Places in London

Piccadilly's grand café — the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper

Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie — the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in.

Britain's oldest wine merchant — 3 St James's Street since 1698, Royal Warrants and a working cellar tour

The Berkeley's pastry counter — Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram

The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame — afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London.

Piccadilly's 1707 grocery — the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home

Davies Street's fine-wine and rare-spirits cathedral — Coravin tasting bar at the back

Seven seats, one chef, Edomae discipline — London's hardest reservation

The Mayfair townhouse hotel — three Michelin stars in the dining room, the world's best bar downstairs, and the address that defines W1.