Brasserie of Light

You're walking past the Oxford Street chaos and ducking into something that feels properly grown-up. Brasserie of Light sits just off Duke Street in Mayfair, and there's none of that squeaky-clean corporate vibe you'd expect from the location. It's the sort of restaurant where you can roll in for a weekday lunch in your work clothes and feel immediately at ease, or book a table for something more dressed-up without it feeling stuffy. The kitchen delivers solid British cooking—proper steaks, seasonal vegetables done right, the kind of stuff that doesn't need a three-page explanation on the menu.