TOP VALENTINE'S DAY RESTAURANTS YOU CAN STILL BOOK THIS MONTH

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Left it late? Fear not. You won't be spending Valentine's at a fast food Drive-Thru

Restaurants still open for bookings this Valentine's

Whoops! That snuck up on you, didn't it? Before you knew it, you were starting at the February page of your calendar and realising you favourite restaurants are all booked up for the Big Day.

Well, don't panic. There's still time. These are the best London restaurants still open to bookings this Valentine's Day - at least, they were when we went live. Don't blame us if you dilly-dallied around.

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The Mandrake

The Mandrake rewrites romance with three provocative, high-octane experiences for couples who favour intensity over tradition: Cupid Kills: A 90s Valentine’s at YOPO, The Mandrake Salon in partnership with Lelo, and the ritual-led escape of DAMU Mud Caves. Cupid Kills offers a cinematic, immersive dining experience inspired by cult 90s love stories, complete with live performances, vintage projections, a five-course tasting menu, indulgent sharing mains, and cocktails, though prices were not specified. The Mandrake Salon explores power, desire, and sensory play with guided demonstrations, luxury Lelo gifts, and Champagne, priced from £250 per person, £600 for two with Champagne, or £1,001 for two including an overnight stay. For the ultimate indulgence, DAMU Mud Caves blends ancient bathing rituals with modern erotic theatre, offering private mud cave access, Champagne, entry to the Salon, and an overnight stay, starting at £1,299 for two.

The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Book Now

Sexy Fish

At Sexy Fish, Valentine’s Day unfolds with ‘The Perfect Catch’ on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 February, with a specially curated dessert, Valentine’s vanilla cheesecake with strawberry, calamansi sorbet, white rose petals, and white chocolate crumb. On 14 February, The Coral Reef Room offers an exclusive Valentine’s dining experience, accompanied by a roaming violinist from 6pm, while the main restaurant features a live singer from 6-9:30pm, followed by a DJ from 9:30pm and a saxophonist and percussionist from 10:30pm. The Coral Reef Room requires a minimum spend of £150 per person, and the main restaurant £100 per person from 7pm.

Sexy Fish, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6BR Book Now

Bōkan

Perched in the clouds above Canary Wharf, the views up here are worth the visit alone. But given that you won't be taking your eyes off your hot date for the evening, it's important that the food does the job, too. Luckily, we've no qualms recommending it on that front.

A six-course Valentine's menu awaits, created by Executive Chef Robert Manea, with highlights including lobster raviolo and lamb rack with truffle sauce.

Bōkan,Floor 37-39, 40 Marsh Wall, London E14 9TP, Book Now

Bacchanalia

At Bacchanalia, Apollo’s Muse is transformed into an opulent Valentine’s Day experience set within grand classical interiors, with live entertainment throughout the weekend. Lunch is accompanied by a piano vocalist, while evenings are elevated with a trio of harp, piano and vocals. The Valentine’s dining experience includes a complimentary special ‘Calliope Heart’ dessert combining milk chocolate mousse with raspberry and lychee coulis, with services available on Friday 13 February for dinner at £150 per person and Saturday 14 February for lunch at £100 per person, and dinner at £250 per person, and Sunday 15 February for lunch at £100 per person. Guests can also enhance the occasion with optional additions including two glasses of Dom Pérignon at a special price or the option to purchase flowers for their loved one.

Bacchanalia, 1 Mount Street, London, W1K 3NA Book Now

Balthazar

Balthazar brings a distinctly Parisian flourish to Valentine’s weekend, with the upstairs private dining room Le Grand Salon Privé opening from 5pm. On Saturday the restaurant will have a live piano vocalist available exclusively for Valentine’s Set Menu bookings. The Valentine’s Set Menu priced at £49 per person is available on Friday and throughout the weekend for lunch and dinner, featuring baked Camembert with truffled honey or house-cured gravadlax to start, a sharing surf and turf main of 28-day aged Côte de Boeuf and Madagascan prawns with classic French sides, and a sharing dessert of raspberry and milk chocolate mousse with salted caramel shortbread.

