What's new in the world of restaurants
By10 April 2012- St Valentine's Day means over-hyped dining rooms clogged with the gastro equivalent of Sunday drivers. Here are some less sickly offers.
- At newcomer Morgan M, a special five-course tasting menu of French food costs £48 per person. Morgan M, 489 Liverpool Road, N7 (020-7609 3560).
- 'Il menu dell'amore' at the Four Seasons Hotel brings five courses of modern Italian food and a glass of Taittinger rose for £60. Four Seasons Hotel, 46 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, E14 (020-7510 1999).
- St Valentine's Day marks Quaglino's 11th birthday in its current incarnation, and £56 per person gets you a glass of champagne, a three-course dinner and live jazz. Quaglino's, 16 Bury Street, SW1 (020-7930 6767).
- Quirinale's Valentine's menu (four-courses of Italian food, glass of champagne and a longstemmed ecstasy rose) costs £90 per couple. Quirinale, 1 Great Peter Street, SW1 (020-7222 7080).
- Avoid the St Valentine's Day massacre entirely by visiting Salt (the whisky bar and modern Italian restaurant), which has pledged not to take any bookings for two on the night of Sat 14 Feb. Salt, 82 Seymour Street, W2 (020-7402 1155).