Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address.
Josephine Marylebone Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Classic Lively Josephine Marylebone Marylebone $$$ Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site, the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit
Pied à Terre Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Elegant Intimate Pied à Terre Fitzrovia $$$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred room, Charlotte Street since 1991, in its 35th anniversary year
The Wolseley Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper
Brawn Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate Brawn Bethnal Green $$$ Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen
Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Restaurant Compare Refined Wine Focused Discreet Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay Belgravia $$$$ Kinnerton Street's claret-walled tasting room, Gordon Ramsay's Belgravia one-star since 2010
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room
The Wallace Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Chill Classic The Wallace Restaurant Marylebone $$$ The glass-roofed Manchester Square courtyard inside the Wallace Collection, Marylebone's quietest daytime room