Hakkasan, 8 Hanway Place, W1

Forget the rather dingy sidestreet, it’s high, high style in this Chinese restaurant from the creator of the Wagamama chain – the interior did scoop a design award. And it claims to be the first Chinese restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star. If the occasionally unpredictable door policy means you don’t get in, you can ogle the decor in About A Boy as Will (Hugh Grant) tries to unravel his web of deceit to Rachel (Rachel Weisz).

Trivia: Hanway Street, off Tottenham Court Road, is where the glitter kids first glimpse Jack Fairy at the opening of Todd Haynes’ Seventies fantasia Velvet Goldmine.

About A Boy (2002, dir: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz)
Velvet Goldmine (1998, dir: Todd Haynes)