Malmaison London - Bar and brasserie

Daylight is overrated. Stay subterranean. Into the low-lit den that is the Mal bar. You may be some time. Beers, superstar wines and the Champagne by the ice bucketload await the Square Mile escapee or switched-on Clerkenwell reveller. Daylight has never been so unappealing. Underground is most certainly the way to go when in London. Simple British classic dishes, uncompromising in quality, generous in portions. You need a good square meal you think. You're in luck. Dishes prepared with a genuine passion for the local food heroes of London. You order steak frites and something Austrian from the cellar. While from the Butcher's Block a group of Square-Milers practice the dining art of covert cuisine from behind a clunky chain curtain. Shhh. The Brasserie at the London Mal seats up to 60 people. When it comes to dining in London and Clerkenwell, take the underground.