Women looking for a post-work watering hole can sometimes feel stuck between expensive restaurants and noisy bars full of sports fans and rowdy drinkers. Where to go for casual drinks without the faff of reservations or unwanted attention? Starbucks Evenings, a classy new drinks and snacks option, could be the answer.

The UK restaurant scene is changing, with casual dining replacing traditional high-end restaurants. Following the rise in popularity of street food, upmarket fast food and quality casual dining, people no longer look for attentive service and extravagant interiors.

Cafés provide the perfect grey area between home and work, but the ongoing pressure to buy more coffee or get out can be distracting and uncomfortable. Enter Russian 'anti-café' Ziferblat, where it's impossible to outstay your welcome.

In a high-pressure culture, traditional routines are dissolving as people look for services that fit around their schedule. Voodoo Ray’s fuses a premium pizzeria with cocktails, music and dancing until the early hours.