If Batman were to have a favourite Vietnamese restaurant in London, it may well be Shoreditch’s new subterranean delight; Viet Hoa Mess. Designed by local branding/design/interior maestros, VONSUNG, Viet Hoa Mess is the Batcave-like underground sister restaurant to upstair’s Viet Hoa Café, with its more airy space.

The dark, almost gothic, 78-seater dining room in Viet Hoa Café’s basement plays host to a theatrical DIY steakhouse; with individual infrared grill stations offering a real first in Vietnamese restaurants worldwide. Imposing, almost eerie, the dramatic underground venue is accentuated by its concrete based medea stone tables, minimalist aluminium chairs, formidable stone walls, and those beautiful lights; dripping from the ceiling like Italian-designer stalactites…