On Tuesday 14 May, we will host the next Emerald Street Supper Club at POLPO Covent Garden. Tickets are £40 per person and include a welcome cocktail, a tasting menu inspired by Venice and wine. There are only 24 spaces at this intimate and exclusive evening and they can only be booked through…
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36-38 Kingsway, Holborn, WC2B 6EY Lucky us that this sleek Japanese restaurant is just a 10-minute walk from our office – but if you’re not local it’s well worth making the trip for. Start with a cocktail in the smart lounge before tucking into sushi and dishes dreamt up by former Nobu head…
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41 Conduit Street, Mayfair, W1S 2YF Brasserie Chavot is a haven of chic design and sumptuous dining for those seeking sanctuary from the Oxford Street crowds. This elegant French restaurant radiates old-school glamour, with red leather sofas, golden chandeliers and mosaic flooring conjuring up a…
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35 Queensdown Road, Clapton, E5 8NN This pub on the corner of pretty Hackney Downs has been taken over by the team behind The Star of Bethnal Green. It’s been given a makeover, with fancy beers on tap, a decent wine list, stone-baked pizza and hot dogs. The two function rooms above the pub can be…
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285 Hoxton Street, Hoxton, N1 5JX A new coffee place? We’re there. Past the salons on Hoxton Street lies this gem from a trio of Flat White alumni. Inside, you’ll mistake it for a workshop, all sturdy tables and pegboard walls (fittingly, the coffee is from Workshop in Clerkenwell). The simple…
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1 Vernon Place, Bloomsbury, WC1A 2EP Named in honour of Salvador Dalí and his muse Amanda Lear, Salvador & Amanda provides a taste of the real Spain, with a London twist. The ground-floor bar is reminiscent of the cafes of Madrid and Barcelona and the menu features an array of authentic tapas.…
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12 North Row, Mayfair, W1K 7DF This little bar and restaurant is 40 years old and has two other branches in the capital but we only found it last week, while waiting for our table at a nearby restaurant. Waiters served us Peroni with complimentary ready salted crisps, peanuts and olives. You can…
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489 Liverpool Road, Islington, N7 8NS Opposite pretty St Magdalene Garden is this French brasserie. It’s only small, with the bar the focus of the room, but it doesn’t feel cramped – especially when we visited on a Saturday lunchtime and light flooded through the tall windows. The menu is…
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2 Spring Gardens, Trafalgar Square, SW1A 2TS What was the first thing we did when we took our seats at Vista? Got out our iPhones to take photos. Yes, we could have shown more decorum, but the view from this rooftop bar stretches over Trafalgar Square and out as far as the Shard. We were finally…
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10 Lancashire Court, Mayfair, W1S 1EY So close to Bond Street, it would be easy for Mews of Mayfair to be one of those snooty-yet-anonymous Mayfair restaurants. Instead, we were welcomed into its intimate first-floor British brasserie, which is modelled on a chic country kitchen. We ate beautifully…
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