Regularly touted as "the best pizza in London," Crisp, used to be served inside The Chancellors on Crisp Road in Hammersmith. There hadn’t been so much hype about a pizza place in London for a long, long time – and then the team joined forces with The Devonshire crew to dish up their pies inside a Mayfair pub. While elsewhere in the city it’s all about scorched sourdough, at Crisp the thin crust and crisp base are fully intentional. The best New York-style slices in town – book ahead.

This candy-coloured casual eatery is the ideal place to have a dinner with a group of friends - large or small. The delicious small plates are perfect for sharing.

One of London’s more modern crashpads, The Twenty Two has injected a bit of energy into the Mayfair scene. It might be housed in a grand Edwardian mansion on Grosvenor Square, but the bedrooms are bold, with ruby-red four-posters, velvet tasselled upholstery and paisley Pierre Frey wallpaper that extends to the ceilings. While the food in the restaurant doesn’t do anything new (oysters, steak, Champagne), it’s worth soaking up the vibe in the powder-blue dining room. A handsome boutique stay in the thick of things.

This nutty Marylebone concept store is redecorated twice a year to unveil a new collection. Founder Belma Gaudio is a keen traveller who launched the space with the idea of creating a holiday shop that would flip from beach to ski. These days, in addition to crochet skirts and neon salopettes, it stocks everything from vases that look as if they’ve been piped with icing to beaded bags embroidered with beetles. A temple to all things funky.