Places in Shoreditch

Tomos Parry's Basque-grill flagship, whole turbot over wood, the room that reset East London cooking

Nose-to-tail Italian on Curtain Road, house-cured salumi and wood-fired offal in Shoreditch

Wentworth Street's unmarked basement, the City fringe speakeasy that does not need a velvet rope

Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010

The British steakhouse that taught London to take beef seriously

Northern Thai with chilli, herbs and proper aggression, Spitalfields

World's 50 Best No.5, two rooms that split the modern London bar in half