city & south bank restaurants

Vinopolis
1 Bank End, London SE1 9BU
020 7940 8333
www.vinopolis.co.uk
Dedicated to all things wine, and a great restaurant with an excellent choice of wines by the glass, even by London standards.

Cafe Spice Namaste
16 Prescott Street, London E1 8AZ
020 7488 9242
www.cafespice.co.uk
Cyrus Todiwala's iconic Indian restaurant, specialising in Parsi dishes.

Taja Curry Hut
199a Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DE
020 7375 0657
A former public toilet (I kid you not) they now serve up wonderful curries and other Indian delights. A favourite lunchtime haunt of mine.

Oxo Tower Brasserie
Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, SE1 9
020 7803 3888
www.oxotower.co.uk
Still one of my favourite bars from which to gaze over the London skyline. And the food's not bad either.

Tas
33 The Cut, London SE1 8LF
020 7928 1444
Excellent Turkish meze.

Meson don Felipe
53 The Cut, London SE1 8LF
020 7928 3237
Simply the best genuine tapas bar in London. A bit pricey but not as much as a flight to Barcelona.