Balthazar, 4-6 Russell Street, London WC2B 5HZ Book Now

Smith's Bar & Grill

If being by the water is your thing, Smith's Bar & Grill, nestled in Little Venice, offers the chance for a proper slap-up meal and a stroll by the canals afterwards.

For a highly reasonable £70, you can bag a five-course menu with bubbles on arrival and you'll eat to the sound of violins throughout the evening. If you're not one to spend the evening taking selfies (God bless you), you'll still leave with a professionally taken photo to remember the evening.

Smith's Bar & Grill, 25 Sheldon Square, Paddington Central, London, W2 6EY Book Now

J. Sheekey

At J. Sheekey, Valentine’s Day is celebrated with a refined Valentine’s Set Menu at £85 per person, available from Friday from 5pm and all day Saturday. Designed for sharing, the menu opens with mixed sashimi with ponzu and wasabi, burrata with beetroot, blood orange and truffle honey, and roasted Galician octopus with romesco and crispy shoestring potatoes, followed by the signature J. Sheekey Roasted Shellfish Platter featuring roasted lobster, scallops and tiger prawns, served with steamed mussels, wilted coastal greens and lemon and garlic butter. Dessert is an indulgent Amedei dark chocolate and passion fruit Paris-Brest, with takeaway truffles to finish.

J. Sheekey, 28-32 St Martin's Court, London, WC2N4AL, Book Now

Tobi Masa at the Chancery Rosewood

For one night only on Saturday 14 February, Tobi Masa at The Chancery Rosewood will present an exclusive Valentine’s Day set menu. Priced at £285 per person, including a welcome drink, with an optional £180 wine pairing, the menu will feature poached lobster with bisque mayonnaise, toro tartare with caviar, kanpachi with truffle potato julienne, scallop and squid sizzling with jalapeño and coriander, a chef’s selection of nigiri and sashimi, and truffle ice cream.

The Chancery Rosewood, 30 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, W1K, London, UK, Book Now

Rosi at The Beaumont

This Valentine’s Day, Rosi at The Beaumont will present a special set menu on Saturday 14 February, priced at £95 per person. The menu begins with snacks to share, including Maldon rock oyster tempura with miso mayonnaise and ponzu and Wiltshire truffle arancini with Parmesan cream, followed by a choice of starters such as duck liver parfait, London Smoke & Cure salmon tartare, or wild mushroom velouté. Main courses include native Cornish lobster linguine, treacle-cured dry-aged beef fillet with triple-cooked chips, or cauliflower and apple risotto, before a blood orange sorbet palate cleanser. Desserts include a rhubarb and custard baked Alaska to share, with alternatives of passion fruit parfait or hazelnut Paris Brest.

The Beaumont Mayfair, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF, Book Now

Colonel Saab

Where better to celebrate Valentine’s, than bathed in romantic lighting from a canopy of ornate chandeliers, at an A-list hotspot designed as a love letter to a family and the continent behind it?

Colonel Saab will launch a five-course Valentine’s Tasting Menu for £140 per couple, including a glass of Rose Champagne and complimentary roses at their multi-award-winning Trafalgar Square and Holborn restaurants, loved by everybody from Jennifer Coolidge and Reese Witherspoon to Jackie Chan.

The menu includes an amuse-bouche Kadhi Pakoda Mousse, followed by Kadak Seekh Kebab or Black Pepper Paneer Tikka.

Afterwards, enjoy their famous Malabar Chicken Curry or Makhmali Palak Paneer with layered parantha and rice.

The Consummation of Love takes the form of their viral, Thandai Crumble with vanilla ice cream, or the Shikanji Rose Tart with red wine-poached figs.

Then finish with some Valentine’s chocolate petit fours with your tea or coffee.

Colonel Saab is a bricks-and-mortar testament to the power of love, packed full of precious Indian art, artefacts, family heirlooms and even love letters between the restaurants’s namesake, Colonel Saab and his wife, Binny.

This romantic tasting menu that will transport diners deep into the heart of India costs from £140 per couple.

Colonel Saab, 40 - 42 William IV St, London WC2N 4DD, United Kingdom, Book Now