Looking for a good breakfast place to bring your third-date score? Surprise the lucky lad or lady with the Garrison.

Veer a little further south into the once-undesirable Bermondsey, make for the orange cube of the Fashion and Textile Museum and across the road you'll find an oasis from the cold.

Home to what we think could possibly be, London's best weekend brunch. To eat: eggs benedict, buttery croissants, pancakes with maple syrup (two orders, please; no judgement) and old faithfuls like beans on toast. And if you don't make it in time for brekkie, dinner or drinks here are just as good.

Got up a little late? No matter. Just drop by for a drink and soak up the atmosphere. We're swooning over the décor: an eclectic mix of styles from French country to chalet chic, and are shamelessly trying to recreate it at home.

Thankfully, the lighting is also just right. Soft and inviting, it makes everything look lovely (even our pale, dead-of-winter skin). So, perfect, then, if you're both sneaking looks across the table wondering who's the one who's settled.

Add that to a weekly antiques fair, its proximity to the South Bank and Borough Market, and we're seriously wishing we bought in Bermondsey years ago when it was still dodgy.