Bang on: watch the New Year’s fireworks from Madison’s rooftop terrace
(Picture: Press handout)Drinking rather than eating may be the traditional approach to New Year’s Eve, if only because a rousing rendition of Auld Lang Syne is not something any sensible person should attempt sober. And yet what could be more civilised than spending the biggest night of the year at a restaurant table with drinks on tap, food from one of the capital’s top chefs and a guaranteed seat once auld acquaintances have been forgotten for another year?
Skyscraper restaurants are an obvious place to start; many will provide a bird’s eye view not only of the London Eye fireworks but the explosions of colour in the night sky all over London — just expect to pay through the roof for the privilege.
