Restaurant Reviews

71 Nile Street, London N1 7RD

This restaurant in Old Street comes from chef Joe Laker, previously at Fulham's Fenn. Here in East London, he's opened an all-counter dining restaurant which has just one dinner sitting a night, serving 16 guests. It's all ultra seasonal as well as making the most of bottling and preservation techniques to use some ingredients out of season. Downstairs, the cocktail bar Low Country is also well worth a visit.

21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN

Studio Gauthier comes from chef Alexis Gauthier, the man behind the much more high-end restaurant Gauthier Soho. Like that, this Fitzrovia outpost is a fully-vegan affair and brings some of the chef's best plant-based dishes to a bigger audience in a more casual setting (and a little more affordably too).

12 Ash Avenue, Elephant Park, London SE17 1GQ

Kachori is in Elephant & Castle's revamped Elephant Park area and is going for modern regional Indian cooking, taking its influences from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and the Punjab. It also features top chef Brinder Narula who comes to Kachori from Gymkhana.

86 Brewer Street, London W1F 9UB

This Soho restaurant comes from the people behind Mortimer House in Fitzrovia who brought in chef Tom Cenci to run the kitchen. Billed as a neighbourhood bistro, you'll find European bistro food with a few very specific British influences peppered throughout the menu. So there's a black pudding brioche as well as a jam rolly poly on the menu here. Make sure to try the cocktails and there's a really good non-alcoholic range too.