The roof gardens is now home to the Babylon restaurant and a private member’s nightclub, although you can book the entire space for a party. Amazingly, there’s one and a half acres up there, from Tudor to Spanish to Woodland gardens, complete with flamingos (not the same ones that were resident in the Seventies, we assume). Get far from the madding crowd by rising above itæpermil; Well worth the price of lunch or supper.Where: 99 Kensington High Street (entrance on Derry St), W8 (020 7937 7994) High Street Kensington tube; Babylon restaurant, The Roof Gardens, 020 7368 3993; nightclub, 020 7368 3999.When: Babylon, Mon-Fri, 12noon-3pm, 7pm-11.15pm; Sun, 12noon-4pm.How much: Babylon, main courses, £10.75-£19.50; set Sunday lunch, £18.50 for three courses.Zaika Chef Vineet Bhatia hit the headlines last year when Zaika was one of only two Indian restaurants ælsquo; ever ælsquo; to be awarded a Michelin star (the other was Tamarind). Since then, Zaika has relocated to better premises (a former bank facing Kensington Gardens), and managed to hang on to its star This is not traditional Indian cookery, though. Bhatia has mutated Indian flavours and techniques into something else, a kind of Indo-European fusion which purists don’t always like ælsquo; but most other customers do. Samosas, for example, appear as chocolate-filled desserts and as goat’s cheese-filled starters; sea bass might be served with upma, a variant of cracked wheat, and a turmeric and lentil sauce. Where: 1 Kensington Church Street, W8 (020 7795 6533) High Street Kensington tube.When: Mon-Fri, 12noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.45pm; Sat, 6.30pm-10.45pm; Sun, 12noon-2.45pm, 6.30pm-10pm.How much: Main courses, £9.95-£21.50.

Fishbar Who would have thought it? An austere-looking little opening on an unlovely bit of dusty Harrow Road is where the fashionistas and foodies are queuing up for their weekend suppers. But when this particular fast-fried-food joint does lobster and superb chips, that explains everything This is deluxe snacking and well worth a trip. Daytime, the next door wet-fish shop sells the uncooked variety.Where: 2-4 Fernhead Road, W9(020 8960 3434), Westbourne Park tube.When: Tues-Sat, 12.30pm-10.30pm, Sun-Mon, 5pm-10pm.How much: Various meals, including cod and chips, £6.60, haddock and chips, £6.75 and lobster, £17.75. The Green Olive One of the older members of the fast-growing Red Pepper Group restaurants, this sticks to the traditional Italian formula: pastas, soups and risottos can be followed by meat or fish dishes, such as lamb cutlet stuffed with mushroom or roast fillet of monkfish. Service is (mostly) on the ball, and the fixed-price menus are great value.

No wonder it’s always busy.Where: 5 Warwick Place, W9 (020 7289 2469), Warwick Avenue tube.When: Mon-Sat, 12noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11pm; Sun 12.30pm-3.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm.How much: Set lunch, £11 for two courses, £14.50 for three courses; dinner, £21.50 for two courses. Otto Dining Room and Lounge Heavily featured as Hugh Grant’s hang-out in About a Boy, this funky restaurant and bar is a world-class hang-out that Maida Vale and nearby neighbours have taken to heart. Sip a Peach Debonair, order up a superior steak sandwich and feel like a star.Where: 215 Sutherland Avenue, W9 (020 7266 3131), Maida Vale tube.When: Restaurant, Mon-Sat, 7pm-12midnight; bar, Mon-Sat, 6pm-11pm.How much: Main courses, £13.50-£16.50.E&O One of the most fashionable restaurants to open at the end of last year, E&O ælsquo; “Eastern and Oriental”, like the hotel in Penang ælsquo;sets out to collate some of the best dishes of the East in one place. It’s a good-looking place with dark wood panelling and vinyl seats, filled with equally good-looking people, but the kitchen can’t always live up to expectations. The sushi is only slightly better than supermarket sushi, and the Thai dishes don’t extend to anything more interesting than green chicken curry. Chinese-inspired dishes such as roast duck or char sui pork seem to be better choices. Still, it’s not really the food that Notting Hill’s fashionable set are coming here for.