The 50 sexiest places to be fed

1. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham

The most exciting gastronomic restaurant on the rise outside London is tucked away on the outskirts of Nottingham. Cutting-edge cooking; bright, friendly service and the option to make a night of it by booking one of the eight rooms, make this the obvious choice for any foodie-fixated couple.

Old Lenton Lane, Trentside, Nottingham, 0115 986 6566, www.restaurantsatbains.com

2. Hand & Flowers, Buckinghamshire

This already very appealing pub with fine grub has recently become even more attractive with the opening of a guest cottage. Those who think every Michelin-starred meal should end in a cowhide-clad room with a hot-tub terrace now know where to go.

126 West Street, Marlow, Bucks, 01628 482277, www.thehandandflowers.co.uk

3. Les Saveurs de Flora, Paris

Flora Mikula's restaurant is high-camp sexy, rather than dark-and-sophisticated sexy. There are butterflies attached to glitterballs on the ceilings, flowers sit in twiddly vases, and colours range from rose to blush to good old-fashioned fuchsia. The food is fabulously rich - lobster, foie gras, suckling pig or duck - but Mikula also makes inventive use of ingredients like daikon, green curry and even mango lassi. Your meal will be punctuated by plenty of exciting amuse-bouches and palate-cleansers involving mousses, shot glasses or perhaps marshmallows. The staff don't seem to mind if you allow your meal to last for hours either.

36 Avenue George V, Paris, +33 (0)1 40 70 10 49

4. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Marina Villa Hotel, Cornwall

With a picture-postcard perfect view across the Fowey Estuary from its dining room perched on the waterside, and fine Cornish produce rendered in a restrained modern style in dishes such as lobster risotto, orange and basil, this one's definitely worth getting a room for.

The Marina Villa Hotel, Esplanade, Fowey, Cornwall, 01726 833315, www.themarinahotel.co.uk

5. The Gingerman at Drakes, Brighton

Nicely put together cosy basement dining room in a boutique Brighton hotel offering assured cosmopolitan cooking from local-born chef Ben McKellar.

44 Marine Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, 01273 696934, www.gingermanrestaurants.com

6. Cristal Room Baccarat, Paris