3-5 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HN

If you aren’t headed to Sweden any time soon then a visit here to Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt's only restaurant outside Stockholm is a must. Here it’s all about using live-fire cooking, applying Swedish techniques to the best of British produce. That might translate to dishes like a Tunworth cheese cooked in a wood-fired oven and served with smoked honey.

4 Greycoat Pl, London SW1P 1SB

Set in the Grade II listed Edwardian Westminster fire station, Yaatra is a modern Indian restaurant
Executive chef Amit Bagyal worked with Atul Kochhar for years at both Kanishka Mayfair and Benares. Menus are created in a way to give you a tasting tour of the Indian subcontinent. The purple carrot & kohlrabi koftar is a signature dish.

76 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1DE

With an ex-sommelier from River Cafe and a chef from Brawn, visitors to Lorne should expect a particularly good wine list and a Modern British seasonal menu to match with it. It's deservedly rated as one of the best restaurants in Victoria.

70 Wilton Road, Victoria, London SW1V 1DE

This two-Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant is one of the city’s best. In a pared-back room, the menu travels the broad spectrum of Chinese cooking and has a lunchtime dim sum menu that's absolutely worth crossing town for.