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Camille
Camille is a beautiful French bistro in Borough Market, with flickering candles, charming staff, and completely decadent food.
Dalla
Dalla is an unerringly stylish Italian restaurant in Hackney that prides itself on beautiful vintage aesthetics and hearty cooking.
Llama Inn
A sceney Shoreditch rooftop restaurant with Peruvian-influenced flavours, Llama Inn is a great summer spot.
Page Common Coffee House
In one of London’s most hectic areas, Page Common Coffee House is a cafe that provides a pleasant tiramisu-filled refuge in Charing Cross.
Morchella
Morchella is a chic and airy restaurant and wine bar in Clerkenwell, serving modern Mediterranean food that's perfect for snacking on alongside a glass of cloudy Greek white.
Ducksoup
Ducksoup is a tiny spot in Soho serving natural wine and excellent modern European sharing plates.
Darling's Eatery and Studio
Darling's Eatery and Studio, a Hackney Wick pasta restaurant, is a place for seductively twirling a noodle on your fork as your date admires you in the golden hour glow.
Terroni Of Clerkenwell
Terroni Of Clerkenwell is an old-school Italian deli and cafe in Clerkenwell, that makes us wish we were an 81-year-old drinking coffee, eating arancini, and watching the world go by.
Mud
At Mud—a Tooting cafe—portions are generous, dishes are bursting with colour, and there's the same chaotic, fun energy as being around the kitchen table with your family.
Sabor
Sabor is a casual tapas restaurant in Mayfair, with a more elaborate menu served upstairs in the Asador.
The Waterman’s Arms
The Waterman's Arms is a riverside pub in Barnes that serves great modern European food and even better Sunday roasts.
Yamany Corner
Yamany Corner is a spacious Paddington spot serving some solid Yemeni food, always with a warming bowl of soup to start.
Hijazi Corner
Hijazi Corner, a Yemeni spot in Marylebone, has a downstairs room where big groups sit cross-legged over half a lamb and friends eat mandi while keeping an eye on the game.
Detroit Pizza Islington
The Islington location of Detroit Pizza makes the same thick pies, as well as a few Italian-American classics, in a space that's made for big get-togethers.
Bab Al-Yemen
A Yemeni spot in West Brompton, Bab Al-Yemen is all about slow-cooked meats and hunkering down cross-legged with a lamb shoulder.
Queen Of Sheba
Queen Of Sheba is a Paddington restaurant where excellent Yemeni flatbread takes up half a table and sharing platters feed 10 people.
Bao Borough
The Borough Market location of Bao is a handy spot when you need a quick fix. The buns are good, but the bigger Taiwanese plates are even better.
Mambow
Small in size but big in flavour, Mambow is a Malaysian spot in Clapton where you should plan to order greedily.
Evi's
Evi's is a Greek restaurant in East Dulwich that's perfect for a hastily arranged Tuesday gossip sponsored by meltingly soft pork skewers.
Antepliler Künefe & Patisserie
Antepliler Künefe & Patisserie on Green Lanes serves some of London’s best künefe in a warm and inviting dining room that’s as perfect for a one-to-one as it is a late-night group dessert run.
Dream Xi'an
Dream Xi’an, an excellent Xi'anese restaurant in Tower Hill, is a welcoming spot for hunkering down with a book or a three-hour catch-up.
Firin
Firin is a bright and airy Turkish restaurant in King’s Cross where the slow-cooked meats are reliable and good pide is a given.
Jumbi
Jumbi is a hi-fi music bar in Peckham which serves solid Caribbean food and makes for a great, laid-back night out.
Moko
Moko, an African-Caribbean music bar and restaurant in Tottenham, is the answer to pretty much every social dilemma.