19 Berkeley St, Mayfair, London W1J 8ED

In the heart of Mayfair, high end Bocconcino serves up classic Italian cuisine - everything from homemade pasta and freshly made pizzas baked in the wood-fired pizza oven, to the highest quality seafood.

200 Pentonville Rd, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP

Amazingly popular vegetarian restaurant, serving up all manner of veggie and vegan dishes. Their burgers are very well regarded and the weekend brunch with scrambled tofu and aubergine bacon, among others, is a big hit.

246-250 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9JY

With no bookings and super-fast Roman pizzas, this is a great spot for a quick dinner with friends. The price point is excellent too, with many pizzas all under a tenner. Don’t forget to order dessert.

95 Wood Lane, London W12 7FQ

They have restaurants in Bristol and Spain, and now Wellbourne have arrived in London. It's an all-day brasserie affair by chefs and management with an impressive pedigree.

106 Druid Street, London SE1 2HH

The team behind Borough's El Pastor have opened their own tortilla factor and taco bar down the road beside Maltby Street Market.

13 Cambridge Street, London SW1V 4PR

Mallorcan-born Vincente Fortea leads the kitchen where he has created a menu made up of contemporary tapas selected form the coastal towns of the Mediterranean.

Riverlight Quay, 2 Nine Elms Ln, London SW11 8AW

A five-star luxury hotel makes the leap to London for its first overseas restaurant, with street food downstairs, upmarket dining upstairs, and lots of art - including a giant, 14ft bronze elephant.

43 Parkway, London NW1 7PN

Founded by Tim Barclay, Stefania Evangelisti and Filippo Rosato, Purezza came to life in Brighton in 2015 and opened the Camden site in 2018. This became London's first vegan pizza restaurant, as well as taking home the accolade of being the largest vegan restaurant in London, too.

378 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AA

Driven by a regularly-changing wine list and with a wonderful sounding menu, this Kingsland Road wine bar meets restaurant and larder is right on the money.

238 West End Lane, London NW6 1LG

An ex Ledbury and ToastED chef is in the kitchen for this new West Hampstead opening which has a strong brunch offering and will offer a regularly changing menu.

4-5 London Road, London SE1 6JZ

Paladar aims to bring the best of Latin America to Lambeth, drawing from areas as wide as Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.Expect a varied menu as well as a bodega where you can stock up, and a courtyard garden for warmer weather.

180 Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1EA

This restaurant comes from Iré Hassan-Odukale (front of house) and Jeremy Chan (Head Chef) and features a spice-based cuisine that's electrified reviewers (and diners) since opening. Originally in St James, they're now in a much bigger building near Temple.

8A Artillery Ln, Artillery Passage, London E1 7LJ

Think of this Spitalfields spot as an elevated wine bar, serving not only a cracking list of Italian wines, but a range of traditional Tuscan dishes using top-notch produce. Their slow cooked regional stews are particularly worth seeking out.

31-33 Throgmorton St, London EC2N 2AT

Part of the Angel Court development, COYA's City branch features a Latin American bar and a restaurant serving contemporary Peruvian dishes. Head to the Pisco Bar for their own bespoke Pisco cocktails.

10 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4AJ

Whether you're looking for Peking Duck or sushi, this restaurant (one of two at the Four Seasons Trinity Square) has what you're after - covering traditional Japanese and Chinese dishes with what they say is a 'modern approach'. Tables are well spaced too making it good for confidential convos.

1 Lombard St, London EC3V 9AA

1 Lombard Street is something of a City institution, in what used to be a former banking hall. Known for its highly impressive glass cupola skylight, its a modern European brasserie that’s been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner since 1998.

1 Broadgate Circle, London EC2M 2QS

Famed for its dim sum menu and Cantonese cuisine, this is the second London outlet of Yauatcha, an upmarket Chinese restaurant that began life in Soho in 2004 but now has global homes in Saudi Arabia and India. Expect a high-class dining experience.

16 Maiden Lane, London, WC2E 7NJ

Taking over the space where Encant was, Lady of the Grapes is a wine bar, shop and restaurant focusing on wines created by female winemakers and has food by restaurateur Victor Garvey.

33 Downham Rd, De Beauvoir Town, London N1 5AA

Popular neighbourhood steakhouse Beef & Brew have expanded- taking their well-priced steaks and wide range of beers to Haggerston.

152–156 Great Portland St Fitzrovia, London W1W 6AJ

This huge Caravan space has taken over an old BBC recording studio. There is coffee and brunch aplenty as well as the usual Caravan staples - there's also private dining space here as well.

148 Clapham Manor St, London SW4 6BX

Finely sliced black pepper coppa made in-house is a thing of beauty to look at, ruffle up, lay on the semolina sourdough and eat. Jersey milk lends ricotta a satin finish denied other whey cheeses and the combination visually as well as in terms of flavour with black olives and golden Parmesan is regal.

5 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5PA

Forget your greasy local frier - Clerkenwell’s fish and chip restaurant United Chip’s all about the millennial pink, Bangkok prawn burgers and complimentary aioli. But there's fisn and chips too - with traditional or Belgian fries.

37 Berners Street, London W1T 3NB

South East Asia's beloved The Greyhound Cafe springs up in London with a menu packed with modern Thai-style cooking imported all the way from Bangkok.

65 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7PS

The Fitzrovia outpost of Mac & Wild. A laid-back restaurant with more than a hint of its Scottish roots about it. There's a big focus on meat (particularly venison), plus award-winning burgers and the odd haggis thrown in for good measure.

9A Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YN

The Devonshire Square outpost of Mac and Wild. A laid-back restaurant with a hind of Scottishness about it, expect a big focus on meat (particularly venison), award-winning burgers and the odd haggis thrown in for good measure.

180 Borough High St, London SE1 1LB

Workspace pioneers Fora who've have teamed up with restaurateur Soren Jessen for this Nordic Borough restaurant (which also has a great rooftop space).

44-46 Southwark St, London SE1 1UN

This Italian restaurant just off Borough Market has a very specific speciality - they use purified seawater in their pizza dough. And they're rated as serving up some of the best pizzas in London as a result.

27-31 Basil St, Knightsbridge, London SW3 1BB

Caprice Holdings have a pretty good hit rate in London and they're winning again with this Knightsbridge opening. This time around, it's a loosely 50's/60's Italian themed bar and restaurant with its own terrace. It's based on Harry's Bar - but you don't need a membership for this restaurant. Expect casual Italian dining.

169 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1XW

A new all-day destination has arrived in Stockwell with the impressive pedigree of the people behind Waterloo's Anchor and Hope in charge.

Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

Odette's chef Bryn Williams has opened a fruit and veg focused restaurant overlooking the river at Somerset House. Expect British dining with lots of Welsh produce.