Situated across three floors in the heart of Fulham is Goat restaurant; a New York-Italian styled cuisine. The menu offers an authentic taste and something for everyone. It’s the perfect place to take your family, an evening meal for two and a cosy place to go for your early morning coffee. The menu discovers in to fire-wood pizzas, freshly cooked grilled meats and fish, a delicious pick of salads and of course the finest deserts.

The restaurants history shines through its doors with a vintage feel. For 300 years it was a tavern and through the years has been re-invented, eventually to hold home to Goat; with the décor consisting of leather banquettes, thick curtains and stone and metal binding the walls and floors. Comprising of three different floors offers the all-day restaurant, a late-night bar and ‘The Chelsea Prayer Room.’ (Secret Cocktail bar.) The Mezzanine level overlooks the main restaurant with an open kitchen. Being the centre of attention of course is the wood-fire oven cooking you up any pizza with your favorite choice of toppings.

The ‘Chelsea Prayer Room’ – a clandestine, atmospherically-lit cocktail bar consist’s of leather sofas, luxurious cushions and even more vintage touches such as dark wood cabinets filled with old books and stone walls. The room is dimly lit and glowing candles giving it a rustic feel. The bar menu itself encompasses a different cocktail for each letter of the alphabet; each with a different meaning. The cocktails are made up of a collection of originals, new recipes and the Goat’s very own twist. If you are looking to make your way through the menu number 10, 20 and the last are on the house almost to guarantee your return! The wine list is accessible and covers a range of mainly French and Italian wines.

Head Chef Fabio Cuofano’s aim is to make sure that at the same time as being creative, Goat provides something for everybody’s tastesbuds.The calamari fritti is a favorite to start and if you’re looking to share the antipasti board offers all your Italian favorites including daniele ham, bresaola, datterini tomatoes, rocket, nocellara olives, artichoke, pecorino and plenty of crunchy pane carasau.

Pizzas are always a favourite with a choice of toppings such as Italian fennel sausage, pancetta and goats cheese. Mains offer a range for everyone and if you’re a steak lover highly recommended is the 32 day aged, 250g grilled rib eye steak. Popular ones are also the seabass and the nut roast on offer for vegetarians. If you have room for desert the classic sticky toffee pudding is always recommended along with the vanilla and blueberry cheesecake!

Goat offers the kind of inventive touch that nowhere else has to offer. It gives you style class and simplicity making it different from anywhere else. Image source

Goat Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: New York-Italian

Dress Code: Smart Casual 

Area: Chelsea

Address: 333 Fulham Rd, London SW10 9QL

Website: https://goatchelsea.com

An authentic steakhouse located on Soho’s Windmill Street juxtaposing the rustic atmosphere one would expect from a steakhouse with a refreshing modernity and glamour. Sophie’s began originally on Fulham Road operating for fifteen years, with the latest edition being the Soho branch that has attracted much attention and curiosity due to it being set inside the converted Moulin Cinema, infamously revered as London’s oldest adult cinema, and also as a result of its unconventional blend of classic steakhouse cuisine with popular fish and vegetarian dishes.

Sophie’s delivers on its classic steakhouse inspiration with its industrial exposed brick walls and plush red leather seats, and intertwines this with modern accents epitomised in its bright and airy dining space, open kitchen and high-vaulted ceilings holding a remarkable hand-made light installation. The atmosphere at Sophie’s reflects a casual elegance with its large central bar, at which Sophie’s speciality, the American classic Martinis, are skilfully crafted with mixes including pumpkin margarita, and chilli-infused vanilla vodka with passion fruit. With Sophie’s cast iron ‘infernillo’ grill in the centre of the restaurant and separating the dining area from the open kitchen, guests are drawn into a “back-to-basics” cooking spectacle in which they can watch their dish of choice slowing cooking over the prominent fire pit.

At Sophie’s, guests can select an American-styled trio of rich beef rib croquettes balanced with sharp pickled mayonnaise, cubes of roasted beetroot and dices of lightly seasoned horseradish. As an alternative to a beef starter, a sea bass carpaccio is a popular choice featuring thinly sliced raw fish lightly garnished with lime juice and fresh chilli. Sophie’s is a steakhouse at its core, and its selection of classic steaks including sirloin, fillet and rib-eye accompanied with peppered bone-marrow gravy and Béarnaise sauces definitely deliver on this simplistic definition. All of the meat is native-breed, procured from farms in both Scotland and Northern England, and dry-aged for twenty-eight days before being cooked fire-side allowing for the tender meat to have a smokey taste emanating from the outer char to the blushing core. Guests can also opt to try Sophie’s grilled octopus, tuna steak and cauliflower with hummus tahini and pomegranate that are also prepared on the grill carrying the same smokey flavour profile as the meat dishes.

