Around the turn of the millennium, a memorable television commercial featured a woman searching for a bank that hadn't been 'turned into a trendy wine bar'....

Hawksmoor Seven Dials, in Covent Garden, recently won the 'Best New Restaurant' category of the Time Out Eating & Drinking Awards 2011. The decision of our...

Since its astonishingly expensive refurb, The Savoy is a pleasure to visit. The Thames Foyer in particular, with its domed glass room and oversized birdcage...

The Corinthia Hotel is the best new five-star hotel you've probably never heard of. Between Trafalgar Square and Embankment, the building looks Orwellian...

I've just spent a week eating my way north through Sweden, from Malmö to the land of the midnight sun. The current frenzy for New Nordic cuisine is sending...

Jason Atherton, formerly of Maze, has certainly put Pollen Street on the map. The huge Mayfair site comprises large lounge bar and restaurant areas, a...

Hawksmoor is a meat-lover's paradise, a homage to top-quality British beef. Yet it's more than a steakhouse. The Covent Garden outpost is quite a different...

Bibendum resides on the first floor of one of the capital's foremost art nouveau structures. The Grade II-listed former UK headquarters of the Michelin Tyre...

This remarkable Korean restaurant is curiously low-key, tucked away in the curve of Rathbone Street. Nevertheless, it stays busy even on quiet weekend...

This London bistro of American super-chef Daniel Boulud may be situated inside one of London's grand hotels, but the dining here is refreshingly informal,...

Although Bistrot Bruno Loubet is the restaurant at the Zetter hotel, it doesn't feel like a hotel dining room. The big windows looking on to St John's...

When Mark Hix's second London restaurant opened in late 2009, he had the city's gourmets eating out of his hand. As a former chef-director of Caprice...

Special offer: 50% off food  + more offers