Christmas Parties and New Year Eve at Tamarai London

Christmas Parties and New Year Eve at Tamarai London

Dripping with glamour, and buzzing with excitement, Tamarai treats its elegant customers to fine food and exceptional wines. One of London’s most vibrant and stylish venues, Tamarai was voted the Best Late Night Bar in UK (Theme Restaurant in London & Bar Awards 2008). With a client list that includes companies like Sony BMG, Marie Claire, Paramount Studios, Yahoo, Tatler, Jimmy Choo amongst others, Tamarai can accommodate 300 and 100 for sit-down lunch & dinner.

The venue features an extensive wine list by Charles Metcalfe and critically acclaimed pan Asian cuisine by Chef Manish (Best Pan Fusion Food in London, Evening Standard). A new menu launched earlier this year introduces dishes such as a tangy mango and green papaya salad with banana blossom and pandana dressing, masala morels with water chestnuts and herb lemon rice and at the same time retains all time favourites such as sweet chilli lotus root, with chives and fresh coriander. Both the menu and wine list demonstrate how thoughtfully Tamarai continues to innovate. Tamarai is best for Christmas party in London and New Year Party Venue in London UK.

Like the Lotus flower that it is named after, Tamarai metamorphoses from a fine dining pan Asian restaurant to a late night bar – a truly dynamic space that can be transformed to suit different moods at different times of the day. State-of-the-art audio visual equipment, LCD screens and a screening room makes Tamarai ideal for day time hire, film screenings, training sessions, product launches, fashion and art events.

Tamarai has a late night license till 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights on and offers complimentary parking for upto 300 guest cars in Central London. Undoubtedly, an ideal venue for your Christmas parties this winter. For details on bookings, email Anjali Myers at events@tamarai.co.uk. 167 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, WC2, Tel. 020 7831 9399, www.tamarai.co.uk

Good Indian food and fine dining room in London

Good Indian food and fine dining room in London

This is one of a handful of London's Indian restaurants with a 'head office' in India. Our Chor Bizarre is a straight copy of the one in the Broadway Hotels in Delhi.

Its name is an elaborate pun (Chor Bazaar translates as 'thieves' market') and, like the Delhi branch, the London bars and restaurant is furnished with Indian antiques and bric-a-brac.

Every table, and each set of chairs, is different, and you may find yourself dining within the frame of an antique four-poster bed. The food is very well prepared and encouragingly authentic. Care is taken over the detail; Chor Bizarre does, however, carry the kind of price tag you'd expect in Mayfair.

Start with simple things such as pakoras, which are tasty vegetable fritters, or coconut mussels, which come in a coconut fish broth. Kebabs are taken seriously here, too: try gazab ka tikka, a bestseller in Delhi, which is a kind of chicken tikka deluxe. Then, for your main course, choose dishes such as baghare baingan, a Hyderabadi dish combining aubergine, peanuts and tamarind.

Or Malabar prawn curry, which is marinated king prawns with a kick of chilli, or goshtaba, the famous Kashmiri lamb curry - very velvety. Breads are also impressive, including an excellent naan; pudina paratha, a mint paratha; and stuffed kulcha.

The many imposing set meals are a good way to tour the menu without watching your wallet implode. Try the Maharaja thali - a complete meal on a tray. TV dinners will never be the same again. Bravehearts will tackle the Wazwan, which is a multi-course banquet, rich food from the North of India.