49 Columbia Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7RG

This East London restaurant has become something of a perennial favourite, often cited as among one of the best in town. Expect a hyper seasonal menu and pay particular attention to the excellent wine list. They now also have a store onsite.

86 Fulham Road, London SW3 6HR

71-73 Palace Gardens Terrace, London W8 4RU

6 New Quebec Street, London W1H 7RQ

17 Bruton Street, London W1J 6QB

Hakkasan Mayfair is the second site of the very successful Chinese restaurant originally set up by Alan Yau. The new location is on Bruton Street and while it features a lot of the old favourites from Hakkasan on Hanway Place, the team created some new signature dishes for the Mayfair site. It's very much a celeb hangout too.

23 Connaught Street, London W2 2AY

This Marylebone restaurant evokes the style of Argentinean steakhouses, with a stripped-back brick interior. On the menu, there's a big focus on the grill with plenty of Argentine steak, including a selection to share with Provelone cheese. The wine list is a great source of Argentinean reds and they also have a sunlit conservatory out the back.

115 Chancery Lane. London WC2A 1PP

23 St James's Street, London SW1A 1LP

Intercontinental Hotel, 1 Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7QY

TV chef Theo Randall has been runngin this restaurant for well over a decade and before that, he was the head chef of The River Cafe. Even better than having his name over the door, in practice, Theo is in the kitchen for most of the services here - which is something you can't always expect in other big-name chef restaurants.

15-16 Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London W1D 6JE

61 - 63 Petersham Road, Richmond, London TW10 6UT

51 Upper Berkeley Street, London W1H 7QW

166 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW5 0BA

177 South Lambeth Rd, South Lambeth, London, SW8 1XP

163 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 0LJ

1A Langton Street, London SW10 0JL

9 Phene Street. London SW3 5NY

Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ

13 - 15 Villiers Street, London WC2N 6ND

44 Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7JQ

180 Lavender Hill, Battersea, London SW11 5TQ

162 Tufnell Park Road, London N7 0EE

47 Marsham Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3DP

This contemporary Italian restaurant in Westminster should prove a boon to spin doctors, lobbyists, journalists and any MP brave enough to put a nice meal out on their expenses. In charge of the kitchen is chef Demian Mazzocchi, Dutch-born but raised in Italy and who has worked in the restaurant for over 15 years.

38 Holly Grove, London SE15 5DF

A relative old-timer of Peckham restaurants, having opened in 2004, Ganapati is chef-owner Claire Fisher’s ode to India. The colourful space is filled with mouth-watering aromas that pave the way for the delicious, homely food. The thalis are fail-safe favourites or go off-piste with their more inventive offerings such as tuna with smoked tamarind. The desserts are also great.

The Pepys Building, The Old Royal Naval College, London SE10 9LW

4-6 Theobald's Road, London WC1X 8PN

7 Archer Street, London W1D 7AU

The folks behind Italian restaurant Bocca Di Lupo expanded across the street to offer a selction of special Gelato and coffee as well as frozen pasta from Bocca di Lupo.

1 Kinnerton Street, London SW1X 8ED

As the name suggests, Petrus has a focus on the finest wines at its heart and was one of the first restaurants in London to serve wines from Chateau Pétrus by the glass. The Michelin-starred restaurant serves up fine French food in modern surroundings and has a variety of tasting menus including several vegetarian-only options.

134-136 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1F 8ZP

Fifth floor, 240 Regent Street, London W1B 3BR

The spanish restaurant at London's high-profile Aqua restaurant offers both a tapas and a-la-carte menus. Head chef here is Salamancan Alberto Hernandez trained at El Bulli. The selling point here though is the restaurant's two terraces offering fantastic views over central London.