London - Recommend a restaurant for an 18th?

majjak

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good restaurant in London for an 18th Birthday? Looked at Planet Hollywood but they're fully booked, Rainforest Cafe looks good but possibly a bit 'young'?

Needs to be family friendly, lively and reasonably priced and within Oxford St area if possible?

Thanks in advance :beer:

vodkashot

Maybe check out the Late Night London places like Grace or the Loop (which is off Oxford St). Reasonably priced, food is pretty good with lots of choice and you might get in for happy hour. Plus they have a club for the party animals.

*manda*

I love Hard Rock but i'm not sure how easy it is to book with them these days.

mintymoneysaver

How about Bill Wyman's Sticky Fingers? Always fancied going there...

greenface

Hix in Brewer Street can be great but sometimes a little busy . Balans bistro has a few "names" sitting in the shadows . In old compton rd.

lizzie_dripping

Maxwells in Covent Garden. :beer:

minerva_windsong

Depends what type of food you want really.

If you're not averse to queuing and like Mexican food then Wahaca is fantastic: http://wahaca.co.uk/

Mildred's in Soho does lovely veggie stuff: http://www.mildreds.co.uk/

There's a place just opened up on Maiden Lane called Da Polpo which does Italian-style tapas: http://dapolpo.co.uk/

Cafe des Amis is nice if you want somewhere a bit fancier: http://www.cafedesamis.co.uk/

Imli does really good Indian tapas: http://www.imli.co.uk/ or if you want something a bit more typical then maybe Masala Zone: http://www.masalazone.com/

For Thai food go to http://www.thaipot.biz/index2.html or http://busaba.com/

And finally, for Chinese food, I can really recommend Ping Pong: http://www.pingpongdimsum.com/