Mayfair, Soho & Fringes Restaurant Guide

Cookbook Cafe

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Now here's one with a real difference. Cookbook Cafe is located at the InterContinental in Park Lane, and is designed as a venue for aspiring chefs and sommeliers. There is an extensive programme of wine and food tastings, book launches, drinks master classes, cooking demonstrations and roundtable discussions, many attended by renowned visiting chefs, all bound into the normal day to day business of a chef's restaurant.

• Address: Intercontinental London Park Lane Hotel, 1 Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London, W1J 7QY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Restaurant
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Diverso

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Offering contemporary Italian dining within a chic, understated interior, with innovative cuisine, friendly service and style. Strategically located in the heart of London's West End, Diverso is popular with tourists who have dress sense, art dealers and the travel trade.

• Address: 85 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £45.00

El Cantara

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El Cantara, deep in the heart of London's raffish Soho, brings together the Spanish and Moroccan elements in a setting that is highly prized for what is regarded as the real McCoy. Neighbourhood restaurants by their very nature are places where an atmosphere of natural enjoyment is high on the agenda, bringing together good food, agreeable company and a high-buzz setting when it comes to good humour.

• Address: 45 Frith Street, London, W1D 4SD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Moroccan, Spanish, North
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £34.00

Hamburger Union - Soho

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I have long maintained that there is nothing wrong with most forms of food, even those to which we have had the misfortune to sometimes give a bad name, such as chips and - as here at Hamburger Union, the ubiquitous burger, with apologies to colleagues and friends in Glasgow.

• Address: 25 Dean Street, London, W1D 3RY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American, English
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £9.00, Dinner: £12.00

hush Brasserie

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hush, one of West London's hidden hotspots, starts the day right with breakfast from 7.30 to 11.00 am. All the essentials are there for a first class healthy breakfast with, say,  a seasonal fruit platter with honey and Greek yogurt, muesli with freshly mixed berries, fruit juices that will really hit the spot, and that essential modern drink, the smoothie perhaps made of vanilla pod and honey.

• Address: Lancashire Court, Bond Street, London, W1S 1EY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £32.00, Dinner: £55.00

L'Autre Pied Restaurant

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L'Autre Pied is comfortably located in the heart of Fitrovia, handy for both business and private customers, with a décor that calms and inspires. That only leaves confidence, at which point one introduces Head Chef Marcus Eaves, a man who was brought up in the farming communities of the Midlands where he acquired an innate respect for the source of things, developing a passion for local produce and the guiding passage of the seasons.

• Address: 5-7 Blandford Street, London, W1U 3DB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £37.00

Montagu, The

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The Montagu offers tranquil views over one of London's most picturesque gardens, yet provides a vibrant setting to relax and indulge in a wide range of British, seasonal 'comfort' dishes, all of which are prepared in a striking open kitchen.

• Address: Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, 30 Portman Square, London, W1H 7BH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £35.00, Dinner: £45.00

Pied-a-Terre

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After a serious fire in 2004 which closed Pied-a-Terre for a full year, this landmark restaurant is very back in business and, according to its many fans, was immediately right back on form, a judgment supported by its instant reappearance in all the major guide books.

• Address: 34 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £45.00, Dinner: £80.00

Silver Room at hush, The

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The menu may be French in an inspirational, but it is a splendid example of how to use the ingredients of the country to best advantage, revolving on the timeless cycle of the seasons, identifying the best with unerring accuracy.

• Address: 8 Lancashire Court, Brook Street, London, W1S 1EY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £45.00, Dinner: £56.00

Terra Restaurant

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Located in the heart of Fitzrovia, Terra offers a range of dishes from Mediterranean countries like Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey, leaving the customer free to roam to their heart's content through a medley of flavours and techniques that is truly impressive.

• Address: 53 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JJ (Map)
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £24.00