Remember that experiment at school where you put one hand in a bowl of hot water, the other in a bowl of cold water, and then plunge both into a bowl of...

You can spot this speakeasy-esque eatery by the queue snaking out the door. Spuntino is the latest venture by the team behind Polpo and Polpetto and the...

Open until 4am every day, HK Diner is a favourite with students, the post-clubbing crowd and chef Jun Tanaka. It's charming, in a cheerful greasy-spoon kind...

There's a fanboy's attention to detail in the decor here (white piping on the red leather booths, buffalo horns protruding from feature brickwork, 'Love in...

Not a French-style HK café, misleadingly enough, but a fun, buzzing diner just a few steps from Leicester Square tube station. This Chinese-student...

It's 10.30pm on a Thursday, and Elvis croons 'In the Ghetto' from Ed's chrome jukebox. In homage to the King we perch on a red vinyl bar stool and order a...

Tom's Deli is a happy place. You enter through a sweet shop displaying sugary treats in jars and retro packaging; bright wall art, kaleidoscopic paper...

Galapagos is the kind of place where neighbours drop by for a cuppa, couples come for a casual supper and lone diners feel at ease. The Ecuadorian owner...

The diner-style interior of Lucky 7 comes straight out of central casting, with Cadillac-sized booths, kitsch adverts and vintage neon signs all competing...

Zooming from a high-profile 1991 launch and subsequent overzealous expansion, to the American bankruptcy protection courts (twice), the Planet Hollywood...

With its vintage posters, shelves of ketchup and King Curry, and a soundtrack ranging from world music to Bruce Springsteen, Banners is the place Hard Rock...

This new all-day diner located in an old English pub serves huge portions designed for sharing. Breakfast is served only at weekends.

The music industry is collapsing, brought to its knees by arrogance, mismanagement and a profound failure to deal with 21st-century challenges. But stepping...