James Sherwood's Discriminating Guide to London by Sherwood, James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page About the Author Other titles of Interest Contents Foreword Preface I. Restaurants

Where to Eat … To Breakfast Like a King

Caravan The Ritz Restaurant St John Bread & Wine The Wolseley

Where to Eat … With Amorous Intent

Andrew Edmunds Bob Bob Ricard Gastro J. Sheekey Oyster Bar

Where to Eat … When You’ve Come into an Inheritance

Hélène Darroze at the Connaught Hibiscus Le Gavroche Umu

Where to Eat … In the Company of Beautiful People

Berners Tavern Cecconi’s Scott’s Spring

Where to Eat … With Important Clients

34 City Social The Greenhouse Hawksmoor Spitalfields

Where to Eat … For the Ladies who Lunch

Cafe Murano Le Caprice Koffmann’s at The Berkeley Sotheby’s Café

Where to Eat … With a Thirsty Best Friend

10 Cases Bentley’s Oyster Bar Ciao Bella Barrafina

Where to Eat … When You Want to Be Alone

Duck & Waffle Green’s Honest Burgers Yauatcha

Where to Eat … To Entertain Godchildren

Bocca di Lupo China Tang Dinner La Bodega Negra

Where to Eat … When Entertaining a Dowager

Belvedere Bellamy’s The Goring Dining Room Wiltons

Where to Eat … Outdoors

Amphitheatre Restaurant and Terrace Boulestin Ham Yard Bar & Restaurant The River Café

Where to Eat … For a Light Lunch

Daphne’s Lima Floral The Modern Pantry Roka

Where to Eat … With Dedicated Followers of Fashion

The Clove Club Dabbous Gymkhana Hoi Polloi

Where to Eat … In Historic Dining Rooms

Quality Chop House Quo Vadis Rules Sweetings

Where to Eat … Sunday Lunch

Corrigan’s Mayfair Hix Oyster & Chop House Simpson’s-in-the-Strand St John

Where to Eat … Pre- and Post-Theatre

Brasserie Zedel Great Queen Street Joe Allen Polpetto

Where to Eat … In Evening Dress

Brasserie Chavot Fera at Claridge’s The Ivy The Savoy Grill

Not for Us (But Should Be)

Balthazar The Criterion Kettner’s Sushisamba

II. Hotels

Where to Stay … With your Lover

Blakes The Dorchester Hazlitt’s Hotel The Stafford

Where to Stay … In the Company of Beautiful People

The Beaumont Dean Street Townhouse Sanderson Rosewood London

Where to Stay … For Grand Entrances and Opulent Interiors

Claridge’s The Connaught The Ritz The Savoy

Where to Stay … For Charming, Old-School Elegance

Dukes The Goring The Langham The Portobello Hotel

Where to Stay … For Two Gentlemen Sharing

11 Cadogan Gardens Covent Garden Hotel The Fox & Anchor The Wellesley

Where to Stay … On Business

The Corinthia The Soho Hotel One Aldwych St Pancras Renaissance

Where to Stay … For Dedicated Followers of Fashion

Boundary Hoxton Holborn Town Hall Hotel & Apartments The Zetter Townhouse

Where to Stay … For Low-Key Luxury

The Berkeley Brown’s Hotel The Rookery Z Hotel Soho

Not for Us (But Should Be)

Bulgari Hotel Hotel Café Royal Mondrian Shangri-La at the Shard

III. Drinks Cabinet

Where to Drink …Champagne

Champagne & Fromage Galvin at Windows The Oscar Wilde Bar

Where to Drink … In the Company of Beautiful People

Artesian Beaufort Bar Experimental Cocktail Club

Where to Drink …Discreetly

The Wine Bar Booking Office Ye Olde Mitre

Where to Drink … In Historic Interiors

The French House The Ten Bells Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

Where to Drink … For a Touch of Camp Cabaret

Café de Paris Cellar Door The Crazy Coqs

Where to Drink … Cocktails

69 Colebrooke Row The Merchant House Worship Street Whistling Shop

Where to Drink … Under the Stars

Kensington Roof Gardens Rumpus Room Radio Rooftop Bar

Where to Drink … In Evening Dress

The Connaught Bar Dukes Bar Scarfes Bar

Where to Drink … If You Want to Dance

Club Room Loulou’s Quaglino’s

Where to Drink … Alone

The Coach & Horses Mark’s Bar Polo Bar

Where to Drink … After Hours

Fumoir Nightjar Phoenix Artist Club

IV. Shops

Furniture & Interiors

For Antique Furniture

Mallett

For Vintage Furniture

Retrouvius

For Art Furniture

David Gill Galleries

For Contemporary Furniture

SCP

For Silver, Glass and China

The London Silver Vaults Thomas Goode William Yeoward

For Textiles and Carpets

Franses Liberty Oriental Rugs & Carpets Department Timorous Beasties

For Interior Decorators

Colefax and Fowler Ben Pentreath Robert Kime

Books

For Signed First Editions

Hatchards

For Antiquarian Books

Jarndyce

For Rare Books and Manuscripts

Maggs Bros

For New Editions

Heywood Hill

For Antique Maps and Prints

Altea Gallery Grosvenor Prints Henry Sotheran

For Bookbinding

The Wyvern Bindery

Clocks & Watches

Arthur Beale Pendulum of Mayfair The Vintage Watch Company

Pens & Writing Paper

Mount Street Printers Penfriend

Department Stores

Fortnum & Mason Harrods

Gifts

For Flowers

McQueens

For Chocolates

Charbonnel et Walker

For Perfume and Scented Gifts

D. R. Harris Floris

For Cigars and Snuff

J. J. Fox & Co.

For Wines and Spirits

Berry Bros & Rudd

Jewellery

For Fine Jewellery

Moussaieff Shaun Leane Solange Azagury-Partridge Theo Fennell

For Antique Jewels

Bentley & Skinner Lucas Rarities Obsidian: Harry Fane Wartski

Ladies’ Clothing

For Haute Couture

Nicholas Oakwell Stewart Parvin William Vintage

Fashionable Boutiques

Browns Pickett

For Millinery

Rachel Trevor-Morgan Stephen Jones

For Shoes

Anello & Davide John Lobb Manolo Blahnik

Gentlemen’s Clothing

For Bespoke Tailoring

Anderson & Sheppard Thom Sweeney Timothy Everest

For Gentlemen’s Outfitters

Cordings Dashing Tweeds Ede & Ravenscroft

For Evening Dress

Alexander McQueen Edward Sexton Sir Tom Baker

For Shirts and Ties

Emma Willis Harvie & Hudson Hilditch & Key Turnbull & Asser

For Gentlemen’s Requisites

Budd Shirtmakers James Lock & Co. James Smith & Sons Geo. F. Trumper

For Shoes

G. J. Cleverley Gaziano & Girling Tricker’s

V. Culture

Museums

The British Museum The Courtauld Gallery Kenwood House The National Gallery National Portrait Gallery Sir John Soane’s Museum Tate Britain Tate Modern Victoria and Albert Museum The Wallace Collection

Art Galleries

For Contemporary Art

Hauser & Wirth White Cube

For Old Masters

Philip Mould Richard Green

For 19th- and 20th-Century Art

The Fine Art Society Maas Gallery

For Sculpture

Sladmore Gallery

For Photography

Getty Images Gallery Hamiltons Gallery

VI. Exceptional Streets

Savile Row Lamb’s Conduit Street Redchurch Street Burlington Arcade Elizabeth Street Cecil Court

Index Acknowledgments Copyright

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