A cosy Lebanese bakery in East Acton serving some of the best manakeesh in London.

Brunswick East is an all-day Australian café and coffee shop with lovely courtyard seating.

Ask For Janice in Farringdon is a useful all-day spot for a quick bite to eat, a catch-up coffee, or a casual post-work drink.

Lanark Coffee is a tiny café on Hackney Road where you’ll want to become regular for the food as well as the atmosphere.

Brickwood is a friendly and comfortable coffee shop opposite Clapham Common.

A pastel-coloured retro deli, Lina Stores in King’s Cross serves great handmade pasta to eat-in - or to-go from their deli counter.

Stampa is a straightforward Italian café and restaurant serving good quality and low cost handmade pasta and paninis.

Hide is a huge, fancy, three-story fine dining restaurant in Mayfair, serving some truly excellent food morning to night.

Vardo is a striking all-day restaurant and coffee spot in Chelsea.

Rochelle Canteen is a British restaurant in Shoreditch that’s calm, delicious, and brilliant for any meal. It’s a perfect London escape, in London.

Snackbar is a café and workspace on Dalston Lane that serves a range of unusual and excellent Asian-inspired breakfast, lunch, and brunch plates.

If you work in or around Shepherd’s Bush, Flying Horse Coffee is a useful place to get some work done.

A luxury St James’s spot with plenty of velvet, Wild Honey serves great seasonal dishes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

This light and bright roastery, coffee shop, and all-day restaurant in Bethnal Green is as useful as Ozone’s other spot in Shoreditch.

Isla at the Standard is an all-day restaurant on the ground floor of the Standard hotel making very standard food.

Greenberry Café is a casual all-day spot in Primrose Hill, serving nice brunch dishes, and larger and meatier things for lunch and dinner.