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Restaurant 1877 is a traditional English restaurant situated on Canning Circus in the heart of the city centre of Nottingham. The restaurant serves a variety of imaginative and modern English cuisine that is freshly prepared in an elegant, and tastefully redecorated Victorian building with solid oak floors, red banquettes, and handmade curtains offsetting the glass staircase, and marble fireplaces.

The food is primarily British with European influences, made from local produce with a similarly expert attention to detail. Tempting starters of smoked coley and haddock fishcake with tartar sauce; or mature cheddar rarebit begin the meal, thereafter patrons can tuck into pan fried duck with puy lentils and celeriac or roasted chicken supreme with potato rösti, wild mushrooms and crushed peas.

The food is also beautifully complimented by an extensive and thoughtful wine list. As well as catering for private parties, Restaurant 1877 also holds a wedding licence and can help you arrange every detail of your big day.

Quite possibly, the dining table conversation could revolve around the stunning fibre optic chandelier or the glass waterfalls that are part of the very sleek and opulent décor of the Curry Lounge. Dark porcelain floors, leather seating and silk screens complete the picture, creating a visually appealing restaurant. But then, it is the culinary delights there that far exceed expectations, earning this Indian the sobriquet of Nottingham's best curry house.

Their authentic cuisine focuses on Indian and Punjabi elements, and your starter could be lasooni chickeni, chicken marinated in royal cumin, cardamom and mace scented cream, skewered in a clay oven and served with mint chutney. For the main course, if you are a lamb aficionado, the achari, tender baby lamb chunks cooked in an onion, masala, tomato gravy, with a dash of pickling spices and green chillies, will certainly appeal. The bar is well stocked with a selection of fine wines, beers and spirits.

If you're looking to catch a glimpse of Latin life and cuisine this side of the Atlantic, hop right in to any Las Iguanas outlet across the UK. Each eatery is designed differently and brings out diverse flavours and colours - from the stillness of the Argentinean Pampas to the energy of Rio at Carnival time - some outlets are bathed in colour while others are more sober. Don't be surprised if you come across a few life-sized Latinos too.

All the action is centred on the food, a fusion of native Latin American, Indian, Spanish, Portuguese and African influences. Their signature dish called xinxim, Brazilian lime chicken in a creamy crayfish and peanut sauce with rice, fine beans and sweet plantain happens to be football legend Pele's favourite.

The tapas menu served throughout the day offers braised chorizo in Rioja wine with country bread; peri-peri, crisp cassava coated chicken with Brazilian style hot garlic; crayfish marinated with fresh mango, and quesadilla, a chargrilled tortilla filled with portobello mushroom, melted brie dressed with homemade tomato, garlic and coriander salsa.

Argentinean steaks are simply seasoned, flame grilled and served with potato, salad or cassava fries. Traditional fajitas - hot sizzling platters with onions and bell peppers, served with homemade salsa, pickled jalapeños, sour cream, guacamole and warm tortillas can be enjoyed with chicken fillet strips, steak, mushrooms or artichoke and squash.

Latin rhythm in the background and an extensive choice of wine, cocktails, champagne, beer and caipirinha, made from their very own cachaca, Brazil's national drink produced in their own sugarcane plantations  complete the picture.

Desserts such as Ipanema mess, made of creamy mascarpone, natural yoghurt, raspberries, guava preserve and crushed meringue lend the meal a befitting end.

Across its varied locations in the UK, The Living Room group of restaurants have become synonymous with delicious food in a comfortable atmosphere. Soothing music, a relaxed ambience and typical gastropub fare, aptly named Home Comforts, along with European influences have made this into a popular dining destination regardless of the venue. The execution is simple and the presentation, fantastic, so naturally the overall experience becomes something that you cherish and come to savour.

From the á la carte, choose beer battered tiger prawns with a sweet chilli sauce and wasabi or something from the small plates selection which includes chorizo sausage pan fried in chilli and red wine. Amongst main courses, the steak, ale and mushroom pie vies for attention alongside a rib eye steak with peppercorn sauce and chips and the chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream and raspberry compote qualifies for an exceedingly rich dessert. The drinks list has contemporary and classic wines and champagnes which meet all requirements suitably.

Pitcher and Piano first started in Fulham in 1986, since when it has evolved into one of the UK's favourite bar groups, offering premium drinks, mingled with food that carries its own distinction against a background of different themes, many deriving from the locality, and from what is the whole being of contemporary life in modern bars.

Start with a cocktail, say a bourbon cookie, cosmopolitan or a parson green apple before tackling some food that will vary from pub to pub. There are bar meals, try lime and coriander chicken in Didsbury, or a more formal approach in restaurant style, what about 21 day hung, 10 oz British sirloin steak in Mayfair, with homemade chocolate brownie, vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce in Birmingham. In general the menus are very similar, with plenty of choices all round.

There are now over twenty five branches of Pitcher and Piano where you can be assured of the same decent levels of food and drinks, service and quality. Surely that's better than the lucky dip approach?