"Bruno’s makes your date's job easy. The Islington bar woos, charms, and seduces you before you even sit down. It’s from the folks behind bistro restaurant Caravel and is located inside the adjacent barge on the Regent’s Canal. Sink into a plush, pink velvet armchair, made for hushed tête-à-têtes over sweet rum and pineapple cocktails, or snag a high stool for a pre-dinner grapefruit-spiked Negroni. The soft lighting, steamy windows, and chilled-out playlist set the mood to cosy-luxe—ideal date territory when you want to whip out the “I know this little place” line." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna