Catching Up With Mates
Catching Up With Mates
Page 2Kolae
Exciting and totally delicious, Kolae is a southern Thai restaurant in Borough Market that's best enjoyed at the counter.
Mexican Seoul
Mexican Seoul is a Mexican-Korean street food spot in Hackney with the kind of lovable energy usually reserved for litters of Andrex puppies.
Tom's Pasta
The pasta doesn’t quite live up to the hype, but Tom's Pasta—an Italian restaurant in Hackney Downs—is still a fun place to visit to see and be seen.
Piazza
There’s a European-leaning menu at Piazza, on the rooftop of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, but it’s so tranquil up here that it’s a pleasant spot just for a glass of wine.
The Dover
The Dover is a moody Italian restaurant in Mayfair where the lighting is dim and the bowls of great pasta are huge.
Lagom
Lagom is an industrial, dimly lit barbecue restaurant inside Hackney Church Brew Co. in Hackney. It's part beer hall, part shrine to things cooked over the fire.
Kokum
Kokum is right up there with the best Indian restaurants in the city. The food at this East Dulwich spot is excellent and the service rivals the tender beef nihari for warmth.
Kiln
Kiln in Soho doesn't do wishy-washy takes on Thai food. It's brilliant, high-octane, hot stuff—especially when you're in front of open flames at the bar.
Alley Cats Pizza
Alley Cats Pizza is a New York-style pizza spot in Soho that’s truly like a slice of Brooklyn in Marylebone.
Bambi
Bambi in London Fields is fun any night of the week, and serves zippy pickle martinis and tasty modern European small plates.
Tashas
Tashas is a relaxed all-day cafe in Battersea serving some excellent things from a full English, to a moreish chicken pasta.
Kricket Soho
A sceney spot in Soho that’s always buzzing, Kricket serves exciting takes on Indian classics in a moody basement.
CheeMc Soho
A Korean spot in Soho that’s all about excellently crispy KFC, beers, and karaoke, CheeMc is a fun place to be.
Donia
Donia is a modern Filipino restaurant in Soho that mixes friendly service with plenty of flavour and flair.
Blacklock
Blacklock is a steak restaurant and chop house, and somewhere you can fall back on when a central Soho location and crowd-pleasing meals are needed.
The French House
A legendary Soho institution for thesps, drunks, and gourmands alike, The French House is as good a French restaurant as it is a pub.
Milk Beach Soho
By day, Milk Beach's carefree staff and avocado-heavy Aussie brunch menu transports you from Soho to a Byron Bay beach club. At night, the lighting becomes dim and flirty—like us after a few negronis.
Saporitalia
A family-run Italian spot in Notting Hill, Saporitalia is all about comforting pastas and good times.
Howl At The Moon
Whether you're here for rugby match screenings, Sunday trad sessions, or quiz nights, Howl At The Moon, a Hoxton pub, is a big, broad smile of a place.
Kofteci Metin
Come to Kofteci Metin, a Turkish kofte specialist on Harringay's Green Lanes, for a meal of expertly grilled meatballs and deliciously dressed salads.
The Tamil Crown
The Tamil Crown in Angel is an excellent pub and Indian restaurant, made for moody date nights.
Pavilion Mentmore Studios
Pavilion Mentmore Studios is a cafe with excellent, gooey cheese toasties and near-perfect pastries, but inside it can feel as cold as the grey Leyton industrial estate it sits on.
Noodle & Beer
Noodle & Beer is a Chongqing noodle and Sichuan restaurant in Spitalfields that is much more than its name suggests.