This dark intimate cave-like bar is romantic, but not cheesy, and is perfect for sharing a bottle. Plus if she drinks enough and your chat’s good, then go for a cheeky fondle in a dark corner. Read more.
In this bar there’s a lot to keep you entertained; table football, swinging chairs, some mega guacamole, and London’s biggest collection of tequila. Read more.
Hawksmoor Seven Dials is that rarest of things: An instant classic. What a menu, and the staff and atmosphere are a joy. Read more.
Bloody marvellous. Great steak, great service, great wine. Plus they play swing music in the background so you feel like you're in an episode of Mad Men... Read more.
Go up to the top floor and enjoy the most amazing 360 view of London with a glass of champagne at the Vertigo bar. Read more.
Try the fine fish finger butty with sustainable haddock, twice-cooked chips and a side salad (fennel and dill is in season at the moment). Good, as the batter is crisp and not too floury. Read more.
Request to dine al fresco on its 250-foot terrace which boasts magnificent views of the City and Embankment. Try modern British cuisine alongside Pan-Asian dishes; mains start from around £21 each. Read more.
The Anchor & Hope is wedged on the bottom of a hill, between a housing estate and the River Lea. The lack of impressive decor is more than made up for by the hearty cheer of the red-faced locals.
Dishoom’s a convivial brasserie that loosely styles itself after the ‘Irani’ cafés of Mumbai. What you won’t find in India is such an abundance of bacon and sausage: there’s even a sausage naan roll. Read more.
Lantana – a previous winner of our Best New Café award – continues to dish up inventive and exciting brekkie dishes the Aussie way. Read more.
This is ‘The Breakfast Club Part Four’ – the all-day diner chain has expanded east with a Spitalfields branch, two years after the third opened up the road in Hoxton. Read more.
The winner of the Time Out award for Best Café 2010 is still one of our favourites. It takes a bit of work to seek out, secreted among the houses of Hackney Wick, but it’s well worth the effort. Read more.
