The Petersham Restaurant

If 180 degree views of the River Thames are your thing, then bag a seat in this plush dining room for a ringside view. Head Chef Ade Adeshina's modern British style favours fish with a menu that offers some five piscine starters including marinated smoked haddock and salmon imaginatively partnered with black truffle toast or seared cod fillet with chorizo and artichoke and parsley risotto. Baked seabass with seaweed and fried oyster continues the theme but meat eaters are also treated to loin of venison with chestnut rissole and bitter chocolate sauce and vegetarians can enjoy the likes of hand-rolled lasagne with goat's cheese, asparagus and pesto. France is the star of the strong wine list that features a number of half bottles.