Otto's

A true one-off, Otto Tepassé’s restaurant is somewhere that must be visited at least once by anyone with an interest in the London restaurant scene. Group dining is the best way to get the most from the house specialities of duck, lobster and chicken, prepared à la presse; if your budget doesn’t extend that far, two set menus cost £45/58 for two/three courses featuring old-school classics like pigeon terrine, tournedos Rossini and tarte Tatin. Up to 30 diners can be seated in the basement dining room, which, with its velvet-upholstered dining chairs, black-and-white checkerboard tiles, pretty blue and white china and vintage film posters, is every bit as quirkily traditional as the restaurant upstairs. To drink, choose from a 14-page wine which major on the classic regions of France.