Dining in london

London is a great place in which to eat out . You can sample more or less any kind of
cuisine here, and, wherever you come from, you should find something new and quite
possibly unique. Home to some of the best Cantonese restaurants in the whole of
Europe, London is also a noted centre for Indian and Bangladeshi food, and has
numerous French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai restaurants; and within
all these cuisines, you can choose anything from simple meals to gourmet spreads.
Traditional and modern British food is available all over town.

Another bonus is that there are plenty of places to eat around the main tourist drags
of the West End: Soho has long been renowned for its eclectic and fashionable
restaurants - and new eateries appear here every month - while Chinatown , on the
other side of Shaftesbury Avenue, offers value-for-money eating right in the centre of
town.

Many of the restaurants  will be busy on most nights of the week, particularly on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and you're best advised to reserve a table wherever
you're headed. The majority of places take major credit cards, such as Visa,
MasterCard and Amex.

As for prices , you can pay an awful lot for a meal in London, and if you're used to
North American portions, you're not going to be particularly impressed by the volume
in most places.

Service is discretionary at most restaurants, but many tend to take no chances,
emblazoning their bills with reminders that "Service is NOT included", or even including
a ten to fifteen percent service charge on the bill (which they have to announce on
the menu, by law). Normally you should, of course, pay service - it's how most of the
staff make up their wages - but make sure you check you're not paying twice.