![]() Though it makes for a quirky experience, the idea has culinary roots, based on the theory that not being able to see heightens your other senses, making the food taste that much more exquisite. If candlelight is still just too darn bright for your delicate peepers, fumble your way to St John's Wood restaurant Dans Le Noir?, where lunch and dinner are served in complete darkness. Though candles aren't the only light source, they're plentiful, wedged into the top of empty wine bottles, wax dripping down the sides as if they've been there since the bar opened in 1890. It's far from a secret, but the cavernous interior and low, arched ceiling of this subterranean bar is laden with history - and dust. ![]() Gordon's Wine Bar, Charing Cross Photo: LondonistĪ long-time Londonist favourite, Gordon's Wine Bar is an intimate and atmospheric drinking den between Charing Cross and Embankment stations. This Soho stalwart serves European cuisine (and plenty of wine - they reuse the bottles as candle holders), to tables topped with white table cloths and individual flower posies. ![]() If it's that candlelit ambience you're craving though, you could a lot worse than Andrew Edmunds.
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