This shop, restaurant and oyster bar is so ideally couched by essential Mayfair boutiques—Matthew Williamson and Stella McCartney, for example—that drifting from retail therapy to apres-shopping dining becomes a no-brainer transition.

It’s hard to deny the lively brasserie welcoming lovers of classic French fare to indulge in savory smoked eel mousse or fillet of sole. Or, its accompanying bar where patrons pick at delicate Irish rock oysters with a glass from a choice selection of champagnes for an aphrodisiactastic pick-me-up. The cheekiest light lunch in W1 and a convivial spot for gossiping also holds one more damningly persuasive draw: the entrance doubles as a shop specialising in culinary luxuries like caviar, smoked salmon, fromages and other delights, so you can whisk away some of the indulgence home.