Hakkasan, 8 Hanway Place, London

Hakkasan can be confident of its place among London’s elite restaurants. The kitchen has a Michelin star making the punters flock here for an exquisite ‘modern authentic’ Cantonese style of cuisine. As much about fashion as gastronomy, the glamorous subterranean dining room is imbued with a sultry vibe that’s enhanced by moody indigo lighting and is best suited to night time or lunch on dark winter days.

It is hard not to be enamoured by the sultry enclave of chinoiserie that is this underground restaurant, where sleek staff glide out of the shadows carrying all manner of elegantly presented modern Chinese fare.