Restaurants

Nordic Bakery

The simple monochrome signage on media-savvy Golden Square is a clue that here is a haven of über-stylish Fenno-Scandinavian cool. Baskets, tea towels, denim aprons...

Soho: 14 Golden Square, W1

Distance: 0 mls

Fresco

Fitzrovia: 34-36 Margaret Street, W1G 0JE

Distance: 0.1 mls

Thai Square

Mayfair: 5 Princess Street, W1B 2LF

Distance: 0.1 mls

Chisou

The smiling sushi chef looks so overjoyed to see you when you walk into this smart, well-run restaurant, that you’d swear he has mistaken you for a long-lost friend....

Mayfair: 4 Princes Street, W1B 2LE

Distance: 0.1 mls

Go Chisou

Ask Japanese people - the ones who get to dine out on expenses, that is - to name London's best Japanese restaurants, and their eyes glaze over : 'Aah, Chisou. Now...

Mayfair: 3 Princes St, W1B 2LE

Distance: 0.1 mls

Leon

Fitzrovia: 375 Regent Street, W1B 2HB

Distance: 0.1 mls

Goodman

Muskovite steakholders bucking the recession

Mayfair: 26 Maddox St, W1S 1HQ

Distance: 0.1 mls

No. 5 Cavendish Square

Unashamed luxury and opulence are the keynotes of No 5 Cavendish Square. Velvet, mahogany tones and Louis XIV chairs feature heavily in the interior of this West End...

Oxford Street: 5 Cavendish Square , London, W1G 0PG

Distance: 0.1 mls

The Loop

If you manage to make it past the lively bar awash with sex appeal and into the restaurant itself, you'll find The Loop to be funkier and friendlier than ever before...

Oxford Street: 19 Dering Street Oxford Circus , London, W1S 1AH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Rasa

If the words 'vegeterian' and 'banquet' have never appeared in one sentence for you, then you haven't yet tried Rasa W1. The menu features only authentic cuisine from...

Oxford Street: 6 Dering Street Oxford Circus , London, W1S 1AD

Distance: 0.1 mls

Postcard Teas

Tim d’Offey lives for tea: so much so, he has spent a decade travelling to far-flung estates across Asia. His simply furnished tea room is a Zen-like sanctuary from...

Marylebone: 9 Dering Street, W1S 1AG

Distance: 0.1 mls

Maroush V

Marylebone: 4 Vere Street, W1G 0DH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Napket

Mayfair: 6 Brook Street, W1S 1BB

Distance: 0.1 mls

Cibo

Follow the waddling mothers-to-be through the Mamas & Papas flagship store to find Cibo. This Italian café, especially welcome if you need to take the weight off...

Fitzrovia: 1st floor, Mamas & Papas, 256-258 Regent St, W1B 3AF

Distance: 0.1 mls

2 Veneti

Tucked behind the mayhem of Oxford Street, 2 Veneti specialises in the cuisine of Venice and the Veneto, its surrounding region. Well-heeled regulars and local office...

Marylebone: 10 Wigmore Street, W1U 2RD

Distance: 0.1 mls

Nagomi

A new stocking-filler book called 'Lost in Translation' has collated the unfortunate slips that can happen to phrases when they are translated into English. The...

Mayfair: 4 Blenheim St, W1S 1LB

Distance: 0.1 mls

Ristorante Semplice

Upscale Italian restaurants are by no means a rarity in Mayfair, but Ristorante Semplice lays fair claim to a ranking in the very top echelons. Expensively clothed...

Mayfair: 9-10 Blenheim Street, W1S 1LJ

Distance: 0.1 mls

Carluccio's Caffè

Mayfair: Fenwick of Bond Street, W1S 1RQ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Drones at Fenwick of Bond Street

This department store café has been set up by Ben Goldsmith, a multimillionaire who owns the Drones Club in Mayfair. The caff's cumbersome name is, I'm told, to...

Mayfair: second floor, Fenwick of Bond Street, 63 New Bond St, W1S 1RQ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Aqua Kyoto

Japanese food, hotel design near Oxford Circus

Soho: Fifth Floor, 240 Regent St (entrance in Argyll St), W1B 3BR

Distance: 0.2 mls

Aqua Nueva

Smart dining at Oxford Circus

Soho: Fifth Floor, 240 Regent St (entrance in Argyll St), W1B 3BR

Distance: 0.2 mls

Café Libre

This prime location opposite the north end of Carnaby Street, with its panoramic view over the mock-Tudor splendour of the Liberty store, is a good place to rest your...

Soho: 22 Great Marlborough Street, W1F 7HU

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Landau

David Collins’ interior, with its otherworldly brass fittings and olde worlde wood panelling, smacks of an HG Wells novel. It perfectly suits a restaurant where chef...

Fitzrovia: The Langham, Portland Place, W1B 1JA

Distance: 0.2 mls

Yo! Sushi

Marylebone: 15 Woodstock Street, W1C 2AQ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Bar Trattoria Semplice

Informal Italian food, Mayfair style

Mayfair: 22 Woodstock St, W1C 2AP

Distance: 0.2 mls

Özer

Entering upmarket Özer you find yourself in a busy bar with low chairs. This offers a range of wine, spirits and beer, but is primarily an antechamber for the large...

Fitzrovia: 5 Langham Place, W1B 3DG

Distance: 0.2 mls

Pizza Express

Fitzrovia: 4-5 Langham Place, W1B 3DG

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Heights

If you’ve ever wondered where BBC staff drink in London, here’s your answer, 15 storeys above the West End fray. Not only is it peaceful up here, but the views...

Oxford Street: Saint Georges Hotel 14 Langham Place , London, W1B 2QS

Distance: 0.2 mls