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Kurobuta
Mon–Sun midday–10.30pm
The blurb
Don’t let the location fool you. Styled after an izakaya (the Japanese version of a gastropub), Kurobuta is a casual respite from the posh streets of Knightsbridge. While I’m a bit of a traditionalist when it … Read more →
Polpo, Harvey Nichols
Mon–Sat midday–10.30pm, Sun midday–10pm
The blurb
Polpo describes itself as a ‘bacaro’, or Venetian pub, designed for guests to enjoy a little snack and a beer or glass of wine while perched on a bar stool, or to order several … Read more →
L’ETO
Mon–Wed 8.30am–10pm, Thu–Sat 8.30am–11pm, Sun 9am–10pm
L’ETO. It’s certainly not the most typical of names for a café and restaurant, is it? You’ve got your classical tinge of continental European-ness stemming from that well-placed apostrophe, tempered by those glaring capital … Read more →
Chez Boubier
Open daily midday–11pm
A set menu is something that either indicates a failing or stellar restaurant; very good or very bad food. You never see an average gastropub serving a set menu (unless it’s Valentine’s Day, in which case you … Read more →
Ramusake
Wed—Sat 6pm—late
The style:
Ramusake is a South Kensington members club styled around a New York East Village speakeasy having an affair with an izakaya (an informal Japanese bar/restaurant). The interior is moody and chic with dark walls, low lighting … Read more →
Hawksmoor Knightsbridge
Mon–Sat midday–3pm and 5pm–10.30pm; Sun midday–9.40pm
Hawksmoor, just off the Brompton Road, is a large, cavernous space, which may well have been a church hall in an earlier life. In its current incarnation it resembles more the dining-room of a … Read more →
The Terrace, Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel
Mon—Sat midday—10pm; Sun and bank holidays midday—7pm
The style:
Like drinking in the middle of a square on a nasty blonde-bricked housing estate. It’s at the back of the hotel and let’s just say it’s not the building’s best side. … Read more →