Food

Evening Standard: With a 300-strong collection, Cottons boasts the widest rum selection in the UK. They also serve delicious traditional Caribbean fare, including jerk chicken, Bajan fish fritters and chickpea curry. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Go for triple-cooked fries and baked aubergine as sides, and sip on a potent jam-jar cocktail. It’s only got a couple of days left to run, so make haste. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: If you like your game cooked by the absolute experts, this is the place to go. Don’t be surprised when the woodcock — if on the menu — arrives on its own on a plate. It tastes sublime. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Smart without being stuffy, this Indian restaurant serves a mind-boggling range of veggie food, with a separate vegan menu. Great for dieters, as 98% of their dishes don't contain butter or cream. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Imaginatively topped - think veal meatballs with prosciutto and cream or spicy sausage, mozzarella and tenderstem broccoli. We loved the Soppressata. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: The shakes: With all sorts of flavours from the Bacardi Gold rum-and-raisin to a Tiki, a Jack Daniel’s mint and a julep shake, these have got that bit of extra oomph. Go early and tuck in. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: The shakes: Bramble Cream, Chocolate Roses and Liquid Toblerone. In the Bramble Cream they use Beefeater gin, lemon juice, vanilla ice cream, milk and Crème de Mure. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Big. Cheap. Tasty. This is the best way to describe Mother Flipper’s offerings. Their burgers (just three on the menu) have a delicious marbled look from all that yummy fat content. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: The eponymous ‘Honest Burger’ is a brilliant classic - premium beef, smoked bacon, pickled cucumber and red onion relish. Also worth a mention are their rosemary salted chips. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Enjoy open-air dining on the terrace whilst tucking into a contemporary French menu, and observe the impressive views of St Paul’s Cathedral, the Gherkin and the Bank of England. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Whilst the Michelin-starred menu has in the past had lacklustre reviews, the feeling of omnipotence from such a height makes the trip well worth it. Set menus range from £39 to £95. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: A venerable and chic fish restaurant, J Sheekey has a strict sustainability policy. On the menu at Sheekey's, the "fried fillet of haddock" comes with chips and mushy peas and weighs in at £17.50. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Bruno Loubet cooks real French food and his slow-cooked dishes are particularly fine. Try the lamb shank slow-cooked in olive oil and served with sweet lemon purée. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: This thriving Chinese restaurant excels at what are known as "clay pot" dishes — slow cooked casseroles to the rest of us. Great gravy, great flavours. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Jeremy Lee's cooking gets better and better — the Blueprint is a great place for big flavours and lengthy cooking. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Mark Hix has played a leading role in the use of foraged ingredients. Here you may find chickweed, sea beets, rowan jelly — and, yes, sea buckthorn. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Fillet of cod comes with Wiltshire truffles and sea veg. Sea buckthorn may also be on the dessert menu. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: You need both a strong disposition and a mighty wallet to eat the excellent sushi at this fabled and old-established Japanese restaurant. Great knife skills on show and formal service. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: Part of a trio (the other branches are on Brewer Street, W1 and Thurloe Place, SW7), this is a pleasant and unpretentious conveyor-belt sushi house. Good fish gently priced. Friendly atmosphere. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: A clubby sort of place and none the worse for that. Almond cake, chocolate and coffee cake, pineapple upside-down cake, or banana and pecan cake (all at £3.75). 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: There are plenty of small plates here, priced £1.95 to £4.95 - look out for brown bread crostini topped with lardo and chestnut honey or the deep-fried baby artichokes. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: The menu here lists 15 or so cicchetti (£3 to £8), including breaded baby mozzarella and artichoke crostini with Parmesan, roast quail with pancetta and baby cuttlefish and polenta. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: By replacing sugar with fruit in their 'Skinnies' they've struck upon a winning formula. The Rhubarb and Rose with only 98 calories is our favourite. 자세히 보기

Evening Standard: The word “exclusive” really does take on a whole new meaning with this one. Regular punters can however book a table in the early evening – just book at least a day in advance and arrive before 9pm. 자세히 보기

Charmaine: The "spring rolls" with goose liver, century egg and ginger are excellent.

Charmaine: Order the beancurd with century egg; drunken chicken; dumplings. The dan dan mien is very tame.

Charmaine: The baked eggs are worth the 15 minute wait. And they don't call them 'crack cakes' for nothing! Both must eats.

Charmaine: Try the pasteis de nata (Portuguese egg tarts).