Thanks all!
marsha you should tell him that the boots have a few followers! Wear them they are fab.
linus these are some of my favourites:
Modern pantry in Clerkenwell ,
Babbo ,albemarle st, the best Italian restaurant in London.
The providores ,marlybone high street,I keep mentioning this a lot,I swear I'm not related to them,but they serve great brunch
Pizza east,shoreditch.
Aisa de Cuba,oldie but still a goodie, one of dh's favourite places,
I'm sure there is more but these are the ones that stand out for me,
I never like a stuffy place, for dinner I like a lively place were you can laugh and talk without feeling others are watching you, and these place are great,specially Asia de Cuba the atmosphere is always nice!
Don't go to the shard, we went there a few weeks ago,and it was nothing special,lovely view though!