Star of the kitchen is Darren Allsop who serves up starters of butternut ravioli and coal-smoked puttanesca risotto followed by a shared main of black-crusted (garlic, sesame, tahini, and squid ink) ...
Think candlelit passageways, stained glass windows, cauldrons, and four-poster beds draped in velvet. The Hoxton, Shepherd’s Bush ($$) For West London living without pretension, try Shepherd’s Bush.