London in Love
London in Love
With less than a few days until Valentines Day, choosing the right restaurant for the most romantic night of the year, can turn a grown man into a quivering wreck of indecision and self-doubt. Check out our round up of some of London’s best Valentines meal ideas from on a budget to a lottery winners choice, who ever said money can’t buy love , clearly wasn’t dating in London, choose the budget, book a table and wait for those brownie points to roll in …
Lottery Winners choice – Vinoly Room , Sky Garden.
Book a skyscraper with a view. The Vinoly Room, the private dining suite in Fenchurch Seafood Bar & Grill at Sky Garden, offers breath-taking views across the capital: profess your love to each other while gazing down on the twinkling lights of the city as a personal butler attends to every need. £5,000 will get you the meal of a lifetime, and those views of course, including dishes of Jerusalem artichoke soup; roast veal sweetbreads; butter-poached lobster; grilled turbot with oyster cream and caviar; and sirloin of Aberdeen Angus beef with short rib and foie gras.
www.skygarden.london/fenchurch-seafood-bar-grill
Credit Card required – The Gun, Greenwich.
Bring out the big guns with a cruise along the Thames before disembarking at The Gun, greeted by champagne no less, to enjoy a five-course meal with cocktails in the River Room. With this ultra-exclusive package (£455), dine overlooking the water while you relish the fact you’re the only couple in London entitled to the table. You’re guaranteed to be kept in the good books with all the extravagant extras – a dozen red roses, Charbonnel et Walker truffles and a complimentary taxi home.
www.thegundocklands.com
Wack it on the Debit card – York & Albany, Hyde Park snug out
Shack up in York & Albany’s ‘Lover’s Hideaway’, snugly set by the corner of Regent’s Park. Hire out a private cabin-cum-love shack (£150 for two) and enjoy a four-course meal with strewn rose petals, twinkling candles and romantic cocktail making to keep spirits high and passions pulsating.
www.yorkandalbany.com
Cash – Drake & Morgan, across London
Book your Valentine’s meal at any Drake & Morgan in the city and enjoy a three-course menu for £40 per person. Toast to the evening with a flute of bubbly before tucking into starters such as salmon ceviche, seared scallop or duck liver parfait. Choose between mains of grilled sole, artichoke risotto or a 28-day aged rib-eye steak with twice-cooked chips and finish with a flaming baked Alaska or sumptuous apple tarte tatin.
www.drakeandmorgan.co.uk
Strictly Budget -Carluccio’s, across the UK
Carluccio’s is playing Cupid with a romantic menu (£20) of sumptuous Italian sharing plates and celebrated classics. Kick off with the ideal aperitif, a cherry Bellini (£5.95), while sharing an antipasti board. A lover’s tiff may ensue when deciding between mains like lobster spaghetti or raviolone verza – a large raviolo filled with a creamy Parmesan fondue, served in a butter sauce – then finish your meal in sweetness and light with a chocolate mousse.
www.carluccios.com
