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According to its website, Volupt é is a world of decadence and delight, the most decadent little super club in town. The burlesque club nestled in the heart of the City's legal district is the perfect place to kick back and indulge in a night of debauched entertainment. The small bar at ground level and the cocktail menu features a fruity and fabulously playful menu of drinks inspired by traditional sweets. One wall of the bar is dedicated to this, and looks like a traditional Victorian sweet shop. Pick the sweet you love the most, and the drink will be made in its honour. After drinks we are led through velvet curtains into the show room; a low-ceiling, secluded, basement room steeped in old school glamour. The set up at Volupté is a three course dinner, with waiter service for drinks, all to the backdrop of entertainment throughout the evening. The starters (Teasers) were a sharing plate of mini dishes including salads, soup and seafood. The entertainment began shortly aft...

London is about to witness another restaurant opening with a sure path to success.  The Hakkasan Group brings a new concept to London in the form of HKK restaurant. HKK is inspired by the Chinese banqueting traditions, offering a single, evolving tasting menu of the finest Chinese and Cantonese delicacies at lunch and dinner, created by Chef Tong Chee Hwee. Dishes will include the four treasures vegetables wrapped with Iberco ham, lychee wood-roasted Peking duck served with sesame oancakes, dim sum trilogy of truffle har gau, wok-fried lobster in yellow bean sauce with braised pan mee, deep-fried filler of monkfish with goji berries with champagne and rice wine sauce, and Jasmine tea-smoked Wagyu beef. Avegetarian menu will also be available. The 15-course tasting menu will be priced at £ 95 and a reduced 8-course menu at lunch will cost 48. HKK will have  £ 48 seats and a 10 person private dining room. HKK opens on December 5th. For reservations visit ...

We are always thrilled when a list of good things is released and London is featured in it. Editors of   Budget Travel   magazine have come up with a list of 10 trendsetting, international eateries which have helped shape the culinary landscape by introducing diners to concepts like New Nordic cuisine, gastropub fare, and local foods. While the list is US-heavy, with six of the 10 restaurants hailing from America, other eateries mentioned include addresses in Copenhagen, Paris and what we were certainly hoping for, London, with 3 restaurants. The list is decidedly different from other ‘best of’ lists like Restaurant magazine’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants, which shares just one name in common — Noma in Denmark. Here are the London trendsetting restaurants according to Budget Travel magazine: St. John, London Chef: Fergus Henderson Food movement: Nose to tail eating The Eagle, London Chefs: variety Food movement: Gastropub   Pret a Manger, London Sandwich ch...

  From the 14th to the 16th September the Old Selfridges Hotel will host a very unusual pop-up restaurant. Created by The Avant Garde Diaries and curated by Bompas and Parr, the Mercedes- Benz Drive-Thru will be an interdisciplinary art and dining experience in London. All that while sitting in a Mercedes-Benz A-Class.   The Avant/Garde diaries says "Get your cup holders and plastic forks ready because in three weeks, The Avant/Garde Diaries will bring its curated event series to London with a food- and car-centric extravaganza. We asked the whimsical and charmingly weird British food artists Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, also known as Bompas & Parr, to curate the festivities. Together with the multidisciplinary collective Jason Bruges Studio, they designed a temporary drive-thru restaurant called - drum roll, please - ""Mercedes Drive-Thru"! From September 14-16, guests can enjoy an extraordinary art and dining experience, featuring a spectacular mix of f...

Table Lumière Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester holds 3 Michelin Stars and offers a selection of private dining options, including the intimate Salon Prive which holds up to 12 guests and the Salon Park Lane, which has a glorious view over Hyde Park and can accommodate from 14 to 30 guests.  An exclusive use of the restaurant is also possible and is up to 76 guests.  For a smaller party, up to 6 guests, the restaurant offers the Table Lumière. Cocooned by a luminescent oval curtain, it is surrounded by 4,500 shimmering fibre optics that drop dramatically from the ceiling .  For more info and reservations go to the Alain Ducasse website  or call 020 7629 8866 Recommended by Cheval Residences - Luxury Services Apartments

For a few weeks from now, we will dedicate the one post a week to show the best Restaurants in London that offer private rooms for dining. Tempo offers contemporary Italian cuisine in the heart of Mayfair with a cozy, relaxed and intimate feel. The menu is influenced by the chef’s time in Sorrento and features cicchetti (Italian small plates) and many sharing dishes. The wine list is a small, eclectic selection of 65 wines, primarily featuring top small producers from Italy. One of Tempo’s most striking areas is the stylish first floor bar, with its large floor to ceiling windows overlooking Curzon Street. The private room is suitable for breakfast meeting, lunches and dinners, seating up to 24 people or 40 people for receptions and private parties. The room can also be combined with the Bar next door for exclusive use of the first floor. Tempo’s head chef, Yoshi Yamada just won the first Pasta World Championship, held at the Academia Barilla in Parma. For info and...

For a late night slice of cake (baked vanilla cheesecake is highly recommended), or some Eggs Benedict to start you on your day, The Wolseley can be relied upon to satisfy your needs. With high vaulted ceilings, pillars and Florentine inspired architecture it makes for a sublime dining experience, whatever the occasion.  Advisible to book in advance, especially for breakfast: reservations@thewolseley.com or call 020 7499 6996 The Wolseley is open Monday to Friday 7.00am to midnight, Saturday 8.00am to midnight and Sunday 8.00am to 11.00pm. Recommended by Cheval Residences - Luxury Serviced Apartments

Aubaine ’s most recent opening is on Dover Street in Mayfair, ideally placed for the shops on nearby Bond Street. Described as a “contemporary French Provencal bistro, boulangerie and patisserie”, the restaurant’s all day menu features a mix of Mediterranean dishes. Opening hours: 8am – 10.30 pm (Mon to Sat) 8am – 10.00 pm (Sun) Reservations at +44 207 368 0955

Duck & Waffle restaurant will open in August 2012 on the 40 th floor of Heron Tower in London.  The restaurant will serve European and British influenced cuisine 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, offering breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and late night menus. The restaurant will have a capacity of 98 with floor-to-ceiling windows, an open kitchen, a 24 seat chef bar and a private dining room. The head chef will be Daniel Doherty, who was previously at The Old Brewery at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, The Empress in Victoria Park and The Ambassador on Exmouth Market. The Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY Phone: 020 3640 7310 (active)

THE CUBE , a mobile pop-up restaurant  designed to appear semi-transparent from the outside, is in London until September 30, providing diners a view of the Thames and Westminster from atop the Royal Festival Hall. Cooking in the mobile restaurant pavilion are Michelin-starred British chefs like Sat Bains, Jonray and Peter Sanchez, Scottish Michelin chef Tom Kitchin, and Claude Bosi and Daniel Clifford, winners of Ramsay’s Best Restaurant 2010. The restaurant seats 18 diners, who are able to watch as their meal is prepared in an open-concept kitchen.