LISTINGS RESTAURANTS

W2L choice: All you can eat

1. KITCHIN

Help yourself to as much Chinese, Indian, Thai and Italian as you can handle, prepared in an open-plan kitchen. www.kitchin-n1.com

2. DRAGON KING

Choose from 60 Chinese buffet dishes displayed under tasselled red lanterns. www.dragon-king.co.uk

3. THE WINTER GARDEN

Based in the Landmark Hotel, the �70 Sunday brunch includes as much champagne as you can quaff. www.landmarklondon.co.uk

HAKKASAN

8 Hanway Place, W1T 1HD. Tottenham Court Road

T: 020 7927 7000.
www.hakkasan.com
Probably London’s most upmarket Chinese, it apparently serves the best dim sum this side of the Orient, as well as other larger dishes.

HAKUBA

111a Great Russell Square, WC1B 3NQ.

Tottenham Court Road

T: 020 7300 3250.
www.hakuba.co.uk
New Japanese restaurant with authentic paper partitions, private booths for up to four diners and an extensive tasting menu which is worth every penny.

HAMBURGER UNION

4-6 Garrick Street, WC2E 9BH.
Covent Garden

T: 020 7379 0412.
www.hamburgerunion.com
Ignore the many fast-food joints and head straight here for fresh, additive-free burgers with all the extras.

HIBISCUS

29 Maddox Street, W1S 2PA.

Oxford Circus
T: 020 7629 2999.
www.hibiscusrestaurant.co.uk
Fine dining restaurant that transferred
from Ludlow in 2007 serving oysters, veal sweetbread, foie gras and scallops. The venue also has a private dining room seating 18 as well as more than 500 wine bins strong on Burgundy and Bordeaux.

HUMMINGBIRD BAKERY

133 Portobello Road, W11 2DY.
Notting Hill Gate

T: 020 7229 6446.
www.hummingbirdbakery.com
Quality American desserts are the key to this delicious pastel delight. Throw your diet out of the window and indulge in delicious frosted cupcakes, traditional American pies, cookies and muffi ns. Hot and cold drinks served. Closed Mondays.

HUMMUS BROS

88 Wardour Street, W1F 0TJ. Oxford Circus

T: 020 7734 1311. www.hbros.co.uk
Cheap eats don’t get much better — it’s all hummus-based, but what hummus it is. There is now a second branch in Holborn.

KETTNERS

29 Romilly Street, W1D 5HP. Leicester Square

T: 020 7734 6112. www.kettners.com
Start in the Champagne Bar before choosing from burgers, seafood, pizza and pasta.

LANGTRY’S RESTAURANT

21 Pont Street, SW1X 9SG.

Knightsbridge/Sloane Square

T: 020 7201 6619.
www.langtryrestaurant.com
Part of the Cadogan Hotel, Langtry’s offers elegant and refi ned dining.

LENA

66 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3JT. Old Street

T: 020 739 5714. www.lenarestaurant.com Authentic Italian in vibrant Shoreditch.

LEON

35 Great Marlborough Street, W1F 7JE.

Oxford Circus
T: 020 7437 5280.
www.leonrestaurants.co.uk
Natural food updated from traditional recipes and vaguely Middle Eastern. Choices include Moroccan meatballs, grilled halloumi, wild salmon fi shcakes and salads. Also meat and veggie platters to share. Leon is a former winner of Observer Food Monthly’s Best Newcomer Award.

LOCANDA LOCATELLI

8 Seymour Street, W1H 7JZ. Marble Arch

T: 020 7935 9088.
www.locandalocatelli.com
The Michelin-starred restaurant of Giorgio Locatelli is one of the fi nest Italian restaurants in London. Reservations are taken a month in advance, but if you can get a table, expect the very best in northern Italian cuisine.

LOFT

67 Clapham High Street, SW4 7TG. Clapham North

T: 020 7627 0792.
www.theloft-clapham.co.uk
Stark, warehouse-style building on Clapham High Street with a bar serving snacks and a cosy restaurant out back. Food is fancy, yet hearty with dishes like fi sh of the day with dill sauce and hand-made chips, and pork belly with crackling and mash.

MADSEN

20 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3DL.

Earl’s Court
T: 020 7225 2772.
www.madsenrestaurant.com
Scandinavian restaurant serving traditional lunchtime smorrebrod and heartier fare of an evening. Choose from rye bread topped with Greenland shrimp, pickled herring and dill mayonnaise, or choose a la carte dishes.

MANICOMIO

Duke of York Square, SW3 4LY.
Chelsea

T: 020 7730 3366.
www.manicomio.co.uk
Authentic Italian with a second branch on Butter Lane in the City serving a wide range of meat and fi sh dishes, as well as homemade pasta and risotto. The venue also has a deli serving hot breakfasts, cheese boards, antipasti, bruschetta and salads.

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