With cocktails as exquisite as the setting is stylish, Lonsdale is one of London's most glamorous drinking dens, and the bar food is a cut above the usual. Monday-Thursday 6 pm-midnight, Friday and Saturday 6 pm-1 am, Sunday 6-11:30 pm. 44-48 Lonsdale Road (Tube station: Notting Hill Gate or Ladbroke Grove), London W11. Phone 020-7727-4080. http://www.thelonsdale.co.uk.
