Somssi by Jihun Kim

Take the spiral staircase down from the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair hotel and you will be greeted by a team of chefs waiting to welcome you into this smart-looking restaurant. The elegant room is centred around a 14-seat marble counter, where the team craft immaculate Korean dishes with refinement and originality. Superb produce is the bedrock, fashioned into dishes such as ganjang lobster, where a delicate balance of ingredients gives the seafood extra depth of flavour. Each dish is described with infectious enthusiasm by the smiling team.