Top Fives: Railway restaurants

Food in railways stations does not have to involve a manky sandwich on platform 18. Try these fine restaurants.

1. Moshi Moshi Sushi

A good but not great conveyor-belt sushi operation, pictured, perched over a platform in the station. Meal for two about £35.
Unit 24, Liverpool Street station, EC2 (020 7247 3227).

2. Fina Estampa

Charming, small, family-run Peruvian restaurant in the shadow of London Bridge station. Meal for two about £25.
150 Tooley Street, SE1 (020 7403 1342).

3. Great Nepalese

Good value Nepalese dishes plus many curry house favourites, in a side street to the East of Euston station. Meal for two about £28.
48 Eversholt Street, NW1 (020 7388 6737).

4. Fire Station

Lively bar restaurant serving modern British food, between Waterloo Station and the Old Vic. Meal for two about £40.
150 Waterloo Road, SE1 (020 7620 2226).

5. Christopher's Victoria

Glossy and glitzy American-style restaurant in what was once the station hotel. Meal for two about £40.
Thistle Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, SW1 (020 7976 5522).