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Ducksoup
Ducksoup is a tiny spot in Soho serving natural wine and excellent modern European sharing plates.
Bun & Sum Hackney
Bun & Sum is a casual smashburger spot in Hackney where it's worth holding out for a seat.
Dosa N Chutney
Dosa N Chutney, a cheery South Indian spot in Tooting, is ideal for a solo masala dosa lunch or a group dinner come evening.
Darling's Eatery and Studio
Darling's Eatery and Studio, a Hackney Wick pasta restaurant, is a place for seductively twirling a noodle on your fork as your date admires you in the golden hour glow.
A Bar With Shapes For A Name
A Bauhaus-themed bar with only multicoloured shapes above its door, A Bar With Shapes For A Name in Dalston is a fine choice for a late-night martini.
Story Cellar
Story Cellar in Covent Garden is an excellent option for a sophisticated pre-theatre meal involving great rotisserie chicken and other French dishes.
Mud
At Mud—a Tooting cafe—portions are generous, dishes are bursting with colour, and there's the same chaotic, fun energy as being around the kitchen table with your family.
Daze
Daze, a breezy, foliage-filled loft space near London Fields, is great for coffee and getting work done during the week.
Tooting Market
Put us in close proximity to vintage furniture, street food, fresh pints, and a haberdashery, and we’re absolutely buzzing. You’ll find all of the above at Tooting Market in Tooting.
Hala Restaurant
Hala Restaurant is a Turkish Green Lanes stalwart, where the food is either solid or great.
Sabor
Sabor is a casual tapas restaurant in Mayfair, with a more elaborate menu served upstairs in the Asador.
Le Péché Mignon
Le Péché Mignon is a lovely box-sized French cafe in Highbury that makes buttery croissants and a hulking croque monsieur.
Core By Clare Smyth
A lot of high-end, fine dining spots are snoozefests, but if you aren't excited by Core By Clare Smyth, a British restaurant in Notting Hill, you need to check your pulse.
Sessions Arts Club
Glamorous, grandiose, and guaranteed to make you feel special, Sessions Arts Club is a restaurant in Clerkenwell where the feeling takes priority over the modern European food.
Yasar Halim
Yasar Halim is a Turkish bakery on Green Lanes where no-nonsense service belies the sweetness of flaky filo desserts and soft, pillowy breads.
A. Wong
Although A. Wong's food isn't bad, you're better off spending your money somewhere other than this dated Chinese fine dining restaurant in Victoria.
The Waterman’s Arms
The Waterman's Arms is a riverside pub in Barnes that serves great modern European food and even better Sunday roasts.
Alhaji Suya Brixton
The Brixton outpost of Alhaji Suya is a little northern Nigerian kiosk that makes ideal mid-afternoon snacks.
Veg & Tings
Veg & Tings, an all-vegetarian Caribbean spot in Brixton Village Market, is perfect for a summery lunch that's full of flavour.
Kinkally
Kinkally is a Georgian restaurant in Fitzrovia that could double as a Bond villain’s lair. It’s very cool, very dark, and very photogenic, but the dishes are hit and miss.
Lavo
Lavo is a huge Italian restaurant in Marylebone where the lively atmosphere, date night lighting, and delicious seafood make it perfect for special occasions.
Josephine Bouchon
If Josephine Bouchon, a French restaurant in Fulham, was an actual person, her goal in life would be to make you fall completely and hopelessly in love with her. And she'd succeed every time.
Yamany Corner
Yamany Corner is a spacious Paddington spot serving some solid Yemeni food, always with a warming bowl of soup to start.
Hijazi Corner
Hijazi Corner, a Yemeni spot in Marylebone, has a downstairs room where big groups sit cross-legged over half a lamb and friends eat mandi while keeping an eye on the game.
Taste Of Yemen
On Acton’s busy high street, Yemeni spot Taste Of Yemen is a popular option with locals looking to grab a takeaway bag of mandi and a meat-filled motabag for the road.