Serpentine Bar & Kitchen

Watch the pedalos chugging around London’s famous lake while you sit on the waterside terrace or peer through the floor-to-ceiling windows at this no-bookings Benugo-run outfit overlooking the Serpentine. A busy open kitchen feeds and waters a motley crew of famished tourists, sightseers, joggers, kids and grown-ups from breakfast onwards – so kick-start your day with some French toast, porridge, shakshuka or a big fry-up (meat or veggie). Later on, the menu offers soups, pizzas, flatbreads, salads and vegan ‘nourish bowls’, plus faves such as fish and chips, burgers or pulled pork sarnies with slaw. There are plenty of cakes and sweet things too, while drinks are tailored to young ‘uns and oldies alike, from juices and pop to jugs of Pimm’s, spritzs, Camden ales and a fistful of wines by the glass.