Fact: London is home to over half of all the restaurants in the UK.

For students in London, eating out can go two ways. Avoiding the plethora of culinary delights in the capital really is a wasted opportunity – but doing the opposite by eating out too much can require the surrender of your beloved student overdraft.

The answer: www.toptable.co.uk. The website not only provides some of the most independent and honest reviews of thousands of London (and now further afield) restaurants, but is a ‘free and easy’ booking service.

The key for our purposes, though: the special offers. Updated daily, toptable’s special offers are quite simply outstanding. In this month’s ‘January Sale’, some of the best offers include 50% off food at Mango Tree (SW1X), The Terrace (WC2E) and Blue Elephant (SW6), £16.50 for 7 courses at Benihana (SW3, W1S or NW3), £30 for 3 courses at Marcus Wareing at The Savoy Grill (WC2R), or 3 courses and a glass of Cava for £15 at Covent Garden Grill (WC2E).

Eating out at some of London’s very best restaurants is entirely possible when using toptable. Be it a special occasion or a regular catch-up with friends, try somewhere new at some incredibly reasonable prices.

And finally… if you become a regular user, after just a few bookings you will be entitled to a free meal, – so even when eating out without a special offer, using toptable to book the meal can rack up points.

To see for yourself – www.toptable.co.uk

My verdict: excellent