Dover Street Restaurant & Jazz Bar

This evergreen hybrid specialises in dinner, dancing & all that jazz – well, from 10.30pm anyway, when the live bands kick in. Dover Street has been mixing jive, soul, blues & swing with booze & supper for 30 years, & it continues to put its faith in a rarely changing selection of international brasserie standbys such as chicken liver pâté, tomato & mozzarella salad with rocket, beef stroganoff & salmon with hollandaise. With its modest prices, unremarkable wood-on-wood interiors & service that’s functional at best, the basement dining room is simply an inoffensive sideshow to the main attraction of two sprawling bars, easy-access alcohol & dancing the night away with a raucous crowd of hens & tourists. A comprehensive wine list starts at £19.50 & keeps the party pumping until 3am.