Perched atop a City hotel, a new restaurant and rooftop bar, Galadari, will open in September. Occupying the eighth floor of the Crowne Plaza, by Blackfriars Bridge, it will boast views of the Shard, St Paul’s and Tate Modern.

The restaurant features a Japanese kushiyaki grill offering steaks (with a choice of flavoured smoke) and seafood, along with izakaya-style plates of sushi.

Cocktails include shochu highballs and the bar stocks a selection of Japanese fine whiskey, served with charcoal filtered water, and there are hand-rolled cigars from a walk-in humidor. Also expect sake, house-made sodas and a range of Laurent Perrier champagnes.

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