Hot Dinners always looks out for Olive magazine's annual Alternative Restaurant Awards for a fresh look at the restaurants worth celebrating in any year. This year's list features no fewer than 24 London winners - most of which we'd agree with, particularly the Boulud burger and Wild Honey's ice-cream. Friendliest service
Caravan
Believe-the-hype burger
Bar Boulud, London
Where we could eat every day
Café a Vin
Pudding club
Paternoster Chop House
Worth it for the petit fours alone
The Square
Keeping it street
Whitecross Street market
Brunswick Centre
Mr Falafel
The olive medal for bravery
L’Art du Fromage
Most exciting new opening
28:50
We all scream for ice cream
Wild Honey
Café Luc
Gelupo
Cooking for taste, not ego
Michael Nadra
Location, location, location
Paramount
Best reason to get up in the morning
Lantana
Best clear-conscience dining
Platform
Dish of the year
Bruno Loubet's Hare Royale at The Zetter
Most unexpected hotel food
Nahm restaurant, Halkin hotel
Veggie Heaven
Gauthier Soho
Best treat for big kids
The Mall Tavern
Bea’s of Bloomsbury
Gauthier Soho
Pubs with more than pie-and-a-pint
Paradise By Way of Kensal Green
You can read the full awards list in the September issue of Olive magazine out now.
