Tom finds enjoyment, but not excitement, at the confidently named Valentina Fine Foods…

Never one for board games usually, Nick finds the Domino Effect is worth getting to the table for.

Nik heads to Top Dog and finds that Soho has a ready-made hotspot should burgers be knocked from their fashionable post – and has a ready-made hotspot, should they not!

Danielle Woodward has a pleasant evening at Tredwell’s, despite making the wrong food choices

I’ve tried most of the high-rise restaurants in London, but for the view alone this one has to be my favourite so far. Some people apparently don’t like the fact that the giant windows are crisscrossed by girders, but I love the way this effectively divides up London into small frames, allowing the eye to concentrate and explore one scene before moving onto another.

Local resident Tom Leahy takes a taste of a refurbished pub in his manor.

Some people get it, some people don’t. Hotel du Vin gets it. They get it big time.

Emma goes mad for Mughlai cuisine at the gorgeous Gaylord Restaurant in London’s West End

Nik heads to the the trendiest place that ever did trend – Hackney – and samples East London’s first and only raw seafood bar.

With a new head chef in place has L’Anima succeeded in keeping its soul? Danielle Woodward discovers  Italian sophistication five minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street