Danielle Woodward is prolonging the festive feels at the Winter Gingerbread Terrace at German Gymnasium, open all January

Where we sample seafood and cocktails in a grand former church

What do you get when you open up a restaurant designed only for the restaurant trade to the public? Mighty good cooking with a very cool ambience, that’s what.

Eye of newt, and toe of frog, wool of bat, and tongue of dog, adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing. The menu at Seveni is certainly challenging, so it’s perhaps not a place to take your vegan friends.

Walk through a pretty deserted Hackney road, open a creaking old door and be welcomed by beaming smiles and home-brewed beer. You’ve found the right place.

A curious mix on paper – Italian and Spanish – it works rather wonderfully in the hands of the team at Ember Yard in Soho

This relatively new ‘Indian’ restaurant in Mayfair, is a rich and wonderful experience.

It’s the first outpost in the capital for the hotel mini-chain, bringing the total number to eleven across three continents (with one more on the way).

Nick goes clubbing, takes a message from art and hoovers up some very fine food

What can visitors expect from the inventive, rotating menu?