Bouga, London

This Moroccan is a new arrival near Crouch End's Pizza Bella and, while locals may well deem this an improvement, the restaurant doesn't really budge beyond the ordinary. The most striking aspect is the decor; lantern lighting, low seating and plenty of artefacts give the room an appealing enough atmosphere. An all-day sharing menu is offered alongside the a la carte section. With the odd exception, the food is disappointing. A classic pastilla, here made with cinnamon-spiked chicken and ordered for you by aggressively attentive staff, finds its rather anaemic-looking pastry bombed with icing sugar. A simple borek drips with a surfeit of oil. Merguez sausage is the highlight of a mixed grill main course which includes gristly lamb, but it's far from spicy. Zalouk - chunky aubergine puree dusted with cumin - is a winner, while a softly flavoured harrira soup with lemon is also good. But two fine creations from an otherwise lacklustre kitchen can't do justice to Moroccan cuisine. Unless proximity is your criterion, better to visit one of the many eateries in London that can.
Karina Mantavia

· 1 Park Road, N8 (Tel: 020-8348 5609) price per head £25

• This article was amended on 5 May 2010. The original article incorrectly said that Bouga had replaced Pizza Bella.

Post, Banstead

TV chef Tony Tobin and his partners have forked out an astronomical £2.6m to buy and convert the town's post office into a restaurant-brasserie-deli. Avoid the unappealingly designed upscale restaurant upstairs, with ghastly named set menus such as "desire" and "seduction", and head to the brasserie for accessible, well executed fare. Homemade pumpkin ravioli is impeccable, while the salt cod fritters with lemon mayonnaise offer a certain comfort factor. The subtly flavoured grilled chicken breast with herb butter comes crisp-skinned and balanced with a side of fluffy mash. Roast rack of lamb with herb crust, while not adventurous, is assertive and tasty.
Humayun Hussain

· 28 High Street (Tel: 01737-373839) price per head £25

Slow Food Market, Bristol

Since its founding in Italy in 1996, the Slow Food Movement has grown with a speed ill-befitting its sluggish title. It now boasts local branches (or convivia) throughout Europe, with 33 in the UK alone. Slow Food was originally set up to fight the spread of McDonald's, though the wider manifesto is to promote food which satisfies a number of criteria. That includes being produced with respect for the environment and to high standards of animal welfare. Running regularly for a couple of years now, this monthly market is a real success story, attracting some of the region's most dedicated small-scale food producers and retailers, like Organic Food Award-winners and Rick Stein Food Heroes, Hindon Farm from Exmoor, whose range of organically produced meat includes Aberdeen Angus, old spot, mutton and lamb. Other regulars include craft bakers the Thomas Bakery, Bath-based organic spice retailer Sambava and supreme cheese retailers the Gert Lush Cheese Company.
John Mitchell

· Corn Street (Tel: 0117-922 4014) Sun 4, 10am-3pm, free