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Belgo Kingsway caters for both the diner and the drinker with this bar/restaurant concept from the company that brought us the three other Belgos, Noord, Centraal and Clapham.

With a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you can enjoy a drink and snacks in the bar area, located in the vault of this former bank building which has been converted into a beer cellar. By contrast the rest of the conversion has yielded a contemporary and open feel with the curved walls and high glass ceilings.

Waiters, dressed in traditional monks' habits, are on hand if needed to help you choose the right beers, making suggestions from the various white, black and fruit beers available, as well as a large selection of wines and other drinks. Selected from one of the largest suppliers of Belgian beers in this country, you can see why when you view the menu, so take your time to look through your drinks menu and don't hesitate to ask the bartender or a waiter for their suggestions and help.

The true beauty of the food here is its sublime simplicity. Nothing fancy or overblown; just good honest food such as their famous mussels and other range of superb seafood, vegetarian or meat dishes.

Starters of king prawns pan fried in garlic, chilli, ginger and herb butter or salmon fishcakes served with baby spinach and lime hollandaise make excellent beginnings, leading on to main courses of char grilled 10oz rib-eye steak with frites, caramelised onions and peppercorn sauce. Other tasty options include their famed rotisserie chicken, spit roasted chicken basted in Belgian blonde beer and apple juice served with wild mushroom and cream sauce.

There's a great choice for those with a sweet tooth with their amazing desserts featuring Belgian dark chocolate cheesecake on a baked biscuit base with dark chocolate sauce, homemade strawberry pavlova, crème brûlée with a tuile biscuit, and of course the renowned bread and butter pudding with brioche, orange confit, dark Belgian chocolate and Mandarin Napoleon liqueur.

The mussel platter comes to table accompanied by crisp golden frites, while moules blanches cooked in Belgo Wit beer arrives with shallots, smoked bacon and parsley with frites. Belgium is the land of beer, seafood and the world's finest chocolate. It is a land of German portions and French culinary skills, and there's really only one thing left to do - enjoy it!

Do keep an eye out for their special deals, such as the famous 'Beat the Clock', where you pay the price at the time shown on your food order when ordering from their BTC menu, i.e., 6pm is £6. The 'Express Lunch' is a set lunch menu where you can choose between a bowl of marinière mussels served with frites, grilled goats? cheese salad, pork and leek sausages, or salmon fillet, leek mash and mustard sauce.

They also have 'Kids Eat Free', which entitles 1 child to eat free from the 'mini menu', a 2-course meal served with frites or mash, that includes dishes such as rotisserie chicken, pork and leek sausages, mussels or cod goujons, rounded off with Belgo's homemade ice-cream, per 1 adult ordering a main course from the à la carte menu.

For reservations and party bookings contact them from 11am onwards, or visit their Website to learn more about Belgo Restaurants.

Located just a stone's throw from Sloane Square Tube Station, and a short walk from attractions such as the Royal Court Theatre and the Saatchi Gallery, The Ebury is an exemplary gastropub with large windows offering views over Pimlico Road. It's a cool and stylish space with a flawless use of natural light to give an impression of considerable space. The whole package is undeniably smart and chic but also very comfortable, a feeling bolstered by the simple menu and a good value, well appointed wine list.

The a la carte menu offers tempting starters such as a ballotine of foie gras with dried cranberries and Sauternes jelly, salad of beetroot with hazelnuts and goats' cheese, or burrata and avocado salad served with tomato, basil and black olives. Rump of salt marsh lamb served with aubergine, courgettes and olive oil makes a hearty main course, while fish lovers could choose between a seared peppered yellow fin tuna with red cabbage, orange and hazelnuts, or barbequed spiced mackerel with pickled lentils, jalapeno and apple.

A list of carefully crafted desserts such as verbena jelly with pineapple carpaccio, chilli and citrus fruit; passion fruit and lime cheesecake or mille-feuille of fresh figs with Greek yoghurt and honey bring the meal to a fitting end.

