Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars Recommendations: London, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Barcelona

Our Head of Clients, Ashish Vasudeva has a hidden passion. Enjoying the good things in life. And when several clients started asking for recommendations, he created this short guide with a list of favourite Art Galleries, Restaurants and Bars, in cities such as London, Paris and Barcelona

Restaurants:

1. Fine / elaborate dining

Ikoyi (St James’)

The Ritz(Green Park)

Core by Clare Smyth (Notting Hill)

Bibendum(South Kensington)

Le Comptoir Robuchon

2. Italian

River Café (Hammersmith)

Chucs (Mayfair)

Zafferano (Knightsbridge)

3.  Chinese

Imperial Treasure (St James’)

Hakkasan (Mayfair)

Hutong (London Bridge)

3. Indian

Amaya (Knightsbridge)

Jamavar (Mayfair)

4. Brasserie/others

Bao (Soho)

Kiln (Soho)

Arts:

Please see below for a list of private galleries in London that I usually visit whenever they have an exhibition on. These galleries usually put on compelling exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists.

Restaurants:

1. 3* Dining

L'Ambroisie

Pierre Gagnaire

L’Arpege

2. Other dining

Carré des Feuillants

JIn

Café / scene:

Café de Flore

Ralphs

Pierre Herme

Hotel bars

Le Bristol Terrace

Bar at George V

Hotel Costes

Vendome bar and Hemmingway bar at the Ritz

Clubs

Castel

Silencio

BC

Art

(Beyond the obvious - Louvre, Pompidou, d’Orsay etc.)

Picasso Museum

I'Orangerie

Rodin museum

Jacquemart-André

Restaurants:

Le Calandre

Antiche Carampane

Da Ivo

Bars:

Bar Terrazza Danieli

Bar Longhi

Belmond Hotel Cipriani

B Bar at the Bauer Hotel

Art:

Gallerie dell'Accademia

Peggy Guggenheim

Sights

(beyond the obvious such as Grand Canal, St Mark’s Square etc.)

Il Frari

Restaurants:

Elaborate

Enigma / Tickets

Disfrutar

ABAC

Tapas

Paco Meralgo

Bars:

Mandarin Oriental hotel bars

Dry Martini

Art:

Miro Foundation

Picasso Museum

Restaurants:

1. Sushi

Sushi Saito

Sawada

Hashiguchi

2. Tempura

Kondo

Nanachome Kyoboshi

3. Kaiseki

RyuGin

Ishikawa

4. Pizza

The Japanese ethos of striving for perfection also applies to their pizza restaurants 🙂 Two pizza restaurants that are as good as I have tried anywhere are Pizza Studio Tamaki and Pizza on the 38th (in the Mandarin Oriental)

5. French

Tokyo is such a cultivated city ... one can enjoy great French fare there. I have tried the 3* L'Osier ... a stylish and dramatic room in the Shiseido building. They serve modern French (quite elaborate compositions) and I thought the meal I had was at the 3* level.

Bars

Star Bar Ginza and Bar High Five

Hotel Bars

Restaurants:

La Serre

Social by Heinz Beck

Restaurants:

Please see below for a number of restaurants in the North of Spain that I have heard good things about, from opinion I trust - these are all restaurants focused on high quality ingredients, simply (but perfectly) cooked / served. - Elkano - for turbot (restauranteelkano.com) - D'Berto - for seafood (https://www.dberto.com/es/mariscos-pescados.aspx) - Casa Julián - for steak (https://casajulianmg.com/) - Etxebarri - for master grilling (https://www.asadoretxebarri.com/)

With regards to avant-garde / modern cooking, I have been to a few - a number of years back I really enjoyed a meal at 3* Azurmendi (https://azurmendi.restaurant/en/). Of course with such cooking and the number of dishes, the meal was a little 'uneven', but I thought the best dishes were truly great.

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