Where Chefs Eat: A Guide to Chefs' Favourite Restaurants

Pretty good reference guide. I do not travel much but I am in NYC 5 days a week, this book has roughly 40-50 pages dedicated to areas accessible to me. I found some hidden gems that are on my list to try. Some of the places only list the details like locate, cuisine type etc while others have some more detailed commentary. 2 minor complaints - Maybe my sense of what affordable is is much different than the authors, but some of their affordable listings will cost roughly $150 for a couple. Also, it would be helpful if the listings were better listed on the little neighborhood maps. Other than that, pretty good assuming the areas you frequent are well represented. This is a global guide, representing major metropolitan areas throughout the world, with some more remote areas as well.

My wife and I love to travel, and this book has provided some great recommendations for both domestic and international restaurants. We use it as a starting point for researching restaurants. It is true that the listings could be organized better, and that it does not provide a lot of information about the restaurants, but you can usually find more information on the internet about specific restaurants. It is a thick book, so we tend to use it as planning before a trip because it is a bit too big to bring with you, so an electronic version would be more convenient. I am impressed with the number of cities all over the world that this book has. We really enjoy it and continue to use it when we are planning a trip.

Would have given full star rating had I not found some of the reviews lacking anything but just a recommendation by a chef. Peet's Coffee really? Don't get me wrong but Peet's is a great cup of coffee but putting it down as a recommendation, I question that. I think the guide could have tried a little harder. Good first effort though.

I was quite excited about this book when I read about it in the Wall Street Journal. I not only travel quite a bit, but have a first ever London and Paris trip in the Spring. What a great book to help with my culinary adventure, right?Wrong.This book has no organization other than by (a) city and, in some cases, (b) major sections of cities. For instance, London is divided into "East" and "West." Paris is also grouped into two major sections on ar. Within those sections theres is absolutely no organization. In the first London page, there are three restaurants: Lahore Kebab House, Hawksmoor, Brawn. Not in alphabetical order. Not in neighborhoods--these are in three different neighboorhoods. And trying to find the restaurants on the very tiny included map at the beginning of the chapter is near impossible. Again, no order. On the map they are #49, 51 and #25. I should note that 49 is not really near 51. It's closer to 38, 39 and 52 on the map.Nor are the restaurants presented within the chapter according to cuisine, style, or "recommended for." There is absolutely no rhyme or reason how the restaurants are presented within the chapter.Most of the restaurants listed are just that. A listing. For instance, the first one in London is "Lahore". The listing tells you the hours, reservation policy, price range, style, cuisine and that it's recommended for "regular neighborhood." How does that tell me anything? I have no idea if that's a restaurant I want to go or why. I'd say around 50-60% of all listings give you no further info.This will end up being a big dust collector for me. If they make it more user friendly and with more actual INFO about the restaurants and why a chef chose it, then it would be a useful book.

A fellow foodie recommended this book. I love it! An international go to.. I keep it on my coffee table as it triggers many food related tales and stories of the best meals ever. This is a great gift for the foodie in your life!

if you are in a city (like say Paris) - and then know what you want (breakfast lunch or dinner or special occasion) great - but this is a huge 3.5 inch thick book. you aren't going to take this book in your luggage. there is an on-line version which is the way to go with this. it really needs to be a database that can be searched. the comments are excellent! a great sort/search would be what are the ratings or reviews by a certain chef - worldwide.glad I have the book for my library

The font is a little tough to read, and I don't agree with a lot of the recommendations in this book, but overall I am happy with the purchase.

I have to confess I bought this book because I liked the design on it's cover - and thought "why wouldn't I like it?" Well, there's no photos and many of the listings don't even give you a description of the place or the food...I guess you're just supposed to believe it's great because some chef thought it was great. That and the fact that it is hardcover and quite thick - it's not exactly a good travel companion.

Great book to use to list all the posh places you plan on eating in. There aren't review in here really though, more a list of places with a short synopsis of each place. If used in conjunction with tripadviser then it is a handy book.Most of the places listed seem pretty expensive unfortunately.The cover is a lot more exciting then it is inside, I had expected far more exciting little snippets of info about each place, and remarks from the chefs who selected them.Good stocking filler present.

Its more of a phone book than anything, with vague infomation on what the restaurant is like. it tells you what kind of price youre looking at fi you go there, the type of clothes to wear, and the type food it sells (no menu, just 'thai' or 'american'), but doesnt contain anything that would value it over using trip adviser. Very disappointing, very heavy, and im just glad i got it cheap.

Decent overview but I've generally found that the locals know better. Spain is criminally under represented. The only restaurant in Galicia at Santiago de Compostela is on a street almost two kilometres long that has nothing but restaurants, many with the seafood dancing about in tanks in the windows. The recommended place is at the end of the street - you wouldn't make it there as you are waylaid all the way along by restaurant owners almost begging you to come in and try their place instead. We eventually succumbed to 'El Rapido' just 400 yards short of target, on the basis that 'if we didn't like it we didn't have to pay' and I'm glad we did because NOTHING could suprpass that magnificent meal. Best advice - go to where you want to be, ask for directions to the recommended restaurant and be prepared to take local advice when they say 'don't go there, try X instead'.

Bought for my dad and he loves it. Great concept for those who like something a bit different to the mainstream.

Really like the design and that's why I bought it in a first place. About the content: it’s like the cover says, where chefs like to eat in different places of the world. There are no photos or illustrations. Some people are missing those in reviews but I think that the photos would break the book’s concept. BUT there could be something more on the text side…This book isn’t heavy but it’s still too big for me to pack or carry with when going abroad but I might take some notes from it.