The Red Sea is one of those London secrets you almost don't want to share, lest it should shed the ramshackle appeal of its MDF tables and workman caff...

It's a delight to see how this former 'dram shop' and gin palace has been transformed from a dark and unwelcoming drinking den to a bright, beautiful pub...

At the end of a pretty little street off Goldhawk Road, you'll find this welcoming gastropub. On summer evenings, the front terrace soon fills with...

With a name like Adam's Café and a daytime menu of full English and other greasy spoon favourites, you might not expect the nightly transformation into a...

Just down the road from BBC Television Centre, Albertine's small bar has something of the student union about it, with closely packed, battered wooden...

This brasserie is the third offering from the Raoul's chain, opened in spring 2011 on a corner of leafy Hammersmith Grove. The original Maida Vale branch of...

If you miss your Polish granny, or feel life has cheated you by denying you one, repair to Patio with haste. The olde worlde charm - ornate gold-framed...

In its first decade after opening in 1992, this small establishment was nominated for various awards. Now, it seems tired. The decor of green walls, with...

Step off teeming Uxbridge Road into Abu Zaad and you're transported to Damascus - this is the sort of workaday Formica-tabled eaterie that proliferates...

Sufi hasn't missed a beat in all the years we've been visiting. It's a restaurant that combines authenticity with familiarity and respects the sense of...

This big, black-fronted barn of a community pub hides a large, friendly interior brimming with a pop sensibility: Keith Moon (in a target T-shirt) peers...

A characteristic feature of any self-respecting gastropub is the chalkboard menu. The Queen Adelaide houses a board at least ten feet tall, which is an...

While Shepherd's Bush Market is just a hop and a skip away from Europe's largest urban shopping centre at Westfield, it's a world apart in every other...