Regent’s Park
Oxford St
Regent St
Grays Inn Rd
Goswell Rd
Mar le
y bone Rd
City Rd
The Mall
Hyde
Park
KINGS CROSS
ISLINGTON
SPITALFIELDS
COVENT
GARDEN
PICCADILLY
MARBLE ARCH
River Thames
1 VQ24Hours
€
€€€
(
111A Great Russell Street, WC1B,
+44 207 636 5888
) You’ll be hard pressed to find a
snazzier place to ward off hunger after-hours than VQ,
which has just opened its second venue in Bloomsbury.
Familiar dishes at great prices are executed with class,
while the 24-hour alcohol licence will hold special favour
with merrymaking night owls.
2 Mayfields
€€
€€
(
52
Wilton Way, E8, +44 207 254 8311
) Tucked away on a leafy
Hackney street, this quirky neighbourhood restaurant is
a rare find. Sharing plates showcase intelligent, modern
British cooking: the light lemon sole with crunchy daikon
and liquorice was a stand-out. And it’s astoundingly good
value.
3 The Gate
€€
€€
(
370 St John Street, EC1V, +44
20 7278 5483
) There’s no chance of vegetarians being left
with a half-hearted risotto at the bottom of the menu at
this veg-only restaurant. Delicious banana fritters, stuffed
courgette flowers and spicy corn and polenta cake will win
over even the carnivores.
4* The Thomas Cubitt
€€€
€
(
44 Elizabeth Street, SW1, +44 20 7730 6060
) A few paces
London
from the Pret A Mangers of Victoria Station, sits this gem
of a gastropub. Sublime British winter grub – slow-cooked
and roasted to melt-in-the-mouth perfection – and
immaculate service show exactly why Harden’s Restaurant
Guide voted it one of the top ten pub-food venues of 2013.
5 INK LDN
(
One Leicester Square, WC2H +44 20 7287
0151)
Tattoo lover or not, this is one parlour you’ll be up for
visiting. Sitting on the fifth floor of Leicester Square’s main
venue, this neon-lit, inked-out club is covered in artwork
from top tattoo artists. Part-owned by British rapper
Professor Green, it’s the new go-to for all the cool kids.
6 Disco
(
13 Kingly Court, W1B, +44 207 299 1222
)
Retro TV sets beaming out glitterball-heavy music vids
emphasise the disco theme at Inception Group’s latest
Soho bar-cum-club. Head on in for a late-night cocktail
and some real Saturday Night Fever.
7
Le Corsaire
Pirouette across the high seas with the
English National Ballet for stunning love story ‘The Pirate’.
Runs at the London Coliseum 9-19 January.
ballet.org.uk
Le Corsaire: Dashing
pirate ballet dancers –
what’s not to like?
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