets of Leicester Square and are immediately transported into a glittering and exotic underworld. The restaurant is almost invisible, crammed next to the famed restaurant, The Ivy, and painted a charcoal grey which works as a convincing camouflage against the damp London streets.
Souk [...]

Win a night for two at The Langham, London

The Langham, London has been delighting guests with enchanting encounters since she opened in 1865 as Europe’s first ‘Grand Hotel’. Now she has completed an £80 million transformation, exuding a graceful and timeless elegance, blending a sense of the past with the style of today.
We’ve teamed up with the lovely people at The Langham to [...]

Bernie Madoff’s New York restaurant tips

Where do you celebrate ripping people off to the tune of $65 billion? Well, now we can see exactly what Gekko Spots monster fraudsters hang out at. This week a snapshot of Bernie Madoff’s American Express spending was released to the public, so not only can we see where he ate, but how much he [...]

Our ’social mojo’ is Matchmaker. That’s spot on!

To tie in with the launch of their new home page, search giant Yahoo! has put together a quirky little tool to help you find what ‘your true Social Mojo‘.
All you need to do is drop in the username of your Twitter account, in our case GekkoHQ, and watch as you fly through its ’scientific [...]

Three reasons to hit London in August

Here at Gekko we could give you three hundred good reasons to visit us here in the capital of good old Blighty. However, we know you’re busy people, so we’ll just stick to three fabulous August highlights:
The Proms 2009
In a nutshell:
For a century the Proms have been celebrating the very best of classical music. The [...]

Restaurant review: Thai Edge, Birmingham

This review is by Emily Bridgewater who writes the blog, Meet and Two Veg.
They say the true test of a relationship is your first holiday together. If you can survive that, then you can survive anything. Not ones to do things by half, when the boy and I first started dating we decided the perfect [...]

This week’s top London restaurant deals

Here are Gekko’s five top restaurant deals for London town this week.
1. Babylon @ Kensington Roof Gardens
Modern British classics in a sophisticated urban oasis 100 feet above Kensington High Street.
Get 3 courses for £25 until 29 July – book here
Will you like Babylon?
Log in to Gekko to find out if you’re a match with Babylon
2. [...]

Win a month of fine dining on Gekko!

We’d all love to be a restaurant critic right? Eating the finest food at the hottest restaurants sounds like the perfect job. That’s why we’re giving you the chance to be an official Gekko Spotter for a month, reviewing some of the best restaurants in your local area on us.
All you have to do is [...]

Restaurant review: Roast, London

Meal: The Cook’s Special Breakfast at Roast.
Venue: The acclaimed Roast – sitting above London’s Borough Market – is a must for carnivores everywhere. A classy but unpretentious restaurant, breakfast is all City boys and groups of well-to-do ladies organising charity events.
I love the smell of lobster in the morning. Well, based on our sampling of [...]