For diners looking for a quick bite th bar menu at Ebury includes a variety of traditional bar favourites such as white anchovies in olive oil, carpaccio of salmon with pink peppercorn, pickled cucumber and radish, and a plate of charcuterie and pickles. Alternatively you could choose from the range of freshly made sandwiches, a bowl of crispy French fries or even cheese and biscuits.

The wine list offers an impressive range of champagnes and wines from across the world, available by the glass or bottle.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.

To the melodious tunes gently emanating from the baby grand piano enjoy a sumptuous treat at The English Tea Room at Brown's Hotel in Albemarle Street. It serves one of the most famous afternoon teas in London and a selection of lighter meals, including breakfast, throughout the day. Relax in a sophisticated and stylish interior with original wood panelling, fire places and Jacobean detailed plaster ceiling alongside contemporary style fittings, fabrics and original artworks.

Treat yourself to traditional afternoon tea with a selection of finger sandwiches, an assortment of delicate pastries, fruit and plain scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve, as well as freshly baked cakes from the trolley. A choice of 17 teas includes Brown?s afternoon blend, Assam, Darjeeling, Ceylon, Cornish grown tea, silver needle, jasmine pearls and organic Dragon Well green tea. A glass of Tattinger champagne lends celebratory air. If the appetite demands more sustenance, the menu offers rock oysters, crab salad, potted shrimps on toast, fish fingers with chips and mushy peas, steak sandwich and toasted crumpets with butter.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.

Located in Portland Place with commanding views across the surrounding area Roux at The Landau offers a classically constructed French cuisine with British assistance that follows contemporary inclinations for lighter dishes whilst making no sacrifices to flavour and certainly not to quality.

For the first time in 18 years Albert and Michel Roux, those Michelin-starred and celebrated chefs, are working together in order to bring the legendary Roux gastronomic experience to a second West End address. In the magnificent dining room designed by David Collins, and part of the award-winning luxury Langham Hotel, Roux at The Landau has firmly set its cap at achieving a top placing in London's highly competitive restaurant scene, where dining will acquire that special quality which has already been firmly established at Le Gavroche.

The à la carte draws upon a choice of nine courses with which to set the scene, starting with a lightly creamed white bean velouté with aged Manchego croquettes, celery and pimenton de la vera. A Parker House lobster roll arrives with pickled vegetables and baby gem salad. But for sheer perfection in the seafood scale the seared Orkney scallops with Jerusalem artichoke and truffle are in a class of their own. Belle Isle oysters are on call when the time is right.

There has never been any doubt about the quality of Castle of Mey beef and a grilled rib eye steak from that quarter with pommes Sarladaise and truffle hollandaise underlines the integrity of this finely factored product from one of the best producing locations in Britain.

Seven or so choices of dessert list amongst them a crème brûlée amandine, homemade ice creams and sorbets or a caramelised apple millefeuille with aged Calvados bavarois.

Roux at The Landau is near enough to the theatre scene to provide a just the right sort of setting for some pre-theatre sustenance, where a typical supper might consist of ham hock and foie gras terrine and fresh piccalilli salad provides an alternative to seared cod cheeks with soy glazed eryngli mushrooms and purple broccoli. The classic hare 'Royale' with fresh tagliatelle and cèpe mushrooms run with roast fillet of sea bass with braised leeks and saffron ratte potatoes are succeeded by spiced pumpkin tart with chestnut and rum ice cream.

A tasting menu romps through seven courses and reverting to the other end of the day a breakfast menu fit for a king can be taken via a superb English traditional version, or Chinese, Japanese and Lebanese versions to ring the changes.

Special offers are no stranger to this scene, and these straddle the lunch, dinner and breakfast menus, the latter with a 20% reduction of the food bill.

Brought together with a fine wine list and immaculate service it would seem that nothning can stop Roux at The Landau from achieving its objective of becoming a force with which to be reckoned in West London.

Their Website will keep you right up to date on matters of menu and offers.

Within the luxurious Lancaster London Hotel, Island Grill is a 2 AA Rosette awarded restaurant with award-winning cuisine ranging from British classics to more cosmopolitan choices. A chic and contemporary interior with a funky cocktail bar and dining room features a light-filled, split-level space with cool, clean lines and dark wood tables. Diners can relax on comfortable banquettes at Island Grill London while enjoying the modern British menu, as well as the spectacular views across the Italian Gardens of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens from the floor-to-ceiling windows. Lancaster Gate Tube Station is a stone's throw away.

