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28-50 Wine Workshop and Kitchen

28-50 Wine Workshop and Kitchen. A restaurant that adores wine.

It seems 28-50 is not, as I first thought, the address of this Maddox Street restaurant. No, much more interesting than that. 28-50 is the geographical coordinates for the World’s most perfect wine growing latitude and if you are serious about wine then 28-50 Wine Workshop and Kitchen is a pretty good name to have I reckon.

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Fenchurch at Sky Garden. Discover excellent dining and Sky high views

Just as well Fenchurch at Sky Garden is in the so-called walkie talkie building on London’s Fenchurch Street as security needed walkie talkies to manage the flow of people waiting to get up to the 35th floo

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The Hilton Metropole

The Hilton Metropole. The Edgware Road has never looked so good.

The Hilton Metropole once suffered from a slightly odd location, sitting just outside the West End, with the need to negotiate the hairiest junction on Edgware Road making it a tad tricky to enter. But now Paddington is the subject of redevelopment, what must be the largest hotel in London is set to come into its own.

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Anthea Gerrie reviews Roba Bar and Restaurant in newly trendy Paddington. 

ROBA BAR AND RESTAURANT. Paddington’s delicious new foodie destination.

With the redevelopment of Paddington imminent, the area is starting to spawn interesting new dining destinations after years as a bit of a gastro-desert. One of the first to jump on the bandwagon is the Norfolk Towers Hotel steps from the station, which has replaced their basement pub with a shiny new ground-floor eatery.

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Galvin at Windows

Years before Galvin at Windows, the Hilton Park Lane has been one of the iconic London landmarks ever since its opening in 1963. I remember spending more than a few nights pretending I was actually living the life of a playboy down in Trader Vic’s. Those were the days.

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the Windmill Hotel

The Windmill Hotel. Clapham’s super stylish pub with rooms.

What makes travellers select a pub on far-flung Clapham Common as one of the 25 best hotels in the UK – and the only one of 13 in the capital which is not on the central tourist trail? The answer would seem to be a sense of history in the pub, super-stylish bedrooms and a glimpse of the green and charm which distinguishes so many London neighbourhoods that have retained their original village feel.

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