Nottingdale

By day, this industrial-cool hangout in a striking modern building caters to its corporate neighbours, including Talk Talk, Monsoon & Chrysalis, in a set-up oddly reminiscent of an early-years River Café. The stunning architectural fit-out includes a gorgeous porcelain bar & long oak tables, perfect for exchanging breakfast banter with colleagues & clients. If you can spare the full hour, eat-in lunches include a daily changing pizza from the wood-fired oven & more ambitious options such as pappardelle with Tuscan sausage ragù – but beware of painfully slow service. Come the evening, prices move skyward in line with the kitchen’s aspirations: Devon crab with gazpacho jelly could precede côte de boeuf with bone marrow & girolles of roast Shetland salmon with anchovy mayo & summer crudités, with pear & chocolate tart to finish.