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For relaxing and sophisticated dining in central London, The Brasserie located on the lower ground floor of the magnificent One Great George Street building, right in the heart of Westminster, offers well presented, European cuisine in a contemporary setting. A delicious selection of dishes has been created by the chefs and the menu offers a great range of options from monkfish to Scottish beef to tasty vegetarian dishes. For a quick informal meal, the adjacent Café Bar is also open for breakfast, snacks and lunch.

Start with smoked salmon, lemon blinis, caper and dill vinaigrette, and tomato and mozzarella bruschetta with pesto dressing and rocket. Main course could follow with classic Caesar salad with quail's eggs, chicken or traditional cauliflower and goat's cheese risotto and smoked haddock and leek fishcake with sauce tartare. To end your meal order steamed banana pudding with toffee sauce and an ice cream.

Located in the centre of London, the elegant Georgian House Hotel in St. George's Drive  was built in 1851 as a private home for William Chinnery Mitchell and is still run by the original family. Guests can enjoy traditional afternoon tea here as well as a full English breakfast. The hotel is within reach of the main shopping venues of King?s Road, Oxford Street, Knightsbridge and Harrods.

For refreshment post-lunch, traditional afternoon tea is served in the dining room. Patrons can help themselves to a selection of smoked salmon and cucumber finger sandwiches, soft plain scones with clotted cream and homemade jam as well as rich gingerbread loaf, crumbly fruit cake and moist chocolate truffle cake. A range of teas and infusions as well as coffees and fruit juices complement the snacks. Breakfast in the garden room offers a buffet of fruits, cereals and fresh coffee followed by a cooked to order breakfast which could include free range fried eggs, bacon rashers, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, kidneys and toast and marmalade.

One wonders whether Dim T, the chain of restaurants serving Asian food, derives its name from a range of healthy, steamed dim sum and a list of exclusive teas they offer. With its menu of Oriental food, Dim T offers cuisine with ancient wisdom behind it, so whether you are dining alone or with friends, a meal there is likely to perk you up.The décor with its rustic bamboo finish, hanging eastern lamps, brightly coloured cushions, tall vases and candles, makes you relax. With ten outlets, the concept has proved to be popular with the young and old alike. The stark, clean furniture sets the mood for a gastronomic voyage.

If you feel creative, you can have a designer meal at the noodle bar. Choose from a long list of ingredients, from salmon to marinated pork fillet, then select your preferred noodle, Japanese rice ones or yellow egg, followed by your favoured sauce, like black bean or spicy, with chilli, coriander, red onions and leeks, and finally you can have it stir fried in a wok or served as soup.

You can start your meal with grilled gyoza, Japanese dumplings with a vegetable or chicken filling, sesame prawn toast and crispy duck among others. They offer salads like the Japanese glazed chicken and yakitori, a delightful combination of edamame, peppers and mixed leaves with a choice of skewers. For those looking for a meal in a dish, the seafood laksa, a combination of squid, prawns, rice noodles and tofu in a coconut curry broth or the wonton mee, with pork, shitake mushrooms and prawns in chicken broth, are good options.

Apart from the range of dim sums and steamed buns, which are best had with Chinese tea, the house specialities include Singapore fried noodles, duck chow mein and phad Thai. Also, there are satays, sweet and sour dishes and spicy Thai curries served with rice. These can be seared, steamed or cooked over a high flame in a wok, to suit your taste.

To complete your meal here, choose oolong, green, jasmine, black or English tea. You could also settle for a cup of coffee or try their alcoholic beverages. If you have eaten healthily, and feel you can afford to indulge your sweet tooth, do try the chocolate sukiyaki, a combination of banana, pineapple and lychees in hot chocolate sauce with marshmallows to dip.

Modern French is where Roussillon is at, with a strong a la carte menu divided up into choices of 'classics', 'garden', 'sea' and 'land' based dishes. These translate into wonderfully concocted combinations such as, wild sea bass braised with globe artichoke and country farmed bacon, or pan fried fillet of venison with caramelised pumpkin, late comice pear, truffle and celeriac puree.

There's also a choice of regularly changing set menus that try to bring out the spirit of adventure, making this a place for real foodies with a love of innovative cooking. On the first and third Wednesday lunchtime of every month children aged 11 and under are invited to eat a seven-course menu, free, designed to introduce them to top-class cooking. This bold and innovative gesture is designed to 'excite their palate and their eyes'. How to explain their absence from school is entirely down to you.

YO! Sushi Haymarket is a vital gastronomic experience rather than simply a place to eat sushi. This exciting and visually appealing Japanese delicacy, almost a cuisine in itself and going back to the 4th century BC, is fast rising in popularity for reasons of both taste and health, as well as its companionable setting. The restaurants offer a range of delectable nibbles that are attractively presented and revolve on a gently moving belt in front of customers, allowing them to sample a real wealth of varieties and eat just what they like best as often as they wish.

Contrary to many people's perception of sushi as raw fish, it comes in many forms drawing heavily on rice, fish, vegetables and seafood but the great variety arises chiefly from the different fillings and toppings, condiments, and the way these are combined. Often the same ingredients may be assembled in a traditional or a contemporary way, yet creating widely differing tastes.

Some of the most popular types are sashimi rolls, made from raw or seared slices of salmon and tuna and meant to be eaten within a couple of hours of being put together. Other options include cones of seaweed with rice and fillings and the little boat shaped parcels called gunkans. Miso soups, salads and nigiri sushi made of rice with toppings all add to its strong visual appeal.

Great beers like Asahi Super Dry and Sapporo support the food superbly, as well as hot and cold sake for those who want to sustain the Japanese experience. The menu also has non-alcoholic drinks and a limited list of wines and champagne. For dessert try the dorayaki, mochi or settle for fresh fruit.

The experience of having a meal at YO! Sushi is enriched by the unique array that appears as if by magic before the diner, with its unique colour coded pricing system. But the real pull is the fresh, healthy and tasty food that keeps people returning to their outlets across the UK.

In the fashionable heart of London, Prince Gardens Restaurant lives up to its surroundings with elegant interiors reminiscent of the Middle East. Serving Iraqi cuisine, the menu reflects the region's rich culinary heritage with an array of delicious traditional dishes, appealing and exotic in the ingredients they use and the way they have been cooked. Relax and look forward to a languid session of gastronomy.

The lunch and dinner spread includes a variety of mezze, dips, soups, salads, dumplings and grilled meats. The choice includes fried chickpea balls, aubergine purée, chickpea purée, stuffed grape leaves, lamb stew and lamb with rice, almonds, raisins and spices. Try the signature Prince Gardens Farrujj, succulent baby chicken marinated overnight and grilled to order, or masghouf, a delicious traditional Iraqi fish cooked on charcoal grill. Other dishes include the Iraqi kebab, charcoal grilled minced lamb and onions served with a grilled tomato, kubbah mosul, crushed wheat paste stuffed with minced lamb, onions and pine nuts and fried, and tabbouleh, chopped parsley, bulgur, mint, tomato and scallion with lemon juice, olive oil and black pepper. The sumptuous baklawa makes an appropriate dessert. An extensive drinks list, including cocktails, provides complementary refreshment.