The highlight of the Oxo Tower restaurant is alway...

The highlight of the Oxo Tower restaurant is always going to be the view. That's not to dismiss the food or the service, just that the view is that spectacular, with huge windows on both sides, overlooking the Thames and south London.

It's gorgeous and almost an event going there just for that. That said, the food is very nice-- definitely on the stylish side (starters included Devon crab with sweetcorn sorbet, for example), very pretty and very much rich-without-realising it, in that we were left looking at the petit fours and wondering if we could manage just one.

The service was good -polite, friendly- and the whole experience was plush, so the biggest downside, as ever, is the price.