Places in London

JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves.

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

Karam Sethi's Marylebone coastal-Indian, one Michelin star held since 2012

The British steakhouse that taught London to take beef seriously

Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room

Mayfair mews chophouse since 1952, beef Wellington and steak-and-kidney pie