"Darling's Eatery And Studio, a Hackney Wick pasta restaurant, is a place for seductively twirling a noodle on your fork as your date admires you in the golden hour glow. Come in the evening, when the candles are lit and the space fills with noise and laughter. There are two big wooden sharing tables, but we prefer the small circular tables off to the side for intimate dates when we don’t want to be overheard. The pasta looks like the bowls you’d see on Instagram, and it's tasty, photogenic stuff." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley