Gareth's reviews
Review of Yo! Sushi
14 Jul 08, 10:30
Ideal for kids if you're on the South Bank 
I've been to this branch a couple of times on weekend trips to the London Aquarium. Assuming you want to give the kids something reasonable to eat, amidst all the places selling rubbish aimed at families, this is a great alternative. It's close to the action on the South Bank, it's generally not that busy on a weekend so you can get the family round a table - making sure the adults sit closest to the moving belt of food - as it proves hard for the little ones to resist grabbing everything that passes. Food is your standard generic western sushi, but it's filling and reasonably healthy so a winner as far as i'm concerned. The kids like the unusualness of the restaurant too, and there are enough free chopsticks for the whole family to do naff vampire impressions throughout the meal.
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Review of Run and Become
18 Jun 08, 16:29
Perfect for newbies and experienced runners
Stocked with everything you need, but the most important thing here is the staff are very experienced and finding the right kind of shoes for you, especially if you're new to running. Apparently it's all down to if you turn your heels in or out when you run along, in addition to what you feel comfortable in. So if you're ever walking through this part of Victoria, and you see a few people running up and down the same bit of pavement while a shop assistant stares at their feet, you know it's new customers trying out different shoes. They get extra marks because you don't feel hurried into making a purchase, but this does mean you may have to wait at busy times, join the queue!
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Review of British Airways London Eye
12 Jun 08, 11:59
Nearly shat myself above London 
Well, I didn't know I had vertigo until I'd got in here, and of course, you can't get out halfway round. It was a suprise present from my then girlfriend. How romantic. Unfortunately I ended up remembering it for all the wrong reasons, as I sat, fixed to the bench in the middle of the pod, staring at my shoes, my hands, anything except looking out into the void, certain in the knowledge that any second now the whole wheel would start to pivot round and crash, apparently in slow machine, smack into the Thames. London looked great, well, the bits I saw through my fingers when i didn't have my eyes screwed tight. I was going to give this place 2 stars, but for the sheer rush of euphoria I had as I sprinted off the eye at the end of my 30 minutes of torture they get another mark. Once was more than enough...
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