(2-3 Rocks Lane, Barnes in London, United Kingdom)

Barnes Grill bar and restaurant is owned by Antony Worrall Thompson, which tells you all you need to... know about the fabulousness of its ingredients – from hand-caught Scottish scallops to home-bred Middle White pigs and veg from AWT’s own farm. The latest addition to the chef’s small group of restaurants is a prettily laid-back place, with exposed brick, vaulted ceilings, cushion-lined banquettes and fabulous purple chandeliers. Start with homemade potted shrimps or cheese filo parcels, then go for a classic, properly-aged ribeye steak with béarnaise sauce and fantastic hand-cut chips or a top-of-the-league bangers and mash. If you need an excuse to go south of the river, this is it. Please note - on Saturday evenings this restaurant has 2 sitting times: 7pm and 9pm.Bookings are not taken for weekday lunches. Opening hours: Mon 6:30pm - 10:30pmTue - Thu 12pm - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 10:30pmFri 12pm - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:30pmSat 12pm - 4pm & 6:30pm - 11:30pmSun 12pm - 10pm Owned by celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson [moreless]

(Calle Recaredo, 9 Puerta Carmona in Seville, Spain)

Highly-likeable, fifth-generation restaurateur Jesus Becerra runs this cosy and very popular trattor...ia near Plaza Carmen Benitez in the historical Puerta de Carmona district of Seville. Against a memorable backdrop of ceramic walls, contemporary local art and linen-covered tables, Sevillanos and international foodies gather to make the most of Becerrita’s diligent service and, at times, magnificent modern classic dishes from Seville and Andalucia. Sirloin of veal with grilled goats’ cheese and fig sauce, bass in orange sauce, and the homemade breads and desserts are highlights. Plus, at Becerrita’s elegant bar, you can tuck into a tempting, daily-changing choice of fresh tapas such as tuna with fresh duck liver. If you like fish, ask about the daily catch. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required for bookings of 10 people or more, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. A fee of €30 per person will be charged for a cancellation within 48 hours or for a no show Opening hours: Mon - Sat 1pm - 4pm & 8pm - 12am Sun 1pm - 4pm The unique building is a fine example of the local architecture of the last century... [moreless]

(Parklands Hotel & Bentley's Restaurant in Ogbourne St George, United Kingdom)

Please note, Bentley's is currently undergoing refurbishment and is not taking bookings.Bentleys mig...ht be only five minutes off the M4 near Swindon, but you’d never know from its tranquil village setting in Wiltshire’s beautiful Marlborough Downs. The restaurant is part of the Parklands Hotel, a small, family-run hotel converted from a 200-year-old inn. Begin with the homemade fishcake, pepped up with roquette salad with sweet chilli sauce, then motor into a whole braised lamb shank on creamed potato. Vegetarians are taken good care of with oven-roasted pepper, red onion, sweet potato and goat’s cheese with butter chive sauce. The ice-creams are a cut above the ordinary – you’ll be hard-pressed to choose between blackberry, peppermint choc chip, organic strawberry, toffee fudge or white chocolate with honeycomb pieces – or if you’re feeling virtuous, there’s always the lighter mango sorbet. Next time you’re on the M4, don’t settle for the next service station: get some proper cooking, character and comfort at Bentleys. Opening hours: Mon - Fri: Breakfast 7.30am - 9amLunch 12pm - 2pmDinner 7pm - 9pmSat Breakfast: 8am - 9amLunch: 12pm - 2pmDinner: 7pm - 9pmSun Breakfast: 8.30am - 10amLunch: 12pm - 2pmDinner: 7pm - 8pm [moreless]

(1120 Chaussée de Waterloo in Brussels, Belgium)

Blue Elephant Thai restaurant just south of Brussels City was the first of the celebrated group that... may eventually take over the world -- to general applause. This is a chic Thai fantasy, an Eden of exotic flora to take you far from the busy metropolis outside. During the day the stunningly-appointed dining room is naturally lit from the skylight above, while in the evening candles and lamps take over. It is lushly decorated with exotic plants, beautiful orchids, Buddhas, Thai woodwork, comfy bamboo chairs, and smiling Thai-costumed waitstaff. On arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 12pm - 2:30 pm & 7pm - 10.30pm Sat 7pm - 11:30pm Sun 12pm - 2:30 pm & 7pm - 11.30pm [moreless]

(Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames in London, United Kingdom)

