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ten-course taster menu (£95).
Lunch: Monday-Friday 12pm-3pm.
Dinner: Monday-Saturday 6.45pm-
11pm. The restaurant is also available for
exclusive hire on weekends.
43 Elystan Street, SW3 3NT
T: 020 7584 2003
www.tomaikens.co.uk
The World’s End
££
Brother and sister team Mitch and
Meredith Tillman have recently launched
this three-level redevelopment on the site
of the World’s End Distillery. It’s made up
of the Scene on the ground floor, the
Summerhouse upstairs and the Cellar in
the basement.
The duo behind the First Restaurant
Group – its other venues include the
Notting Hill Brasserie and Mayfair gastropub
the Running Horse – are the son
and daughter of Harold Tillman, chairman
of the British Fashion Council and
owner of Jaegar and Aquascutum.
Harold also opened what is regarded
as the UK’s first cocktail bar, Rumours, in
Covent Garden in 1978. Mitch started by
opening a small deli and eventually built
up a restaurant portfolio, and Meredith,
who had a background in advertising
and an eye for design, joined him in the
business.
The three levels in their new project in
World’s End have very different identities.
The Scene Bar and Kitchen is an
American diner with a cinematic theme,
with movies – from classics like
Breakfast at Tiffany’s to 1980s favourites
like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – playing in
the background. The menu is full of
American favourites and an all-day
breakfast is served at weekends. There
are nightly special deals. Soft drinks
include milkshakes and smoothies and
it’s big on cocktails, with alcoholic
shakes and slushies in addition to the
mojitos and mules.
The World’s End
The Summerhouse is a seafood
restaurant decked out like a Hamptons
beach house. It’s a sister restaurant to
the Summerhouse on the Union Canal in
Maida Vale. It closes for the winter,
although it can be hired during that time,
and reopens for the summer in April 2012.
The Cellar is a candle-lit basement bar,
which can be hired for private events
and can be catered with a bespoke
menu created from either the Scene or
the Summerhouse.
The Scene: Tuesday-Friday 6pm-
10.30pm. Saturday breakfast: 10am-
4pm. Full menu: 12pm-10.30pm, Sunday
10am-6pm. Bar open until 12am.
The Cellar: Licensing hours 11ammidnight
(later licences can be obtained
for private parties).
459 King’s Road, SW10 0LR
T: 020 3362 3362
www.theworldsend.co
Ziani’s
££
An established Italian restaurant that
welcomes children, Ziani serves Venetian
specialities and is tucked away in a quiet
street off the King’s Road. The wine list
focuses on Italian regional varieties.
Lunch: Monday-Saturday 12.15pm-
2.45pm, Sunday 12.15pm-3.15pm.
Dinner: Monday-Saturday 7pm-
11.30pm, Sunday 7pm-10.30pm.
45-47 Radnor Walk, SW3 4BP
T: 020 7351 5297
www.ziani.co.uk
Zuma
££££
This contemporary Japanese restaurant
offers a sophisticated take on the
informal, 'izakaya' style of eating and
drinking.
You can eat in the main dining area or
at the sushi counter and robata grill,
where you can watch the chefs in action,
and the sake bar offers more than 40
different varieties of sake, as well as
cocktails.
The beautifully-designed interior and
bold flavours are popular with foodies
and celebs alike, with good reason – but
it’s not a cheap night out, especially if
Zuma’s sushi
counter
you get carried away sampling the sake.
There’s no set protocol on ordering
from the menu – dishes are designed to
be shared or eaten individually. There’s
also a tasting menu. You don’t need a
reservation to sit at the counters, and the
full menu is still available.
Lunch: Monday-Thursday 12pm-
2.30pm, Friday 12pm-3pm, Saturday-
Sunday and bank holidays 12.30pm-
3.30pm. Dinner: Monday-Saturday 6pm-
11pm, Sunday and bank holidays 6pm-
10.30pm.
5 Raphael Street, SW7 1DL
T: 020 7584 1010
www.zumarestaurant.com/zuma_uk.html