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37 ear-popping floors above Canary Wharf, Bokan is a restaurant and bar which prides itself on great cocktails and even better views (seriously, it’s an Instagrammer’s dream). With a kitchen team who cut their teeth at Michelin-star-magnet L’atelier Robuchon, it’s also a hidden culinary gem, although it likely won’t stay hidden for long.

With the bar set over one floor and the restaurant another, Bokan has taken the opportunity to furnish both separately. The bar is all high chairs and vertigo-inducing windows, while the restaurant opts for softer lighting, plush leather chairs and slightly more distance from the edge of the building to ensure you can sigh admiringly at the vista without feeling like you might drop your dessert directly onto the Docklands pavement below.

Food-wise, it’s a varied menu, with a mix of expected classics rubbing shoulders with more adventurous options. Starters include Cornish crab paired with a spicy guacamole which does just enough to hold its own against the shellfish without overpowering its delicate flavour, and a seabream carpaccio which is left to speak for itself. “This one’s all about the fish,” the waiter tells us. It’s a decision which is vindicated on the first mouthful, as the delicate flavour of the bream is perfectly offset by just a hint of citrus.

It’s not all fish, though, with the mains including sirloin steak with gnocchi and chicken with apricot. The steak is cooked perfectly and Bokan manage to do enough to keep it interesting without upsetting those who just want a big hunk of cow. Pumpkin puree and a cheese fried gnocchi add a variety of texture and flavour, but the sirloin is still the star of the show.

Chicken can be hard to pull off in a restaurant setting, with a lot of people seeing it as a boring way to spend fine dining money. The solution? Fill it with foie gras and cover it in truffles, of course! If that all sounds a bit ‘Salt Bae gold-covered tomahawk steak’ to you, don’t worry, it’s genuinely delicious and somehow not as rich as it sounds, with the apricots providing little bursts of citrus to offset the powerful flavour of some of the other ingredients.

Desserts are a relatively experimental affair, with even the tiramisu being prefaced with the word ‘modern’ to let you know you won’t be receiving a slab of classic Italian coffee cream. What you do get is a big chocolate shell shaped like a coffee bean and filled with cream, on top of a classic ladyfinger pastry. Flavour-wise, it’s definitely still a tiramisu, but the crisp shell and vertical stack mean it’s far more varied in texture than any tiramisu we’ve ever had and, dare we say it, maybe all the better for it?

Overall, Bokan is an experience best summed up by the abundance of tables set for two people – this is date night central. Great food, good ambience, huge windows, and a price-point which isn’t out of reach of normal people looking to treat themselves, it’s well worth a visit. You’ll come for the view, but you’ll be coming back for the food.

40 Marsh Wall, London E14 9TP

For more information on Bokan, see here