Guests can finish off their meals with decadent desserts including the American classic baked cheesecake with tart rhubarb. After which, guests can then carry on the enjoyment of their evening and partake in an evening escapade to Jack Solomon’s Speakeasy club covertly located behind a faux store-front right beneath Sophie’s.

Sophie’s is a modern rendition of a classic steakhouse, that not only offers sophisticated dining experiences but that is also accessible to spontaneous walk-in guests looking for an intimate spot to have a quick coffee or a signature cocktail. It has arguably been viewed as one of Central London’s best steakhouses delivering elegantly crafted and diverse dishes, and with it only being about a minute’s walk from the Piccadilly Circus Tube Station, it holds a prime location that cannot be missed.

Sophie’s Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Steak, British

Dress Code: Casual Elegant 

Area: Soho

Address: 42-44 Great Windmill Street, London W1D 7NB

Website: https://www.sophiessteakhouse.com/soho

Novikov Asian restaurant situate’s itself in Mayfair and serves the finest Chinese and Pan cuisine. But that’s just on one floor. Head to another floor and you also have Novikov Italian offering regional Italian dishes with a contemporary twist.  The Asian restaurant has an open plan kitchen giving the bustle of an Asian Food Market giving an astonishing display of fresh seafood and vegetables whereas when entering the Italian restaurant you are greeted with a wood-fired oven , rustic chandeliers and suede wall panelling layering the ceiling and walls giving off that warm comforting feeling and serving the Italian Cuisine with a contemporary twist..

Novikov Asian has a wide menu selection opening its doors at lunchtime and then on through the evening with the delicious selection of the night menu. There’s a variety of tastes suitable for everyone’s pallet. Starters consist of ‘Salted Padron Peppers’, ‘Golden Crumb Crab and if you’re feeling a little French for the evening ‘Frogs legs’ are a highlight of the menu. Working your way through the menu you have a selection of dim sum, rice and noodles or the lighter selection of Sushi platters. Charcoal, Roast and Tepanyaki give you finest range of dishes including the Wagyu fillet’s and Spicy Veal.

Cocktails are specially made for each course includig ‘Apertif, ‘Food Pairing’ and ‘Digestif.’ (Before dinner, during dinner and after dinner.) Now it’s very hard to find this in restaurants as it’s usually only offered in a choice of wine’s. Each cocktail is paired in order to suit the sequence of your meal using certain ingredients carefully linked to make the perfect blend.

Novikov Italian makes sure that the standard of food is nothing but what you would be served in Italy. Starters include Barrata with tomatoes and olive oil, 30 month aged Parma ham and warm Octopus and potato salad. The presentation of the food is made up of fresh colours and an assortment of herbs looking almost too good to eat. Having the mains and pastas in two separate categories is a necessity when looking through the menu at an Italian restaurant as being famous for its pasta should really give it a whole menu for itself. Scarlet Mediterranean prawns, Grilled Sea Bream Fillet and fish and Beef fillet Tagliata. Everything is cooked to the up-most perfection and seasoned lightly to add exquisite tastes.

The pasta selection is unfaultable. Name it and it’s easy enough to be whipped up for you by Head chef Jeff Tyler. Sardinian gnocchi is served with royal Osetra, caviar, salmon and chives or Buffalo ricotta and spinach ravioli. Everything on the menu is  mouth watering in its own way making the choice of dish impossible but don’t worry you can always go back the following day! Wines are served by the bottle and glass with a waiter to recommend the perfect match for your meal.

Private functions rooms are also available at both restaurants to be hired out making it perfect for any occasion if you’re looking for something a little more private for you and your close ones.

With stylish décor and unforgettable food its a highly recommended visit.

Novikov Cuisine , Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Asian , Italian

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: Mayfair

Address: 50A Berkeley St, Mayfair, London W1J 8HA

Website: https://www.novikovrestaurant.co.uk/

Sexy Fish opened its doors in October 2015 in high-end Berkeley Square; Mayfair. The restaurant , bar and private function was designed by Martin Brdnuzki and hosts an Asian-inspired cuisine with a focus on Japanese sushi, sashimi, tiradito, tempura and robota. The finest food is served daily and a late night bar stocking the largest whisky collection worldwide.(400 bottles and counting!)

