Adding to the syrupy candle light are a mix of original and reproduction Benson chandeliers and lamps – there are more than 700 found throughout the hotel. While you may raise your eyebrows at the ever-so-popular small plates and low-intervention wines, we must admit that this place pulls it off in style.

I just cannot tell what makes one plate with a lobster on it ugly and another plate with a lobster on it chic.These are the places that we consider the crème de la crème, from generations-old spots that have stood the test of time and Michelin-starred dining rooms that get better each year to mind-blowing new openings from this list that we decided deserved a spot on the ultimate round-up of the best restaurants in London. If you fancy something altogether more unique, why not try glamping, a coastal escape, or a night in a treehouse? The labu aged beef is notably less adventurous in terms of seasoning, but this does allow the excellent quality of the cut to shine through. As the epicentre of the UK’s culinary scene, London is blessed with food from nearly every corner of the world. Shoots are notoriously expensive endeavours, what with the cost of the crew, kit and location, not to mention the famous face that is usually fronting it (and charging by the minute).

When choosing new restaurants, our editors consider both high-end and affordable eateries that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination. London has really fallen for the omakase experience, and no-one does it quite like Endo Kazutoshi; the sushi master tells a story with his omakase feast, perched at the top of the Television Centre in White City.They include a delicious ‘devil-style’ Dorset snail, and Bosi’s signature Racan guinea fowl with sea beet and Scottish razor clams. London’s embarrassment of restaurant riches is evident across the entirety of the list - these 100 restaurants are the city’s elite. Look no further than Jonny Lake and Isa Bal - the ultimate pairing - who have a great thing going in Bermondsey with clever European cooking and worldly wines from unheralded grape-growing regions. It's been a long road that led Jamie Oliver to this – a brand-new flagship restaurant that's turning heads in Covent Garden.

Presented on a beautiful, freckled, sandy-brown ceramic plate, it tastes like sticky toffee pudding’s mature, older cousin. Maybe we’ll get takeaway sushi, and go to the staff room for a gossip and a moan, and to talk about when we’re next going on strike or what we’re going to do on our incredibly long holidays … Just kidding.My day job comes with less responsibility, though, is less performative and less full-on exhausting. uk/talks-2021) at the beginning of November to talk about how we went about this work and we’re hoping to inspire other small businesses to do the same. The pick of the mains was the smokey, melt-in-the-mouth guinea fowl with taro root, ehuru and uziza sauce. Finally, cleanse the palette with a tipple from the impressively curated wine list (a juicy, cold, effervescent red for me) or, if you’re feeling brave, one of the bar’s glass-like Dirty Martinis.