"Maximum Capacity: 14 Minimum Spend: none but the feasting-style menu starts at £75 per person The time has finally come. After eight years of hard work, your mate has finally been promoted to Chief Nail Polish Naming Officer. A day this proud deserves the private dining room at old-school British spot Quality Chop House. The Clerkenwell space is sophisticated in a deep-grey, brooding way, with candelabras, flowers, and dainty crockery. Expect a sharing menu with an excellent cut of meat as the centrepiece, plus snacks like pork and prune terrine and mangalitza croquettes." - heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna