The Ledbury - Notting Hill, London

If you elect to eat at The Ledbury, you will be well taken care of. The kitchen staff are not only famous for having garnered their restaurant two Michelin stars, but also for having fended off rioters attempting to ransack the dining room. The devotion to diners is equally apparent in the excruciating attention to detail that has won The Ledbury so many accolades and rave reviews. The gorgeous, austere design of the restaurant is a symphony of high ceilings, dark woods and subtle, subdued lighting - an ideal counterpoint to the brilliance of the cuisine. Owner and head chef Brett Graham's dishes are daring, debonair and ultimately devastating, evident in the flavours of flame grilled mackerel with avocado, celtic mustard and shiso or a fillet of roe deer with red leaves and vegetables, cherries and bone marrow or a whipped ewes milk yoghurt with wild strawberries, lemin verbena meringues and warm citrus beignettes. It's not for nothing that The Ledbury has often been touted as London's best restaurant, with a devoted following advocating the addition of a third Michelin star!