Openings: The Ivy Café

This month saw the opening of the Ivy Café in London's Marylebone, in the space of what used to be the Union Café. The new venue promises to offer a friendly and neighbourly environment with accessible all-day dining for those living, working and shopping in the area. The café-style menu features breakfast, elevenses, brunch, lunch, afternoon snacks, cream tea and dinner, while a condensed cocktail menu includes a combination of classics and some more inventive creations. The restaurant was designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio and features include an antique pewter-top bar, pendant lighting, marble floor tiles and vintage red leather banquettes.

Opened 3 November

General manager Thasanee Robinson

Executive chef Sean Burbidge

Covers 94

Typical dishes Chicken liver parfait (£6.75); prawn cocktail (£9.75); oak-smoked salmon (£9.50); the Ivy Café shepherd's pie (£13.50); and salmon and smoked haddock fish cake (£13.50)

Price £16.50 for two courses; £21 for three

Design Martin Brudnizki Design Studio