A 2014 pop-up that went permanent in January 2016, Le Bab takes a simple, 'humble' ethnic concept (the...
Soho · Kingly Court, Carnaby St, London
Unpretentiously yummy Indian food, mostly 'East Bengali', with shades of the Punjab, Lahore and Bangladesh....
North London · 253 Kentish Town Rd, Kentish Town, London
An Irish-owned, food-and-drink London hotspot in the style of a Munich beer hall, fitted with Bavarian-made benches,...
East London · London Wall Buildings, The City of London, London
One of London's better 36th-floor deals, Darwin Brasserie — located one level down from the very top of...
East London · 20 Fenchurch St, The City, London
One of two major Soho outlets in the gay café/brasserie chain Balans. The mothership Balans, at 60 Old...
Soho · 34 Old Compton St, London
An Irish-owned and thoroughly convincingly Japanese noodle bar, Koya ('small house/shack') imports...
Soho · 50 Frith St, London
Squeezed into a caterpillar of a shape in Rupert St on the edge of Chinatown, just south of Soho and Shaftesbury...
Central London · 34 Rupert St, London
An almost too-perfect modern take on an Italian espresso (and cocktail) bar, with understatedly sumptuous decor...
Soho · 7 Old Compton St, London
A reassuringly old-fashioned Lebanese hotspot opened in 1998 in increasingly modish Marylebone, Fairuz offers...
Central London · 3 Blandford St, Marylebone, London