Tatler Restaurant Guide 2011

The young pretender, although in fact Scott's originally opened in 1851.

Designed by Martin Brudnizki, the chartreuse-green marble-mosaic fan motif around the bar and the mosaics in the loos would give the grander houses of Pompeii a run for their money. Scott's is the reservation everyone wants, from Cheryl Cole to Piers Morgan to Michael Caine, all piling in for potted shrimps, lobster mayonnaise and skate wings in caper butter.