"A date at Joyau can be fancy or low-key. Tucked inside a Forest Gate railway arch, it serves excellent European small plates and has dim lighting that’s kind to those who’ve had long weeks. Sit between stacks of wine books that make it feel like you’re flirting over the kitchen counter. But one that’s got vases of wildflowers rather than passive aggressive sticky notes. Should our favoured third wheel, sunshine, decide to make an appearance, you can seductively sip rosé out front. " - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley