Fifth Floor Café at Harvey Nichols

This department-store café par excellence has emerged from its revamp with the same old irrepressible buzz. The sweeping bar, surrounded by high perches, keeps Knightsbridge’s professional shoppers in Champagne & posh nibbles from the adjacent food hall. Meanwhile, the clattering dining room’s industrial decor benefits from chic glass shades dangling over the close-set tables, & subtle gilding on pillars & metallic vents. The pan-Mediterranean menu offers carb-light salads & open sandwiches for the inevitable Sex & The City contingent, alongside heaving plates of rustic wild boar pappardelle or precision-cooked sirloin steak – plus a few Swedish classics that give away the origins of executive chef Jonas Karlsson. Desserts such as frozen yoghurt ‘baklava’ served with an intense shot of liquorice sorbet successfully walk the tightrope between calories & flavour – a must with this image-conscious crowd.