The Anchor & Hope Restaurant Recomendado por el editor Restaurant Comparar Classic Convivial Lively The Anchor & Hope Waterloo $$ The Cut's no-bookings gastropub, what Waterloo eats before the National Theatre
The French House Bar Recomendado por el editor Bar Comparar Classic Intimate Literary The French House Soho $$ Dean Street's no-music, no-mobiles holdout, the Soho the audience first read about in the 80s
Dishoom Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Classic Convivial Lively Dishoom Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ Boundary Street's Bombay Irani café, the bacon naan roll Londoners queue for at breakfast
José Bar Bar Comparar Lively Convivial Neighborhood José Bermondsey $$ Bermondsey Street's standing-room Spanish bar since 2011, José Pizarro's pintxos counter
Maison Bertaux Cafe Cafe Comparar Classic Intimate Literary Maison Bertaux Soho $$ Greek Street's 1871 patisserie, London's oldest French pastry shop, still hand-laminated upstairs
Morito Exmouth Market Restaurant Restaurant Comparar Lively Convivial Chef Driven Morito Exmouth Market Clerkenwell $$ Sam and Sam Clark's tapas-bar sister to Moro, eight metres along the same row, the small-plate version of the same kitchen.