Central London Restaurant Guide

Al Hamra Restaurant

This well known old Mayfair haunt positively hums with the sound of joyful customers as somehow the slightly over crowded seating area seems to create a very positive and happy feel; you can sit inside with other people almost in your lap or relax on the pavement seating outside, heated fortunately in winter.

• Address: 31-33 Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, W1J 7PT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Middle Eastern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £45.00

Al San Vincenzo

There is no doubt that this comfortable and attractive Italian near Marble Arch serves some of the best food of its genre in the capital. Although it is a trifle expensive, you get what you pay for, with all organic meat and vegetables - partly accounting for the cost.

• Address: 30 Connaught Street, London, W2 2AF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £45.00

Al Sultan Restaurant

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Mayfair based Al Sultan, is a traditional Lebanese restaurant where you really do require a healthy appetite to fully appreciate all there is on offer. The list of starters varies from classic houmous and tabouleh, to delicious grilled halloumi and lentils cooked with rice to name but a few.

• Address: 51-52 Hertford Street, Shepherds Market, London, W1J 7ST (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Lebanese, Middle Eastern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £38.00

Al Waha Restaurant

This charmingly authentic Lebanese restaurant serves real home style cooking. The various options on the menu are all good value and offer an exciting range of flavours, though you really should start with their renowned mezze (starters/appetizers) including their specially prepared olives imported from around the world, their "light as air" falafel, savoury sambousek, the freshest salads, and their famous hummus, which has been described by various food writers as "a revelation, undeniably rich.

• Address: 75 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, W2 4UL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Lebanese, Middle Eastern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £32.00

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

How refreshing it is to have in London one of the world's outstanding chefs whose interest in his profession shows every sign of remaining rooted on the subject rather than straying into the distractions of media and self promotion.

• Address: Park Lane, London, W1K 1QA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £40.00, Dinner: £48.00

Alastair Little

Some might say the very birthplace of the modern British cooking movement, and also possibly of the minimalist approach to restaurant decor, surviving into the present day, adapting and reinventing.

• Address: 49 Frith Street, Soho, London, W1D 4SG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £35.00, Dinner: £57.00

Albannach Restaurant

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For those looking around for Scotia in Albion, seek no further than Trafalgar Square, London, there you will find Albannach, London's only Scottish contemporary bar and restaurant. Haggis springs to mind, of course, and indeed haggis is there, but so is a good deal more, as Albannach is without doubt a celebration of good Scottish cooking.

• Address: 66 Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Scottish, Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £48.00

Albemarle restaurant - formerly Grill at Brown's, The

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Following the imposition of the New Order at The Savoy Grill some five years ago, it was only going to be a matter of time before somebody accepted the challenge to recreate a suitable replacement elsewhere.

• Address: Brown's Hotel, 33 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Traditional
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £40.00, Dinner: £65.00

Albert, The

This distinctive pub stands like a proud beacon amongst the towering characterless office blocks of Victoria, a superb piece of London pub architecture on the grand scale, and very handy for parliamentarians.

• Address: 52 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0NP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Bar, Pub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Albion, The

A recently opened pub in Islington, just round the corner from Tony Blair's former pad. The interiors are unshakeably Georgian, but outside is a fine garden based on the way it appears in pictures taken during the 1930s.

• Address: 10 Thornhill Road, London, N1 1HW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bar, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £36.00