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Local restaurants
Hakkasan on Hanway Place (+44 (0)20 7927 7000) is a dark and seductive place where you can dine on excellent Chinese food and sup very powerful, very good cocktails. Perch on a stool in the tiled former-butcher's interior of Randall & Aubin on Brewer Street (+44 (0)20 7287 4447) for seafood or a grill. Dinner at The Ivy on West Street (+44 (0)20 7836 4751) promises showbiz faces among your fellow diners. The real reason to book well in advance, though, is the surprisingly reasonable classic British dishes, among oak panelling and stained glass. J Sheekey on St Martin's Court (+44 (0)20 7240 2565) is another favourite specialising in fish and seafood. Refined Ligurian dishes come according to the season at Giardinetto (+44 (0)20 7493 7091), the Italian that has recently moved to Mayfair. Chowki(+44 (0)20 7439 1330) on Denmark Street has won awards for its well-priced homestyle regional Indian cuisine. Sketch on Conduit Street (+44 (0)870 777 4488) is celebrated for its extravagant, futuristic design, and offers French-fusion, brasserie fare or delicate patisseries in its tearoom.
Local bars
CVO Firevault on Great Titchfield Street (+44 (0)20 7580 5333) is a cosy bar beneath a fireplace showroom. Salvador & Amanda (+44 (0)20 7240 1551) is a tapas bar with DJ on Fridays and Saturdays. Bar Italia (+44 (0)20 7437 4520) serves espressos into the small hours. Lab on Old Compton Street (+44 (0)20 7437 7820) is a bar with mean mixologists. The Endurance on Berwick Street (+44 (0)20 7437 2944) is perfect for a pint and some posh pub grub.
Nightlife
Umbaba on Ganton Street (+44 (0)20 7734 6696) offers drinks and tasty bar food in a post-colonial pastiche decor. The Kingly Club tucked away in nearby Kingly Court (+44 (0)20 7287 1331) has a touch of sixties London about it, and some especially good cocktails. Chinawhite on Air Street (+44 (0)20 7343 0040) is louche and decadent. Up the rather anonymous stairs next to the London Palladium in Argyll Street is MO*VIDA (+44 (0)20 7734 5776), the perfect spot for those who like to spend their nights sipping Dom Perignon and swinging their hips to Euro beats.
