Audrey Green

You're ducking into one of London's most civilised lunch escapes, tucked inside the National Portrait Gallery just off Trafalgar Square. Audrey Green—part of the reliable Daisy Green crew—does that difficult thing well: proper food that doesn't fuss about itself. The coffee's genuinely good (none of that gallery-café laziness), and the brunch menu swings between things like smashed avocado on sourdough and actual eggs cooked how you want them. It's the kind of place where you can roll in solo with a newspaper or meet a mate without feeling like you need to justify a £6 cappuccino.