This new branch, which opened in October 2008, shows signs of being as successful as the popular Notting Hill original. Spread over one floor with a bar...

This restaurant relaunched in September 2011 under new ownership and management, but has kept the same name. It remains a large, fashionable bar 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...

Oddono's ice-cream wins awards for a reason. This little shop on a South Ken side street looks unremarkable, but the ice-cream is outstanding. Fifteen...

With its warm Spanish welcome, a vibrant colour scheme of pinks, yellows and oranges and surreal artwork adorning the walls, a visit to Cambio de Tercio is...

Most tapas bars are noisy, but Tendido Cero makes a virtue of what could be a fault. The waiters and cooks communicated freely between the small main room...

This popular South Kensington day spa continues to deliver high-quality (if expensive) treatments including the best-selling Triple Oxygen Facial for...

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 marvellously eccentric little hideaway is the pride and joy of its owner, Judith Abraham, with many of the features purpose-designed. Little is the...

There's an irony in the corpulent form of Bibendum, the Michelin man, looking down upon the stick-thin ladies lunching at this relaxed seafood café in the...

There's a war on for the soul of French food. It's not a new war, it's a war of attrition; a Somme, not an Agincourt. Every year the debate is rekindled...

Curated with as much thought and flair as any exhibition, with a mix of merchandise that reflects or - in the case of the commissioned items - responds to...

Hiding behind the unappetising nickname of the Cod, this neighbourhood pub has been scrubbed up to meet the 21st century, with cream walls, spot lighting...