Yauatcha

Where can you find a seriously stylish, fun restaurant that also serves exceptionally good food? Look no further than Yauatcha, the Soho newcomer everybody is talking about. Chinese is not my favourite, and being unable to book a table before 22:00 was not a good start (this is the price you have to pay for the restaurants popularity I suppose. Even at that time the place was still packed!), but then these complaints faded away the minute our order arrived. Opt, as we did, for the dim sum, which is to kill for.

The menu is extensive, and you will be spoilt for choice: from fried prawn and date parcels to steamed duck and shiitake mushroom rolls, to roast venison puffs (to mention but a few), our selection was exquisite, moist and flavoursome, well presented, and, what's more, served with a smile. And the desserts (lemon and ginger souffle and green tea creme brulee and raspberry sorbet) were excellent too.

The main dining room downstairs (think candles on the walls, twinkling stars in the ceiling, and a very long fish tank running the length of the bar counter) is much more atmospheric than the one on the ground floor upstairs, so do remember that when you book.

Not often do you see such expert cuisine served in such beautiful surroundings at such reasonable prices in London: do believe the hype for once and go check it out for yourself.