Zia Lucia Aldgate East

Champagne Route

➤ 30 Gauging Square Docks E1W 2AE, London, United Kingdom

Carte • Wine • French • Brunch • Drinks

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"Tucked away from the road in a pedestrian square between office blocks (it was a little difficult to find), a signpost led us to a delightful square with a ground fountain feature, where children were splashing about in swimming cistumes on a sunny Friday evening. This was a chic boutique size restaurant whose apparentlt basic menu did not appear to celebrate the true quality of its food, which was outstanding. Each course was delicious and melted in our mouths. It was very quiet (few customers, surprisingly), with just some gentle background music and a perfect setting for a romantic evening out."

Smiths Restaurant Wapping

➤ 22 Wapping High Street London, E1W1NJ, United Kingdom

Carte • Fish • Steak • Seafood • Brasseries

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"what a beautiful restaurant, the first time to visit. would be nice to have music, but apart from that everything was on the spot. Eating was excellent, so was the service. in any case back."

The Sichuan

➤ 14 City Road, EC1Y 2AA, London, United Kingdom

Carte • Asian • Salad • Chinese • Sichuan

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"This is an exceptional restaurant that specializes in Sichuan cuisine. Contrary to many beliefs, this is not always spicy hot! We ordered a good variety of dishes and they were all absolutely fantastic. As we do not live in London, this place is on our priority list when we make the trip. The food is incredible, and over the past decade has actually made us come to London just for their unique dishes."

Ops Wines

➤ Unit 128 Druid StreetGreater SE1 2HH, London, United Kingdom

Carte • Full • Tapas • Bar-lounge • Mediterranean

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"The food here is tremendous and there is an excellent selection of wines to go with it. The prices are very reasonable considering the quality of the food, we had to double-check our bill as we thought they'd left a few things off. That's a rare thing eating out in London these days! The only negative was the servers seemed rushed off their feet and a couple of times we ordered something from one person that never arrived so we had to ask again. Everyone was absolutely lovely and knowledgable about the menu, perhaps it's just an IT system issue, it was a busy Friday night."

Joshua's Tavern

➤ 38 Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom

Carte • Pub • Drinks • French • Salads

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"We loved it here! Was perfect after a busy day in London! Just off of Leicester sq Business! Welcoming was the best, the guy who welcomed us and showed us around just made us feel welcomed and happy, manager and staff were all nice and could tell they valued all their customers, small bites were perfect for after a long day, but also tasted amazing! The gin selection was something else and my partner tried their pale ale on draft, both our drinks worked well with the small bites, just could not recommend this enough, could not understand why it was so quite, this would be mobbed if it was in Glasgow but also worked in our favour to be able to get a drink and relax!"