Perched on top of the old Dickens and Jones building on Regent Street opposite the Apple Store, Aqua Kyoto is a new Japanese restaurant which is slowly becoming the hottest place to imbibe cocktails and sushi .

Once you’ve set foot into the discrete entrance, two lifts whizz you straight up to the top floor where a sliding set of doors open up to a black circular cocktail bar. A collection of gold-lit booths populate the bar on both sides. A special credit must go to the unnamed mixologist who has created some of the most unique and delicious cocktails in London. Try the ‘Rose & Li’ which arrives in a long flute with Louis Roederer champagne, rose liqueur, lychee and flowering buds or the ‘Violet Flute’ in which a base of Tanqueray Gin with violet liqueur and saffron syrup is topped up by Louis Roederer champagne.

We won’t muse on the food much but will only simply say that Nobu and Zuma have competition on their hands. With a grand sushi bar in the middle of the room next to a glass-fronted private dining room, expect the London’s glittering hordes to descend en-masse.  Tell us what you think of the food below.

240 Regent Street, London, W1 (Entrance via 30 Argyle Street)