Wabi London, Holborn

A contemporary cocktail and dining lounge in lively Holborn, Wabi serves supreme, clean-cut Japanese cuisine. The kitchen is headed by culinary master Scott Hallsworth, who boasts a 6-year stint at Nobu in London. A slick, crisply-dressed dining room filled with clean angles and understated modern design features a modern bar, which serves an extensive list of wines, traditional sake and Japanese-inspired cocktails.

Named after the Japanese aesthetic Wabi-sabi, Wabi London is a second venue launched in the heart of the capital by head chef Scott Hallsworth. It serves Japanese cuisine. Dishes include tea-smoked duck tataki and foie gras martini with umeshu jelly, nashi and black vinegar, iced yuzu parfait with green apple sorbet. The restaurant also includes a bespoke sushi bar that includes butter-poached Spanish red shrimps with yuzu, chilli and cucumber dressing.