The shortlist for the 2011 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards has just been announced, which is always an interesting mixture of restaurants and bars you either know well or may not have thought of trying.
Probably the most surprising entries are two from the Emirates Stadium - The Foundary and the WM Club - both of which, sadly, are only accessible if you're a Club Level member of Arsenal. We're also pleased to see the lovely Tinello in there as well as Bar Pepito.
Independent restaurant
Cafe Luc (Marylebone)
Barbican Lounge
Tinello (Pimlico)
Inamo St James
Homa (Stoke Newington)
Dishoom (Covent Garden)
Independent bar or club
Bar Pepito (King's Cross)
The WM Club (Emirates Stadium)
The Betsy Smith (Kilburn)
Multiple bar or club
Moose (Marylebone)
The Draft House (Tower Bridge)
Restaurant or bar in a hotel
Flemings (Flemings Hotel, Mayfair)
The Library Bar (Mornington Hotel, Paddington)
Restaurant, bar or club in another space
Bond and Brook
OXO Tower Bar
Made in Camden
Barbican Foodhall
The Foundry (Emirates Stadium)
Beaufort House (Chelsea)
Café or fast food
Costa Coffee (Great Portland Street)
Tinderbox (Spitalfields)
Peggy Porschen (Belgravia)
Bea's of Bloomsbury (One New Change)
Pub
Dial Arch (Woolwich)
The Tommyfield (Kennington)
The Red Squirrel
Mason & Taylor (Bethnal Green)
The Phene (Chelsea)
You can see the full shortlist here.
