The Fancy Brunch Guide - London - The Infatuation

"Ah, Chiltern Firehouse. Every celebrity's favourite hangout circa 2015, and your best chance of spotting Orlando Bloom deep in conversation with Lindsay Lohan over cocktails. It might not provide us with the same fallen-out-of-Firehouse pap shots anymore, but this Marylebone spot still serves a great, European-leaning brunch. It feels properly fancy to eat excellent waffles in a pretty garden that Cara Delevigne has probably smoked in. Instagram potential? Definitely. Thick, fluffy pancakes? By the stack-load. Plus, teas and coffees are served in delicate, blue-etched china and most egg dishes can come topped with truffle. Brunch here is a see and be seen thing, with actually good food. The only way to get a dinner reservation before 9pm is by booking weeks in advance (reservations open roughly two months ahead). But the real hack is calling and asking if they have any last-minute cancellations the week you want to go—it’s worked for us on multiple occasions." - rianne shlebak, jake missing, sinead cranna