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How not to eat out

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I’ve got to get this off my chest. 

Londoners may have heard of the hot new restaurant opening, Hide in a vast site on Piccadilly with the same Russian owner as luxury wine shop Hedonism and popular chef Ollie Dabbous in the kitchen. The picture is of the dramatic staircase between the three floors. There is a bar, and wine cellar, in the basement. 

We went to Hide the other night and Nick will be reviewing it so I won’t steal his thunder. But I would like to compare two tables of two we encountered during the evening. Given a...