On the corner of a leafy Pimlico street, close to Sloane Square, this handsome cream-coloured stucco building has relaxed and smart interiors that make it a popular neighbourhood eatery topped with four airy bedrooms. The ground-floor bar with its pale-washed walls, sturdy wooden tables and striped banquettes is lively with locals, who often spill on to the pavement in summer. Eat here such punchy dishes as cumin-spiced lamb meatballs and pizzas. For a smarter menu – perhaps roast turbot with Swiss chard and wild garlic, and steak with rosemary and Pecorino fries – choose the elegant first-floor dining room with its floor-to-ceiling sash windows. On the top floor, high-ceilinged bedrooms with beams, light-oak floors and panelling continue the fresh, countryside theme with vases of dried flowers, soft colours and simple linen curtains. Bathrooms are on the small side, only one with a bathtub; all rooms have bathrobes, coffee machines and botanical toiletries. An à la carte breakfast offers tempting dishes such as smoked salmon and scrambled egg with crème fraîche, grilled focaccia sandwiches and the full English.