Starters of rustic pork pate with pistachios, grape chutney and toast, pan fried Atlantic scallops with marinated artichoke and bacon salad or smoked halibut with saffron risotto served with mussel and herb butter sauce make for a good beginning to the meal at Island Grill Bayswater.

Follow with light mains of goat's cheese and smoked tomato tart with a light basil pesto, grilled prawn Caesar salad with ciabatta croutons or char grilled tuna Niçoise with a salad of French beans, cherry tomatoes, black olives, peppers, new potatoes and egg. If you prefer something more substantial, The Island Grill menu has classics such as steak and ale pie, beer battered cod with chips and roast Suffolk chicken with spatzle, wild mushroom, artichoke and chicken jus. Alternatively, try a fillet steak with your choice of sauce, the Island burger with cheese and bacon served with chips or side salad or calf's liver and bacon with sautéed spinach and garlic.

For a quick lunch, an express menu offers char grilled minute steak with chips and garlic butter, grilled pork chop with crushed new potatoes, caramelised apples and red wine jus or Devonshire crab cake with a fennel slaw and a red pepper tartare sauce.

For a hearty start to the day, Island Grill restaurant offers choices of full English and vegetarian breakfasts. There's also smoked salmon and poached egg on a toasted muffin with homemade hollandaise sauce or toasted soft bun with double sausage, bacon and a fried egg, French toast with fruit salad and maple syrup, or granola and Greek yoghurt with mixed berry compote. A selection of breakfast cocktails, tea and coffee completes the meal.

Puddings of coffee crème brûlée with pistachio biscotti, baked Alaska with passion fruit and a sumptuous, rich dark chocolate fondant with white chocolate mousse and chocolate sorbet will satisfy the sweet tooth.

At the Island Grill bar, enjoy a variety of excellent cocktails, draught beer and ales. A largely French wine list, with wines available by the glass and carafe, complements the food perfectly.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.

Located on Dean Street, in the heart of London's vibrant Soho, Cay Tre offers authentic Vietnamese cuisine in a stylish contemporary setting. Just a short walk from Oxford Street, the restaurant is the perfect spot for a leisurely lunch after a shopping expedition, and with Theatreland on the doorstep Cay Tre is ideally located for a pre-theatre dinner before taking in a performance in the West End.
 
The varied menu uses British produce wherever possible as well as authentic Vietnamese ingredients and offers a selection of delicious small plates, wraps and rolls, salads, noodle bowls and rice plates, pho dishes and mains. Whether it's small plates of grilled aubergine topped with brown shrimps, crabmeat and scallions; lemongrass skewered rib-eye beef served with fermented soy sauce or delicious rolls of wild shrimp, white crabmeat or crispy pork, each dish combines an array of delicious flavours.
 
A hearty dish of lemongrass marinated pork loin with rice vermicelli, crispy pork spring rolls, daikon and herbs or a Tiu Bowl with chicken, beef, charsiu pork and pho noodles in a tangy sour sauce is a meal in itself. A spicy pho dish of Hanoi Pho, a modern version of pho with flash-fried hanger steak and roasted garlic could be equally satisfying.
 
Mouth watering mains include roast baby chicken marinated in honey, five spice and dried Vietnamese herbs; claypot simmered Mekong catfish caramelised in anchovy fish sauce and roast Tamworth pork belly stuffed with sweet curry leaves from northern Vietnam, honey and lemon roasted and served with dried shrimp chilli oil.
 
Tasting menus for a minimum of two people have to be ordered 48 hours in advance and includes platters of stewed mallard, BBQ wild boar and lemongrass salt baked sea bream as well as whole suckling pig, lobster curry, roast guinea fowl and steamed sea bass. Set lunch and takeaway menus are also available.
 
An expertly compiled wine list offers a global selection of whites and reds that complements the food perfectly.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.

