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L'Aventure
A potential bidder to be the most-French French restaurant in London, L’Aventure seems to fit its well-heeled, international, comfortably middle-aged clientele perfectly. Tapestries, ornate but soft-cushioned seating, dried flowers and gleaming table settings create the cosy opulence of a traditional French provincial restaurant, and there’s a shaded front terrace for summer dining. Service is professional, slightly dry, in a proper French way, and regulars clearly appreciate the personal attention they receive.
L'Aventure, 3 Blenheim Terrace, NW8 OEH (020 7624 6232) St John's Wood tube
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Les Trois Garçons
When you enter this former corner pub, it’s difficult not to suspect that the set-up is a case of style over content. After all, there’s no way that the content churned out by the kitchen could possibly match the style of the room itself – a stupendously theatrical mix of antique bar fittings, vintage handbags (dangling from the ceiling) and ornamental taxidermy – could it?
Les Trois Garçons, 1 Club Row, E1 6JX (020 7613 1924/www.lestroisgarcons.com) Liverpool Street tube/rail
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Momo
Momo is a real winner. It’s simply gorgeous, decked out like Rick’s Café Américain with wooden-screen windows, hanging brass lanterns and plenty of large tables filled every night with chatty action and a smattering of exotic-looking types. If the staff, kitted out in custom-designed kasbah pop art T-shirts, appear to be chosen more for their looks than their attentiveness to customers, well, that only adds to the glamour.
Momo, 25 Heddon Street, W1B 4BH (020 7434 4040/www.momoresto.com) Piccadilly Circus tube
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Upstairs
Upstairs has the vibe of an exclusive private dinner party rather than a restaurant. It’s the setting, for a start. Access is via a discreetly marked door with a buzzer, up a narrow staircase to the first-floor bar (all tan leather banquette seating and mushroom walls), then up more stairs to the restaurant itself. Which is tiny, seating no more than 25 in a low-key style (white leather chairs, dark wood tables twinkling with glassware and candles, a turquoise wall).
Upstairs, 89B Acre Lane, entrance on Branksome Road, SW2 5TN (020 7733 8855/www.upstairslondon.com) Clapham Common tube/Brixton tube/rail
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