The decor within sexy fish compares to walking into a restaurant in Las Vegas with so much glamour its hard to know where to look, The bars are designed with glazed lava stone, the furniture custom made with a cool raspberry-lemonade tone and polished nickel for wall lights and bar lamps. Works crafted together by Frank Gehry and conceptual artist Damien Hirst dazzle from floor to-ceiling; quite literally in the Coral Reef room as tanks with the most exotic fish are exhibited. A 1ft crocodile slithers its way across the wall dominating itself above the the high banquette diners, a beautiful blue wall plaque of mermaids and Frank’s silver floating Fish.

When it come to the food Sexy fish continues to uphold its reputation with Head Chef Bjorn Weissgerber bringing us the finest Asian Cuisine. Earning his first Michelin star at only the age of 27 and training at some of the world’s most prestigious kitchens. Thomas Keller’s French Laundry restaurant in California being just one. He never fails to produce an array of masterpieces.

A few delicatessens recommended by the chef himself include the watermelon and crispy duck salad served with mitzuna leaves, mint and tarragon and seasoned with a refreshing dressing of olive oil. Another dish is the beef tenderloin seasoned with black pepper and smoked onions ; served with a soy and mirin sauce. Deserts are always a hot topic of the menu and with warm chocolate fondant and coconut cake with sorbet; it’s not an easy one to miss out on.

But always saving the best for last we have the bar. Sexy fish blends its most premium alcohols to craft together the finest cocktails to sip on whilst enjoying your food. The favourites include ‘The Big Four’ which combines Milan (Campari), New York (Hudson Manhattan Rye), London (Beefeater Crown Jewel Gin) and Paris (Dubonnet.) The four flavours are based on a Negroni and are not for the faint hearted. The Sexy Fish Champagne Cocktail has  base of classic Martell Cordon Bleu cognac topped up Gyejacquot Champagne with a dash of Merlet peach liqueur, rosemary bitters, a sugar cuba and Angostura bitters. Sexy Fish lager has also been specially brewed to match your taste buds with the seafood on the menu.
With faces such as Rita Ora, Kate Moss and Goldie Hawn Sexy Fish’s reputation only gets bigger. The ideal restaurant if you’re looking to impress.

Sexy Fish Cuisine , Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Asian

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: Mayfair

Address: Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1J 6BR

Website: https://www.sexyfish.com/

ME hotel; Aldwych is the home of STK London which places itself in the heart of West London. It takes your average steak house and mixes it with elegance, class and quality to offer you the ultimate fine dining experience. The american steak house combines steak and style with its menu solely focusing on the finest 28-day custom aged USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)  prime beef. Being the first one to open its doors outside of the USA it has a lot expectations to live up to and continues to exceed every one with stunning décor and the options for semi-private and private dining experiences to cater for everyone setting the mood or any occasion. Stepping in takes you to the streets of New York with the architecture consisting of a grand marble bar, leather booths and swanky purple lights highlighting the glamour within the dark tone of the restaurant.

Everybody is dressed to impressed and with guys in shirts and the ladies in their choice of beautiful attire it adds to the ambience of the restaurant. Years ago people would dress up to go out for a nice dinner and as years went by this trend slowly dropped. STK steps you back to a place where everyone is dressing to the nines adding to the pleasure of the surroundings.

Barry Vera the head chef takes pride in all his dishes adding only the finest steaks to the menu. He he is best known for writing several cookbooks , having his own TV show and his previous careers as head chef at high-end restaurants such as Quaglino’s. The succulent choices of USDA steaks on offer range in all cuts and styles. If you would like something lighter the ‘feather’ option will fill you nicely; a 28oz for the people not eating all day just to save themselves for this moment or the sharing platters for everyone to have a tuck in.

If you didn’t fancy a steak that night STK offers other equally enjoyable dishes such as ‘Pan fried Salmon’ or ‘Roasted Coastal Lamb Saddle.’ The set menus offer fine dining american cuisine with choices to attend to everyone’s taste buds. And why not finish with a delicious New York cheesecake?

To quench your thirst before your meal arrives the cocktail list offers the finest American inspired cocktails such as ‘Wildest Dreams’ inspired by the Tina Turner musical with Woodford reserve as a base or a the ‘STK Martini’ which mixes Russian standard with Agave Syrup, Lime juice and a ginger ale float. As for a glass of red wine to accompany you with your steak the list is endless; each one carefully recommended with the steak you choose to order.

Visiting STK saves you that money on that trip to New York or Miami you’ve been meaning to do by bringing it straight to your doorstep. It’s the next generation of steakhouses.  

STK Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: American

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: The City

Address: ME London Hotel, 336-337 Strand, London WC2R 1HA

Website: https://togrp.com/venue/stk-london/