£££ Portrait Rooftop Restaurant, top floor of the National Portrait Gallery, T 020-7312 2490. Mon-Wed, Sat, Sun 1000-1715; Thu, Fri 1000-2200 (last orders 2015). A fine modern British menu (only narrowly making it into this price bracket) gets served up briskly and efficiently in swish non-smoking surroundings, but people really come for the views. ££ Café in the Crypt, under St Martin-in-the-Fields, T 020-7839 4342. Daily 1200-1930. An atmospheric location to enjoy some reasonably priced salads, soups and meals served canteen-style beside a brass-rubbing centre and bookshop. £££ The Admiralty, Somerset House, T 020-7845 4646. Daily 1200-1430, Mon-Sat 1800-1030. The French regional cooking here has won high praise, making booking essential later in the week. A smart place to take your time over two or three-course fixed menus with the river beckoning outside. £££ Simpsons-in-the-Strand,100 Strand, T 020-7836 9112. Mon-Fri 0715-1030, 1215-1445, 1730-2235, Sat and Sun 1215-1445, 1730-2235. A grand old-timer that has been serving up full English breakfast each weekday for longer than most its staff can remember. It can be relied upon to provide old-fashioned English food in a formal, upper-crust environment. ££ India Club, 143 Strand, T 020-7836 0650. Mon-Sat 1200-1430, 1800-2250. The most characterful place to eat cheaply around here. Set menus at £12 for old-style curries at formica tables on linoleum floors with yellow walls. A very Indian institution, since 1950. It is unlicensed so take your own booze. £££ J Sheekey28-32 St Martin’s Court, T 020-7240 2565. Mon-Sat 1200-1500, Sun 1200-1530, daily 1730-2400. A name that has long been associated with fish has been given an overhaul by the people responsible for The Ivy and Le Caprice. Now it’s the most stylish place in the area for top-quality seafood. £££ Manzi’s1/2 Leicester St, T 020-7734 0224. Mon-Sat 1200-2330, Sun 1730-2230. An Italian old-timer on the edge of Chinatown, Manzi’s has been around for over 70 years, drawing in a generally sedate crowd of regulars who come for its superbly old-fashioned Italian service and traditional ways with fish. £££ Imperial ChinaWhite Bear Yard, 25a Lisle St, T 020-7734 3388. Mon-Sat 1200-2330, Sun 1130-2230. Another large Chinese restaurant, with the added attraction of being hidden away in the tranquility of its own courtyard off Lisle St and recently thoroughly re-decorated, doing very good dim sum until 1700 as well as a wide range of good value Cantonese dishes. ££ Fung Shing, 15 Lisle St, T 020-7437 1539. Daily 1200-2330. A Chinatown favourite with a good reputation for its seafood and Cantonese cooking. One of the first restaurants in London to serve up Chinese haute cuisine, standards are still high.
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