North-west London’s Finchley Road has never quite made its mind up. On one hand, it’s a sprawling main road of coffee bars, apartment buildings, launderettes and offices and on the other, it flirts with the well-heeled of Hampstead and Swiss Cottage.

Anthea Gerrie reviews Tredwells in trendy Covent Garden.

Anthea Gerrie reviews Studio Olafur Eliasson Kitchen at Tate Modern

Andy Mossack tucks into Indian street food at Little Kolkata in Covent Garden.

Wiltons Restaurant has made eight moves since starting as a shellfish-mongers in 1742 in London’s Haymarket – a plenty swanky address in recent centuries, but back then, just that – a market selling hay.

Andy Mossack reviews Novikov Restaurant and Bar, owned by Russian entrepreneur Arkady Novikov, apparently a buddy of President Putin.

Andy Mossack reviews Orient London in the capital’s famous Chinatown