Akoko is a West African tasting menu restaurant in Fitzrovia that favours spectacular flavours over fine dining stiffness.

Ikeda is a traditional Japanese restaurant in Mayfair popular with celebrities, chefs, and anyone who likes to eat high-quality fish in a lowkey room.

Aqua Kyoto is a high-end Japanese restaurant and terrace bar behind Regent Street serving some quality sushi.

This high-end Peruvian spot in Mayfair is serving up excellent sharing plates in a pleasing setting.

PF Changs is a Chinese restaurant in Covent Garden serving big portions in a spacious dining room.

The Ritz is a five-star hotel that oozes luxury and is just a stone’s throw away from Green Park.

Claridge’s is a five-star hotel in the heart of Mayfair that serves up one of the very best afternoon teas in London.

A slick Japanese restaurant in St James’s, Sake No Hana is perfect for impressive business meals and special occasion situations.

Hide is a huge, fancy, three-story fine dining restaurant in Mayfair, serving some truly excellent food morning to night.

If you’re into big views, big booths, and err, big plants, you’ll like City skyline spot, 14 Hills.

Old, full of red velvet, and with a taste for custard, Rules is a high-priced, novelty-feeling British restaurant in Covent Garden.

Decimo is a loud and proud Mexican-inspired spot on the tenth floor of The Standard in King’s Cross.

Endo at the Rotunda is a 16-seater sushi restaurant in White City, providing one of the most unique and delicious experiences in London.

Bob Bob Cité is a ridiculously over the top, luxury City brasserie where you’re set for great French food and a bloody good time.

Cornerstone is a classy but casual seafood restaurant in Hackney Wick. It’s a place that’s worth shelling out for, if only once.

Imperial Treasure is a big, fancy Chinese restaurant in St James’s which lacks atmosphere, but serves some pretty great dim sum.