The downstairs bar is a hidden treasure… you’ll need to book (I’d suggest booking for both pre and post dinner drinks!).

The restaurant is great… good Thai food in a setting which works well for business and pleasure (groups and couples/dates).

My favourite dish there? The salted butter caramel, pistachios, peanuts, chocolate sorbet. You’ll want your own portion… so don’t agree to share.

Now I must confess I went to this particular Fitzrovia eaterie on a client lunch so I could let my hair as much as I would have liked, but the dimly lit interior (bejewelled myriadic bathrooms and cowprint chairs) drowning the winter sunshine gave me the illusion of velvety nighttime sensuality.

Very much a 'date place' must, the staff are attentive, the booths intimate with a table breadth far enough apart to prevent feet clattering and close enough to encourage intimate discourse. For starters I would recommend the sumptuous hand-dived scallops, its the visualisation of robust divers cherry picking these plump swimming treasures that adds to the garnish. Be warned, the mixed dim sum can lead to some strategic chop stick warfare, and the ribs...oh the ribs, the meat just falls off the bone without getting lost in any unwanted canine crevasses.

For mains, go for any flavour curry as they are extraordinarily good, with jasmine rice to soothe any hot palates. Sip on a green tea delivered in an ornate Oriental teapot, and to finish sip on a double espresso, even I couldn't quite manage dessert!

Crazy bear is a cool cocktail bar and restaurant just around the corner from Goodge street tube. It is pretty funky and the bar stools look like zebra skin poofs (don't know what they are made of...)
The cocktails are really different and most of them taste great - especially the strawberry champagne one. Have to admit they are not cheap though.
The bar food is pretty nice - posh Thai and apparently the restaurant is excellent. If you do go you MUST check out the loos before you have had too many cocktails - that's if you can actually find it..they are quite something! They also have a couple of small hotels out of town that look great fun.

A cool cocktail bar/restaurant on Charlotte street in central London. The food is good here (although quite pricey) and the atmosphere is pretty cool. The bathroom experience is something to behold. Firstly, they are almost impossible to find! After a few beers you will find yourself feeling walls to try and find the entrance! Inside, the loos are covered in mirrors turning the urinal experience into a "i hope i don't wet my pants" excercise. The wash basins are communal, meaning hand flirting is a must.

Service is varied. It just depends on the waiter or waitress you get.

Great cocktail bar near Charlotte Street - downstairs bar is cosy and intimate, good for small groups (for larger groups phone ahead and book one of the booths), also due to limited entry it doesn't get over crowded downstairs.

Restaurant has excellent food - pan-asian variety.

Good service, good food, good drinks - great all round!

(oh btw, must check out funky bathrooms!)