• Randall & Aubin: Take a former French butcher’s shop in the epicenter of Soho, keep as much of the original fittings, hang a glitter ball in the middle, serve stunningly prepared seafood and operate a good rotisserie, and you have the best place in the whole of London. In the summer, they open the windows, so you can watch the glorious cavalcade that is Soho sashay by. Perfect.
• Club Gascon: Tucked in beside the medieval arch in Smithfield’s St. Bartholomew’s Church, this small, marble-lined restaurant is a delight. For food, think grand, traditional French. Swallow your morals and then swallow some of the best fois gras you will ever have. They have a signature cocktail, which is quite possibly one of the most exquisite drinks I have ever had.
• Pied a Terre: Every time I have eaten here, I’ve enjoyed excellent food, very well prepared. It is contemporary, in an effortlessly rich kind of way. Worth a try.
• Chiang Mai: OK, enough of the Amex-stretching. Chiang Mai claims to be London’s first Thai restaurant. It is still one of the best, and cheapest. Heaven knows how they can afford what must be exorbitant rents in this part of Soho. Food is always excellent. A real fail-safe.
• Busaba Eatthai: At the other end of the spectrum from Chiang Mai, but also very, very reasonably priced. It takes the canteen-style of eating pioneered by Wagamama and puts in dark wood, with people eating in twelves around large tables. Always popular, always boasting a queue, which never takes too long. I recommend the Phad Kwetio.
• Belgos: Great mussels and sausages in very cool, contemporary surroundings in the basement of a 19th century warehouse in Covent Garden. The waiters dress up like Trappist monks, which is the only gimmick in this great place to eat. Reminiscent of a noisy beer hall in Antwerp and always good. They have spin-offs around London, but this is the only place you should try.
• Café Med: Bills itself as a friendly neighborhood restaurant, but considering the neighborhood in question is St. John’s Wood (Madonna turned it down because it was too exclusive), the restaurant (in an old pub) is surprisingly cheap. The burger is particularly good with red wine on a Sunday night when you want some space between the weekend and the week ahead.
• Smiths of Smithfield: Taking its cue from New York’s Meatpacking district, this is in a converted cold store facing the still-working Central London Meat Market (a.k.a. Smithfield). Cavernous spaces with lots of exposed brick and ducting as well as big old leather sofas make this the place for Bohemian Clerkenwellites to hang out for weekend brunch. There is a very well-stocked bar here too. If this is all too laid-back for you (and I sincerely hope it isn’t), then there is a more formal restaurant upstairs too. Good for Sunday mornings when you have a hangover.
• Sketch: The owners decided they would create the most expensive restaurant in London (quite a feat), and they succeeded. But in addition to the restaurant, there is also the brasserie, and it’s great. Expensive, but a fraction of upstairs, and worth it – not just for the food (which is very good) but for the surroundings, taking the original building of The Royal Institute of British Architects and filling it with beautiful, cutting-edge design. The pink spaceship bar in its dome, over which you clamber to get to the loos (which are little pods) is unforgettable. Dress like you’re a member of the Scissor Sisters, take out that second mortgage, and have fun.
• Limonaki: Smaller sister of the always popular Lemonia across the street, this Primrose Hill Greek restaurant knows how to do good, basic Greek food that is reasonably priced. In the summer, you can sit outside and watch Primrose Hill in all its fabulousness. In the winter, go through and lose yourself in a cozy nook.
• Plateau: If one man bears credit for Britain’s culinary Renaissance, it is Terrence (now ‘Sir’ Terrence) Conran. His restaurants are still among the best in London, and Plateau has brought him to Canary Wharf. Under a vast purpose-built winter garden, you can look out over one of the most important financial centers in the world. And my goodness, how very well-prepared the food is – great meat, great fish, and excellent wine service. The décor is restrained classic modernist, as are the staff.

Guys it's only a temporary thing but trust me it's a really cool day out. An exhibition about the Canary Islands which is a bit like going to a spa but for free!
Trust me it made my day off, and I got out convinced abot what's going to be my next holiday next summer
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