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Given that good food and railway stations go hand in hand in Japan, Miyako Restaurant tucked into a small space next to London's Liverpool Street station, would be right at home in its country of origin. Miyako Andaz London Liverpool Street

Miyako Restaurant. London. Enjoy fine Japanese food favourites in Liverpool Street.

Despite first appearances, this is no hole in the wall noodle shop, but a restaurant dispensing the finer food for which the country is famous, from top-grade sushi and sashimi to light-as-a-feather tempura.

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Wellington Club Restaurant

The Wellington Club Restaurant. Experience one of London’s most famous clubs.

The Wellington is a club with quite the storied past. Formerly in Knightsbridge, its membership list read like a celebrity who’s who and was famously where Lord Lucan had a final tipple before vanishing.

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Church Road Restaurant. Leafy Barnes London Eatery

With all the good restaurants in central London, a neighbourhood eatery has to be something special to attract outsiders onto an Overground and a bus to join the chattering classes during the dinner hour. 

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The May Fair Hotel. Stay in a hotel immersed in wonderful cinematic history

The May Fair Hotel upholds the magic of London’s well-heeled enclave as the grande dame of Mayfair. A stone’s throw from Green Park and Hyde Park and the glitzy boutiques of Bond Street.

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It doesn’t happen very often that restaurants exceed expectations, but Chef Ruth Hansom’s cooking does exactly that at Pomona's Restaurant.

Excellent Pomona’s Restaurant. Exceed expectations in Notting Hill

Here the presentation and execution have both been spot-on and the mix of flavours has been subtle yet sophisticated

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Carluccio's porcini and portobello risotto

Mushroom feast at Carluccio’s

His legacy lives on in his cookbooks and a special seasonal mushroom menu at Carluccio’s, the nationwide restaurant chain which continues to bear his name l

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