Gunpowder is a simply designed little restaurant off Commercial Street serving extremely inventive takes on Indian food that will blow your mind.

Black Axe Mangal on Highbury Corner isn’t a typical restaurant. It’s a restaurant that loves heavy metal and cooking with offal.

108 Garage is a Notting Hill restaurant located in - you guessed it - a former garage. Both the atmosphere and food are brilliant and unique.

At Hunan, a Chinese restaurant in Victoria, you don’t choose the menu - the menu chooses you. Their ‘trust me’ tasting menu is a classic.

This second Hoppers location in Marylebone serves the same excellent Sri Lankan food as the Soho original, and actually takes reservations.

Koba is a swish spot that’s perfect for giving friends an intro to the joys of Korean barbecue.

Roganic in Marylebone is a ‘let me take a moment to explain the menu’ kind of place featuring foraged ingredients. That said, it’s really very good.

Smoke & Salt in Pop Brixton is an experimental pop-up based on chargrilling and lightly grilling fresh British ingredients.

London’s favourite 24-hour, swish restaurant at the top of a skyscraper is perfect for brunch or very late night eats.

Sweetings is a classic spot in the City serving seafood lunch and dollops of nostalgia to suited business types.

Evelyn’s Table is a fun and intimate 15 seater kitchen on the edge of Chinatown serving creative southern European dishes.

This location is everything you would expect from a Dishoom - great Indian food, in a grand setting, with long queues.

Yashin Ocean House is the sister restaurant of the excellent Yashin Sushi. They also serve excellent sushi but also dishes with a lot of theater.

Cub is a restaurant from the same guys behind cocktail bars Dandelyan and Super Lyan, serving a short four-course dinner of creative small plates.

Magpie is a Mayfair restaurant that specialises in casual fine dining, where your small plates will be brought around on trolleys.

Old-school arcade games and drinks by the river are a perfect match, and you can get all of them at Four Quarters East in Hackney Wick.