"The Midland Grand is a French fine dining restaurant inside the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel that makes most National Trust stately homes look like drive-thru McDonald’s. Aristocratic setting aside, the food served is also excellent and anyone who’s been to the chef’s Soho restaurant Sola is bound to be a fan. There were plenty of things that impressed us when we went, but a lobster dish that involved Thai-inspired bisque and a seafood boudin noir set on fire tableside was particularly memorable." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna