Bankside, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

“Booking is essential – otherwise, be prepared to wait!” – if you want to sample Lucy Pedder and Natasha Cooke’s “tiny small-plates restaurant”, “in the Flat Iron complex near London Bridge” and “handy for Tate Modern and Borough Market”. It’s set over two floors: “a large café on the ground floor” and a “lovely”, “atticy” upstairs. “The all-women staff and owners have really gotten their act together” – “friendly service enhances the whole experience” and the “unusual tapas-style dishes” are “really great sharing food with some sublime flavours”; “writing my review has reminded me to go back immediately!”

“Way overpriced” – this “noisy” nautical-themed dining room on the South Bank near Blackfriars Bridge has “amazing views of the river” (if from ground-floor level) but the “silly, confusing menu” of sharing plates is simply “not appropriate for a high-end hotel”. The “bottomless fizz” and “burgers-and-brunch catering that masquerades as dining” are clues that it’s “probably focused on the tourist wallet”.

Part of an enormous extension for London's Tate Modern; the 10-storey Switch House building on the Bank Side - renamed the Blavatnik Building in May 2017 after the Tate's biggest ever donor - a modern, British restaurant championing small producers from across the UK.