Top places to eat and stay over for special occasion

[lostlondoner]

Ideas please!
DH and I are going to see a show get some food and stay overnight in London. We want SPECIAL!
Tell me your restaurant and hotel gems....

What sort of budget / location?

Ampersands is lovely and great location

My favourite restaurants- Roganic, Brat, Bibbendums, pizzaro, delauneys,

Thank you!
Budget maybe up to £375pn
Dinner I have no idea how much a smart place costs but perhaps around £150?

What kind of food and ambience do you like? There is so much to choose from in London.

Cocktails in the American bar at the Savoy are good.

Read Jay Raynor's reviews in the Guardian for some inspiration of where to eat. He goes from cheap local type places to uber expensive. He can be quite cutting when it's deserved but most definitely gushing when a place is good.

I like the Mondrian for hotel. Me and DP go stay there sometimes and I live in London!

I love Duck and Rice too. Cool little Chinese in soho. I would be careful about where you go. Some places are overly priced and in London you have lots of good options that don’t have to cost and arm and a leg. If it is a special occasion I would suggest you maybe start with some lunch time cocktails at the shard.... that’s fun and there are plenty of vouchers available on line so doesn’t have to cost a lot. I went to the gherkin recently and that was pretty amazing too and the bar at the top was amazing especially when night falls

Have a look at this - www.editionhotels.com/london/

It also has a fantastic restaurant underneath - www.bernerstavern.com/

The Montcalm at the Brewery Hotel.. the Wow suite is incredible!!

Thank you everyone! I will take a look. I'm not sure what sort we'd like. I think, though, we'd prefer somewhere like Ottolenghi rather than The Ivy and a boutique hotel rather than massive 5-star place.

I don't know about restaurants, but if you're after boutique, Batty Langley's is lovely 😊

Tom Kerridge's Bar and Grill is spectacular. seriously good food. Hawksmoor is always great (there are six or seven of them now).

A favourite of ours is Odette's in Primrose Hill. It's small and intimate and the food is great.

We like the Apex chain of hotels. They have a boutique feel to them and some nice little touches while your there without being expensive. We've stayed at the London Wall one which was really nice but the City of London one is nice too and an an excellent location.

I would highly rate Bob Bob Ricard for something a bit special with lovely food.

If you like ottolenghi, try either nopi in soho or rovi in fitzrovia. Both amazing. Also apparently the coal office in kings cross is meant to be great but not managed to get a table there yet.

I had a terrible tough steak in Hawkesmoor and went to Bobbibcité in November and it was appalling. I can't necessarily tell you where you should go but please don't go to those