Brilliantly located right in the heart of London's scintillating Covent Garden, Café des Amis, culinarily revitalised by Executive Chef Fabrice Renou, has also been given an update that has put it at the forefront of its kind. Fabrice is from Paris, he trained at La Tour d'Argent and worked with prestigious chefs such as Guy Savoy and Michel Rostand.

Fabrice's French world fusion food, or what you might possibly term French with an exotic twist, as he likes experimenting with new flavours, spices and exotic ingredients, contains enough international influences to ensure it is head and shoulders above the rest, against a background of stylish décor and front of house.

Whilst primarily occupied with an à la carte menu that is both imaginative and good value, they also offer a bar and brasserie menu which, at £14.50 for 2 courses, is tempting to the palate and the pocket.

What's likely to be on offer? Nothing like some good French onion soup to start a brasserie meal, served here with toasted gruyere crouton; crab eblysotto with cardamom, or cannelloni of Grison dried beef with Brousse cheese, mango and ginger dressing.

The inclination towards the fruits of the sea continues into the main courses with a red mullet fillet, niçoise bohemian vegetables and pumpkin seed oil; red tuna steak with tomato salsa and crushed sweet potatoes with argan oil, or Normandy style rope grown moules mariniéres.

The love affair with that most attractive fowl of the air, the duck, goes on and on and here it is roasted, with sauce griotte and polenta with dried fruit. Better appreciation of the quality in food means less leather for the appetites of the eating-out infantry, and the beef here is Simmental sirloin, served with sauce bordelaise and mashed potatoes with marrow and herbs.

Downstairs in a bar that contrives to be both intimate and welcoming, performers from the surrounding wealth of performing arts, and members of their audiences mingle to share their respective pleasures. A well-tuned wine list more than adequately meets the expectations of those who, when served a good meal look for liquid support of the same quality.

The restaurant is open from 12noon to 11.30pm, and on a Saturday night they have a DJ playing ambient, chill out and funky house music in the wine bar.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.

The Chancery Court Hotel, London is a place that embodies luxury and opulence in a historic and landmark building in Holborn, near to Covent Garden. Pearl is their glamorous destination restaurant and bar, designed by the very same people who crafted the look of Nobu, the Metropolitan and Le Cercle. Carrying the heritage of its past into new glamour, the name Pearl is inspired by its original site as the former banking hall of the Pearl Assurance Building.

The Head Chef is the critically acclaimed Jun Tanaka who has previously worked for Marco Pierre White at the Oak Room and Philip Howard at The Square. Followers of this exciting young chef believe he has finally got the restaurant he deserves, and working alongside him is an expert Sommelier to match the quality of the wines to that of the food.

The bar holds an exquisite selection of wines preserved by the Cruvinet System. This allows an offering of 15 of the world's best wines by the glass, so that everyone has the opportunity to sample some of the most exclusive wines money can buy. Drinks are placed on handmade tables with Mother of Pearl inlay which can be savoured from the comfort of bespoke leather seats while those looking for some simple enjoyment without the hustle of the bar can find some privacy in the elegant walnut booths. Hand strung pearls and quietly lit chandeliers complete the leitmotif while the leather upholstery seems to glow from within.

There is a lot of classic French in the menu along with some fresh, light and seasonal touches which are inspiring as Jun produces dishes with distinct and natural flavours that are intrinsic to the basic ingredients. Amongst the starters, you could try caramelised scallops with parsley puree and frogs legs with wild garlic crust; a seared foie gras with pickled rhubarb and crisp ginger bread, or loin of rabbit with smoked bacon, apricot chutney, almond paste and dandelion salad.

This delicious fare can be followed by poached monkfish with seaweed, oyster tortellini, pickled cucumber, squid and seashore vegetables; baby courgettes stuffed with Swiss chard, pine nut and parmesan courgette pesto and tempura of flowers, or challans duck breast with pastilla, green almonds, couscous, kumquats confit and caramelised chicory.

Some of the delectable desserts on offer there include caramelised apples with salted caramel mousse, thyme ice cream and honey jelly, or artisan cheeses.

