Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
Reportedly Harry Potter author J.K Rowling’s favourite restaurant in London: Mango Tree delivers both familiar and exploratory experiences. Like a lot of Thai restaurants, the menu is exhaustive; from spring rolls, chicken satay and pad Thai, to things even seasoned visitors to the country won’t recognise. Mango Tree is Rowling’s favourite for a reason. Alongside the classics of light, crispy prawns and fiery tom yum, there are real treasures here. The food is hot and powerful, the service worthy of esteem.
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Mango Tree
46 Grosvenor PlReportedly Harry Potter author J.K Rowling’s favourite restaurant in London: Mango Tree delivers both familiar and exploratory experiences. Like a lot of Thai restaurants, the menu is exhaustive; from spring rolls, chicken satay and pad Thai, to things even seasoned visitors to the country won’t recognise. Mango Tree is Rowling’s favourite for a reason. Alongside the classics of light, crispy prawns and fiery tom yum, there are real treasures here. The food is hot and powerful, the service worthy of esteem.
Hai Cenato is the best of Victoria’s expansive new Nova development, which also features London favourites Shake Shack and Franco Manca. While Nova also includes some duds — it is no Bloomberg Arcade — Hai Cenato puts up a fight. The a la carte menu is very Jason Atherton: not cheap, but difficult to fault. The pizza, however, is standout, and the confit lamb offering has been making waves since their opening. Another, topped with mozzarella, smoked pancetta, Cacklebean egg yolk, and confit yukon potato is well worth trying. Note, too, the 4-9pm happy hour: a margherita and a drink for £9.
Hai Cenato
2 Sir Simon Milton SqHai Cenato is the best of Victoria’s expansive new Nova development, which also features London favourites Shake Shack and Franco Manca. While Nova also includes some duds — it is no Bloomberg Arcade — Hai Cenato puts up a fight. The a la carte menu is very Jason Atherton: not cheap, but difficult to fault. The pizza, however, is standout, and the confit lamb offering has been making waves since their opening. Another, topped with mozzarella, smoked pancetta, Cacklebean egg yolk, and confit yukon potato is well worth trying. Note, too, the 4-9pm happy hour: a margherita and a drink for £9.
£2 at A Wong will buy a pork and prawn dumpling topped with pork crackling, or a clear shrimp dumpling, which comes with the most piquant of sweet chilli sauces. Both are impeccably soft and flavourful, both an education. This restaurant is serious fun, and despite A. Wong’s remarkable affordability, it’s easy to get carried away here. Even the prawn crackers are enlightening. It’s worth stretching to the £70 ‘Taste of China’ menu if possible. If not, settle for a custard bun.
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A. Wong
70 Wilton Rd£2 at A Wong will buy a pork and prawn dumpling topped with pork crackling, or a clear shrimp dumpling, which comes with the most piquant of sweet chilli sauces. Both are impeccably soft and flavourful, both an education. This restaurant is serious fun, and despite A. Wong’s remarkable affordability, it’s easy to get carried away here. Even the prawn crackers are enlightening. It’s worth stretching to the £70 ‘Taste of China’ menu if possible. If not, settle for a custard bun.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hidden away beneath the hugely popular restaurant, Cambridge Street Kitchen, this lovely, hard to find cocktail bar occupies its own niche in the nightlife of Pimlico. The building itself is a former Victorian pub with a sordid reputation, transformed by the Artist Residence group. There’s a great range of drinks on offer in an intimate, low key setting that also hosts a monthly-changing selection of artwork — courtesy of a partnership with Soho’s Lawrence Alkin Gallery. Head down on Tuesday night for Test Tuesday’s, to see bar manager Steven and his team experiment with cocktails created using seasonal produce from the restaurant’s fresh fruit and veg supplier,
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Artist Residence Clubhouse
52 Cambridge StHidden away beneath the hugely popular restaurant, Cambridge Street Kitchen, this lovely, hard to find cocktail bar occupies its own niche in the nightlife of Pimlico. The building itself is a former Victorian pub with a sordid reputation, transformed by the Artist Residence group. There’s a great range of drinks on offer in an intimate, low key setting that also hosts a monthly-changing selection of artwork — courtesy of a partnership with Soho’s Lawrence Alkin Gallery. Head down on Tuesday night for Test Tuesday’s, to see bar manager Steven and his team experiment with cocktails created using seasonal produce from the restaurant’s fresh fruit and veg supplier,
Just the other side of Victoria station is this traditional Scottish restaurant and bar, housed in a Regency townhouse complete with a cigar terrace. This place oozes class, with gleaming mahogany and red tones dominating the colour scheme, emulating the feel of an old-fashioned gentlemen’s club. There are multiple separate restaurants and bars within the building, with elegant private dining rooms to hire. As is only fitting, whisky is the order of the night, with Boisdale boasting a collection of rare Scottish malts, alongside a host of enticing cocktails and wines. The cherry on the top of each room is the nightly tunes of live jazz.
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Boisdale of Belgravia
15 Eccleston StJust the other side of Victoria station is this traditional Scottish restaurant and bar, housed in a Regency townhouse complete with a cigar terrace. This place oozes class, with gleaming mahogany and red tones dominating the colour scheme, emulating the feel of an old-fashioned gentlemen’s club. There are multiple separate restaurants and bars within the building, with elegant private dining rooms to hire. As is only fitting, whisky is the order of the night, with Boisdale boasting a collection of rare Scottish malts, alongside a host of enticing cocktails and wines. The cherry on the top of each room is the nightly tunes of live jazz.
No 11 is a gorgeous open plan space with a great sweeping bar, decorated in crisp, clean colours and kept light and airy by the many large, arched windows around its perimeter. The carefully put together menu makes this a great spot to grab a drink or three at any time of day. The classic cocktails, which feature home made syrups and sherbets, range from light and fresh and perfect for brunch, through to more adventurous choices for the evening — if you’ve got a spare day, why not sit and work your way through the list?
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No 11 Pimlico Road
11 Pimlico RdNo 11 is a gorgeous open plan space with a great sweeping bar, decorated in crisp, clean colours and kept light and airy by the many large, arched windows around its perimeter. The carefully put together menu makes this a great spot to grab a drink or three at any time of day. The classic cocktails, which feature home made syrups and sherbets, range from light and fresh and perfect for brunch, through to more adventurous choices for the evening — if you’ve got a spare day, why not sit and work your way through the list?