Fox & Hounds
Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 01733 264126
? foxandhoundslongthorpe.co.uk
Who: Orchid Group, with head chef Tony Maualdi and manager Steven Farrugia.
What: Bar and dining room with open fireplaces.
Food: There is a pub and a restaurant menu and the focus is modern, British, seasonal and local.
On the menu: home-made, 100% Lincolnshire beer burger (£8.50); roast pork, stuffing and home-made apple sauce sandwich (£4.95); oxtail with warm potato salad, mustard and dill (£6/£8); calves' liver and crispy pancetta on pan-fried bubble and squeak with a red wine and shallot jus (£12); traditional bread and butter pudding made with local fruit (£4).
Covers: 110
Fox & Anchor
Charterhouse Street, London
? foxandanchor.co.uk
Who: This classy number is from two hotel tycoons - Robert Cook, chief executive of Hotel du Vin and Malmaison, and Richard Balfour-Lynn, chairman of the Alternative Hotel Group and Marylebone Warwick Balfour property investment group. Chef Keith Shearer looks after the food.
What: The pub's strapline is "Hops & chops, cuvées & duvet". The pub is a 200-year-old listed building outside Smithfield Market offering six letting rooms.
Drink: Over 100 wines, 40 specialist whiskies and seven real ales, served in pewter tankards.
On the menu: Grilled spatchcocked chicken with lemon and garlic; ham hock and colcannon mash with parsley sauce; sticky toffee pudding with English custard.
Style: The bar is made of dark wood, pewter and green leather. This is a traditional boozer with snugs and alcoves aplenty.
Covers: 45
Average spend per head: £25
