The Palomar

Shoreditch’s Sông Quê makes some of the best Vietnamese food in London. Stop by for a casual group dinner or a quick bowl of pho.

Yashin Sushi is an excellent, creative, and modern sushi restaurant with an ever-changing list of unusual and seasonal ingredients.

Not only is the sushi at Sushi Atelier on Great Portland Street great, it’s also very affordable. Sit at the bar and get the 12-piece omakase.

My Old Place is a classic Sichuan restaurant in Spitalfields with spicy, satisfying food.

Temper City is an open-fire BBQ restaurant with lots of meat, lots of curry, and an excellent soundtrack of classic 90′s rock.

Modern BBQ restaurant Temper grills whole joints of meat on an open fire. They also have a great mezcal list, and tacos.

Come to Meat Market for filthy burgers and beers in a chilled environment in Covent Garden.

Bistrotheque is a neighbourhood bistro set in an old warehouse, with art projected on the walls and an ambience best described as ‘trendy as fuck’.

Mae + Harvey is a cafe serving the best coffee and brunch in Bow and Mile End.

Darjeeling Express in Soho is the best homestyle Indian cooking you can eat in central London. Hit it for lunch or with a few friends, and book ahead.

Madame D is a restaurant in Spitalfields by the team behind Gunpowder, with Himalayan food and little of the trademark Gunpowder innovation.

Smoke & Salt in Pop Brixton is an experimental pop-up based on chargrilling and lightly grilling fresh British ingredients.

At Henrietta, your dinner will have flowers on it, and you won’t even be upset. This cool-as restaurant in Covent Garden also serves A+ cocktails.

This Camden cafe is one of London's best places to get shakshuka in a variety of flavours.

Dum Biryani is a Indian restaurant in a Soho basement. It’s actually a lot more fun than it sounds, and besides the biryani don’t miss the starters.

Quartieri is an excellent Naples-style pizza in Kilburn, with a spicy diavola pizza that you definitely need to try.