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John Torode may be most familiar nowadays for raising satirical eyebrows on MasterChef, but he also has a good line in user-friendly restaurants. Smiths is...

This beacon of fusion cuisine in Britain has also done much to inspire the wave of gastro coffee bars and café-brasseries opening across the capital. The...

While ordering at the bar can add unwelcome faff to dining out, the system works well enough here, ensuring service moves swiftly for the glut of local...

Canela - meaning cinnamon stick in Portuguese - has done a decent job of providing the peasant food of Portugal and Brazil some sex appeal. This branch has...

Jamie Oliver's original Fifteen is still going strong. On a recent visit we ate in the ground-floor trattoria: a lively, modern space, with a bar as you...

The ever-expanding Madeira empire now boasts nine delis, cafés and restaurants, from Paddington to Stockwell. This is the biggest and smartest of the group,...

The three-strong Rivington chain, owned by Caprice Holdings, now extends as far as Dubai; this Shoreditch original was opened by chef Mark Hix in 2003 and...

When Daquise changed hands in 2008, after more than 60 years of serving South Kensington locals and Polish émigrés, many regulars bemoaned the loss of...

This café, open daytimes through evenings, is decked out in a girly nostalgia chic with retro furniture that's for sale. Crooners are on the jukebox, the...

The food here is pretty standard, but the setting is outstanding. Weeping willows drape over the waterside terrace, while a varied clientele of tourists,...

It's the sort of place that could only exist in Hackney. A former barbers and a Nigerian wine bar have been knocked together, given a lick of paint then...

Considered by many to be the best drinking option in Little Portugal, the Star Bar is certainly the finest spot at which to watch European football, beamed...