Blueprint Café located in London’s Design Museum offers spectacular views of the London skyline from... Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and the Swiss Re building in the West, sweeping across and along the Thames to Canary Wharf in the East. As you would expect of a restaurant in a museum devoted to design, aesthetics are important here. The dining room at this riverside restaurant is light, simple and unfussy and its interior provides an ideal backdrop to the Blueprint Café’s acclaimed European cooking. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 3pm & 6pm - 11pmSun 12pm - 4pm [moreless]

(81 Gran de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain)

Among the three hundred diners that fill this 30-year-old restaurant every day, you may spot the Kin...g of Spain, movie stars, and politicians. Botafumeiro has to be a well-oiled machine to keep all and sundry happy and coming back for more, and it does. The decor is so trad, with wood railings and banisters, white table linens, and nautically-themed art and objets. The menu focusses on the sea, try fruits de mer for two to start, followed by anglerfish fisherman's stew with white beams or one of the barbecued fish, then a dessert of Belgian chocolate volcano with chocolate sherbet. Wine list is an ambassador for Spanish wines. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Sun 1pm - 1am [moreless]

(10 Bow Churchyard in London, United Kingdom)

From the people who brought you the buzzing and beloved Motcomb's on the other side of town comes th...e Bow Wine Vaults. This quaint and casual restaurant is set on the corner of Bow Lane, where the al fresco tables are in hot demand when the weather allows. Inside, there's a wine bar on the ground floor with seating area and a more formal vault dining room below stairs, with soft lighting and white table cloths. Even so, the ambience is relaxed rather than buttoned-up. The menu is a combination of continental favourites with an Eastern accent, accompanied by a truly blistering wine list. Try starter of grilled galette of goats cheese with roasted croutons and salad, main course of king scallops with tiger prawns wok-flamed with cognac, then skip the pud and go for the beautiful cheeses. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 11am - 11pmLunch only 12-3Bar open all other timesClosed Weekends. [moreless]

(176 West Regent St in Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Award-winning haute cuisine in a charming, relaxed restaurant with superb ingredients and attentive ...staff, what could be better? Brian Maule, the chef-owner, is only in his mid-thirties, but spent years as Head Chef at the Roux brothers famous and starry Le Gavroche in London. Now he's running his own show, you won't want to miss the excitement of Olympic-level cooking. Set in a renovated Victorian building just off handsome Blythswood Square, the decor is slightly unbuttoned formal in bone and neutrals, with well-spaced tables. Fine country French dishes might include starter of ragout of scallops, penne pasta and fennel in light cream sauce, main course of supreme of Cannette duck with braised salad and peppered jus, and dessert of vanilla flavoured creme brulee. Interesting wine list.Tables booked at 6pm - 6:30pm will need to be off their tables by 8:15pm Please be aware that this restaurant does not take toptable bookings between 7pm and 8.30pm every day.Tables booked at 6pm - 6:30pm will need to be off their tables by 8:15pm. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 12pm - 2:30pm & 6pm - 10pmSat 6pm - 10.30pmSun Closed [moreless]

(The Beech Hill Hotel, Newby Bridge Road in Windermere, United Kingdom)

If you want views while you dine you’ve certainly got them at Burlington’s Restaurant in Windermere.... Part of the impressive Beech Hill Hotel, set in to the East bank of Lake Windermere with incredible views to the Cumbrian Fells, Burlington’s is traditionally sophisticated with tartan carpet, imposing fireplace and crisp white table linen not to mention those picture windows which make a visit here worthwhile before you’ve even peeked at the menu. But even if those windows were bricked up there’d be no mistaking the taste of Cumbria which emanates from every mouthful of food here. The kitchen freshly prepares a fusion of French and British gourmet dishes using the incredibly flavourful produce brought in from local farmland and offers a three course Simple Flavours menu or the all out five course Gourmet menu... what views? Opening hours: Mon - Sun: 7pm - 9pm Lake Windermere is the largest natural lake in Britain, 12 miles long and 220 foot deep. [moreless]

(Hilton Glasgow, 1 William St in Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Camerons is the formal dining room at the Glasgow Hilton. Perhaps surprisingly in such a modern hote...l, the restaurant is decorated in an exquisitely elegant Colonial style with gilted mirrors, china plates, chandeliers and a grand fireplace. Even more impressive is the food; aiming for a Michelin star, Camerons is the only restaurant in Glasgow to be awarded four Michelin forks. Other awards are too numerous to list and rest assured there are many, year after year. So good is James Murphy's international menu that high-profile guests regularly return for classics such as beef Wellington, lobster thermidor and superb foie gras. Service under the wonderful Frankma Cana Romero is friendly and always shows attention to detail. Extensive wine and champagne list. Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 12pm - 3pm & 6pm - 10:30pm Sat 6pm - 10:30pm Sun: Closed [moreless]