This restaurant, an old smokehouse, is notorious for being pig heaven, where no bit of the animal is left off the menu. It also happens to be home to one of the loveliest dining rooms in London. Up some stairs from the courtyard bar, this wonderful, light room is all wooden boards, white paint and chrome hanging lampshades. With tables a decent distance from each other, a friendly staff and an unpretentious mixed bag of diners creating a general hubbub, it is difficult not to recommend this place.

This restaurant serves up old-fashioned British classics with absolute panache - boiled ham and parsley sauce, rabbit saddle, roast beef with a stunning horseradish sauce, eccles cakes with Lancashire cheese for dessert. Although one or two unusual cuts of meat (bone marrow, neck of kid, ox heart, pig's ears, tails, trotters, cheeks) are guaranteed. Whole roast suckling pigs can be pre-ordered for 14 diners, at least seven days in advance.