Padella serves brilliant, freshly made pasta at very good prices. If you’re in London Bridge or Borough Market, make this a part of your plan.

Gunpowder Tower Bridge serves the same excellent and inventive Indian sharing plates as their original Spitalfields spot.

Elliot’s is a class act, from the drinks and food to the service. Their cheeseburger is also one of the best burgers in London.

Edwins is a brilliant, low-key gem of a restaurant, with great food and a cosy ambience that hits the right spots.

The Breakfast Club, unsurprisingly, does excellent all-day breakfasts.

Hutong is the Shard’s ultra-swish Chinese restaurant, and if we were going to throw down on a pricey dinner with a view, this would be on our list.

Duddell’s is restaurant in a converted church near London Bridge. It’s pricey, but it serves good dim sum, as well as other Cantonese dishes.

As far as Spanish restaurants are concerned, Brindisa is a classic.

Wright Brothers is our favourite spot in Borough market to perch with a beer and a pint of prawns.

Tas has been cooking some of the most reliably good Turkish food in London Bridge for ages.

El Pastor serves Mexico City-style tacos in a former railway arch near Borough Market. While it can be very good, it can also be a disappointment.

Bob's Lobster is a restaurant at London Bridge station specialising in lobster rolls.

Borealis is a Nordic restaurant in Borough serving lovely enough food, but feels like a cross between a budget fashion hotel and a co-working space.

Santo Remedio is a Mexican restaurant that graduated from Shoreditch food truck to a permanent space in London Bridge. Fun bar, average food.

Welcome to one of the best food markets in all of London - Maltby Street Market is so good that we even come in the middle of winter.

The London Bridge branch of Grind has good coffees and full meals of food to eat with your caffeinated beverage.