It might not be obvious, but London is the centre of the world's wine trade. Not because we produce more than Italy, drink more than France, or spend more...

The original Lola Rojo - the second branch in Fulham closed at the end of 2011 - remains a destination for good, fun Spanish food. The stylishly modern...

Lost Society? You must be joking! They're all here, supping cocktails, gossiping in the small courtyard garden and picking at the platters. The 60-long...

Powder Keg Diplomacy is a bar and restaurant with a colonial theme so loyal that Cecil Rhodes would feel at home. But don't worry: the owners didn't occupy...

Tables are hard to come by, even midweek, at the original branch of this jolly pizza joint. Pizza Metro is popular with groups, including children...

You don't expect to find a bar like Lost Angel along this sorry-looking stretch of the Battersea Park Road, but there is a precedent: this building was once...

Sometime last year, we started following @birdhouseuk on Twitter. Their very first tweet on 7 September 2010 hinted that they were an exciting new coffee...

Peeping out from the 'O' in Tom Ilic's logo is a cartoon pig. The theme continues inside, in the shape of a few ornamental brass oinkers adding a grunt of...

The original branch on Kingsland Road sent the food community into a lather when it first opened; Mien Tay's fresh approach to Vietnamese cooking clearly...

Don't come to this Austrian brasserie expecting dark wood, steins of beer and pork knuckles: with its chummy service and casual, camp vibe, it's styled more...

Hotel Rafayel sits between the Thames and an industrial estate, next door to the London Heliport. It makes extravagant claims of being an 'eco-hotel', and...

Could life for the mummies of Nappy Valley get any yummier? Oddono's, an old-school gelateria of the highest quality, has just opened a fourth branch on the...

The name is odd, as is much about this Battersea haunt. Mismatched chandeliers, and candles wedged-in bottles, vie with a 'Mediterranean' menu random enough...