Oscar Bar & Restaurant

You walk into Oscar and immediately feel like you've stepped into something intentional—the kind of restaurant that exists in that sweet spot between effort and ease. It's the dining room of the Charlotte Street Hotel, so there's that Firmdale Hotels polish running through it, but it doesn't feel stuffy or pretentious in the way some hotel restaurants do. The space itself is the thing: moody lighting, a bar that actually invites you to linger, and enough visual interest that you're not bored staring at the same four walls. The European menu is straightforward—good ingredients, properly executed—which means you're not fighting through some chef's fever dream to get a decent meal. Come for drinks and stay for dinner, or vice versa.