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1 week ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak |Sinead Cranna |Heidi Lauth Beasley |Jake Missing
At its core, The Ritz Restaurant is a theatre kid who went to finishing school. There’s the ensemble cast of servers in morning coats, the ties-required, glitzy costumes of the diners, and tableside drama of the flame-throwing persuasion. A ‘Versailles, eat your heart out’ Mayfair dining room serves as the set and everything—the voluptuous, pearl white langoustine on your plate, the light tinkling of piano keys, the blushing blue skyscape hand-painted ceiling—is aggressively beautiful.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Jake Missing |Sinead Cranna |Rianne Shlebak |Heidi Lauth Beasley
The best seat in the house: A restaurateur as accomplished as Jeremy King makes every seat a good one. We like to be against a wall, maybe under a photo of Warhol. What you’re seeing: The glory days. When every lunch in St. James’s turned into dinner and a martini was welcome any time of the day. You’ll get plenty of old Le Caprice heads here. Furs, Ferraris, Louboutin, and a handful of divorces to season the schnitzel. The best seat in the house: The two-top in front of the mirror.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak |Jake Missing |Heidi Lauth Beasley |Sinead Cranna
Just AddedYou’ll get a pleasant whiff of minced meat and onions before you even enter Bayt Sajj. As soon as you do though, you’ll notice the big round sajj ovens topped with thin, crispy-edged flatbreads. It’s an office-worker's dream lunch spot with hand-held Lebanese wraps for under a tenner, or an ideal stop-off during a day of shopping in central thanks to the excellent labneh wraps that are perfect for a quick snack on one of their tables out front.
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3 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak
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3 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley |Rianne Shlebak |Daisy Meager |Jake Missing
Lucia’s is the kind of absolute scene that will either fuel a new flame or reignite the flirt appeal of whoever keeps leaving orphan socks on your bathroom floor. It could be vinyl soundtrack, the grapefruit Jarritos palomas, or the taco-ready crowd swarming the courtyard, but there’s a proper frisson in the air at this lively Hackney Wick taqueria. Plus, all expert matchmakers approve of Lucia’s golden couple: the beef barbacoa tacos and an ice-cold bottle of Victoria.
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3 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak |Eileen Twum
This all-day Mexican kitchen is one of those ‘if you know you know’ kind of spots. Order from the window and try to nab one of the few tables outside. The sooner you eat the crispy baja fish taco—a fried butter fish fillet in a soft corn tortilla, topped with tangy coleslaw and zesty guacamole—after getting it, the better.
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4 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak
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4 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley |Jake Missing |Rianne Shlebak |Sinead Cranna
Crisp Pizza W6 paved the way for London’s New York-style pizza coup. Thanks to the gravity-defying slices served from Hammersmith pub The Chancellors, queues formed and W6 became home to London’s best pizza. The huge pies, covered in a rich tomato sauce, the perfect distribution of melted mozzarella, and a generous sprinkling of parmesan, are worth the WhatsApping, texting, or—every Brit’s worst nightmare—ringing to reserve the dough. You don’t reserve a table at Crisp Pizza—you pre-order dough.
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1 month ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak
It’s rare to find a restaurant that can do it all. But at Tosa you can order a prawn tempura sushi roll, a yakitori skewer, and a steaming bowl of udon—and have no notes. That’s right, this little Hammersmith spot is an all-rounder. You’re hit with the smell of meat grilling as soon as you step inside, couples perch on the stools at the counter, deep in conversation while they wait for their chicken liver skewers or grilled salmon teriyaki.
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1 month ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Rianne Shlebak
When you come to Potli for dinner, know that hefty butter chicken samosas and big round booths are on the agenda. This friendly Hammersmith restaurant is old-school in flavour, but inventive in its dishes. Inspired by Indian markets, the walls are painted in bright colours and you’ll find a full-on tuk tuk in the dining room. Big groups happily pile into the booths, ordering poppadoms before even knowing what’s on the menu.
