Rhodes Mezzanine

Lonely Planet review

British cuisine is no longer an oxymoron at Rhodes Mezzanine. Celebrity-chef Gary Rhodes breathes new life into traditional dishes like shepherd's pie, toad in the hole, oxtail, Yorkshire pudding - even roly poly. The emphasis is on freshness of ingredients and bold flavours.

Unlike its competitor Verre, there's nothing understated about the room, which looks more like a High Street hair salon than a top-end restaurant, with bright-white mirror-polished floors, lipstick-red velvet accents, French-baroque chairs and transparent room dividers of coloured Lucite. Austin Powers could walk in the door at any moment - but with food this compelling, your attention squarely on your plate, you probably wouldn't notice.