The London Magazine claims that 'This is the place you'd go to with someone you wanted to impress.' For more information - including the menus, wine list and a form to use for making online reservations - visit their Website.

Indian food at midday for Ladies Who Lunch? What an impossible proposition, but believe it works here in the august purlieus of Motcomb Street. The Amaya restaurant won the twin accolade of Tio Pepe ITV Restaurant Awards for Best Restaurant and Best New Restaurant of the Year in 2005, to be followed by a Star in the Michelin Red Restaurant Guide since 2006. A casual and joyous restaurant, people can relax and eat with whatever they like, including their fingers.

Nor are the kitchens tucked away in some faltering lean-to at the back. The very visible kitchen offers an exceptional feast of culinary theatre, so every opportunity to pick up a few hints as you eat as you observe three core Indian grilling methods at play; Tandoor in a really hot clay oven, Sigri, where the cooking is done over a coal flame, and Tawa where a hot thick iron plate supplies the working surface.

Through these three processes pass lobster in the shell, king scallops large prawns, oysters, grouper, venison, quail, leg of lamb, duck, all of which are transformed into the most scintillating Indian dishes. Vegetarians will be thrilled with the choices that wait them from a cuisine that lends itself particularly well to their favoured form of ingredients.

For lunch guests can enjoy the vast amount of natural light that floods the restaurant through a glazed atrium covering the main dining area. Guests can eat in soft natural light observing the culinary spectacle of the show kitchen in action.

This harmonises with the delectable light lunches and healthy eating that make the focus of the lunch offerings. The subtly flavoured grills accompany lightly flavoured exotic salads. Many desserts are light, and some are sugar free.

Part of the Chutney Mary family, who also own Veeraswamy and Masala Zone, Amaya really is in a class of its own and many trillions of miles away from flock wallpaper and frail paper napkins. It is large, open and decidedly dramatic. A wide range of dishes spanning the familiar to the almost unknown keep the customers on their toes and coming back for more. The result is arguably some of the best and most contemporary Indian cuisine in London.

Curries are not evident, the menu is drawn more from sophisticated grills and as their staple. Chef Karunesh Khanna does a tasting menu with 11 different items that arrive in measured order. All of this is a refreshing change to a cuisine which has been around in Britain long enough now to sustain new approaches, a movement in which Amaya seems to be well to the forefront.

Amaya is to be congratulated on its approach to the question of wine which rejects outright the notion that Indian food is worthy only of windy lager and CAMRA approved real ales, though these are available. Matthew Jukes, the award winning wine author has lent his authority to the creation of an eclectic and wide ranging collection, and knowledgeable on the spot advice can be given to link the right dishes with the correct bottles.

For those many enthusiastic people who have come to accept Indian cooking as an essential part of the British culinary scene Amaya is a real gift from whoever your god may happen to be. For groups looking for something extra special, Amaya's private dining room, The Silver Room, offers a sophisticated venue for intimate parties. The room is decorated in shimmering wall paper, with dramatic purple lighting conveys chicness, style and glamour and is perfect for groups of up to 14.

Check out their Website for up to the minute details of menus and offers.

In Chelsea, tucked away between the Fulham Road and the Kings Road is an attractive Georgian building known as The Builders Arms. Thanks to a successful makeover, what was once a dreary old pub has now been converted into a first class gastropub, so much so that it won The Evening Standard pub of the year in 1999.

Actually located in Britten Street between Sydney Street and Chelsea Green, it is a large three storey Georgian pub of traditional character and features a spacious interior with attractive artwork, comfy leather sofas, banquettes and brightly coloured bookshelves that lend a relaxed and informal feel to the place. Linger by the fireside on a warm winter's day and sample some of the best drinks and food, all created from local produce whenever possible.

The food is made up of a daily changing all day menu, but you can expect to find dishes such as beer battered fishcakes, a pint of prawns with mayonnaise and watercress; steak sandwiches with wilted spinach, onion rings and tomato jam; fish pies; sausage and mash, roast salmon, succulent steaks and Builders Benedict that takes in English muffins, ham, spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise. Don't forget to request one of the Builders staff to give you information about the day's specials.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website .