Your foolproof guide to the best new restaurants in London right now, featuring Donia, Dalla, Morchella, Camille and Mambow.

The culinary capital of France, Lyon is a playground for bon vivants. Lining its streets, traditional bouchons serve up salades Lyonnaise, quenelles and tartes aux pralines, while the influence of Paul Bocuse can be felt citywide. It’s a fabulous choice for a city break, so here’s a gourmand’s guide to Lyon to help you plan one.

With its Georgian architecture, great restaurants and niche boutiques, Bath captures the hearts of all who wander its cobblestone streets. Complete with where to stay, eat, shop and explore, here’s how to spend a weekend in Bath.

When it comes to solo travelling, it doesn’t get better than the City of Light – a place that welcomes the individual with open arms. Read on for your guide to savouring a solo trip to Paris, complete with the best places to stay, eat, shop and explore.

The very definition of Chishuru in Hausa is ‘to eat silently’ – a reference to the abandon of conversation caused by food so good it commands total attention. As it happens, I was lunching solo… but even if I’d been in company, I knew this would’ve been the case from the moment I started eating.

An inexhaustive list of where to find London’s stickiest, flakiest, most buttery baked goods, featuring Jolene, Toklas Bakery, Arôme, Buns From Home and Layla.

A city famed for its Georgian architecture, Roman Baths and cobbled streets, there’s a lot to love about Bath… including its restaurant scene. Read on for a few of the best restaurants in Bath worth visiting when you’re next in town.

The menu is hearty, the setting is homely. There’s a feeling of comfort and community in abundance and everything is done exceptionally well.

Theatreland is teeming with eateries. Many of which are sub-par chains our tourist traps, but persevere past these and you’ll find an array of restaurants more than worth their salt. Here are a few of the best restaurants in Covent Garden.

My first lunch at Mountain was one I’ll remember for a long, long time, with a fondness for the meal itself and an admiration for what the Super 8 team has achieved yet again.

Incredibly inventive food, delicious wines and flawless service, set against a backdrop of 80s classics. I couldn’t recommend it enough.

From one dish to the next, there was a difference, an excitement, yet it all flowed so seamlessly. There were playful combinations mixed with uncomplicated comforts… and for a few hours, everything was right in the world.

Leaving the restaurant, I felt wholly satisified in a way that I rarely feel. More often than not, there’s at least one thing I would’ve changed, but not here. Surely that says it all.

A love letter to Italy’s osterias, bringing the best seasonal produce to a menu rooted in the comforts of Italian classics.

A small, stripped-back venue bursting with big, bold flavours.

Ask anyone for their Berlin restaurant recommendations, and Barra is sure to be one of them… with very good reason.

With seafood as its red thread, I could’ve ordered everything on the menu, so some serious time was spent narrowing things down before I’d made up my mind.

However you decide to enjoy your meal here – which you will – Townsend is a comforting respite from the intense rhythm of the city outside.

Five of the most exciting new restaurant openings in London and beyond to keep your eyes peeled for next season.

Walk along Margate’s seafront and into Sargasso, and you’re instantly hit by a sense of East London-on-Sea. Younger sibling to Bethnal Green’s beloved Brawn, that should come as no surprise.