Ultimate guide to a bumper Easter

From big nights out to the best Easter menus and a free indoor egg hunt perfect for a rainy day, Jo Taylor, Mike Daw and Josh Barrie on how to make the most of the bank holiday weekend

- Jo Taylor,Mike Daw and Josh Barrie

Eggcellent Easter menus

The George, Fitzrovia 

Feast on a whole roast lamb shoulder served with minted new potatoes, lamb fat carrots, a pea, mint and Ticklemore salad, black garlic and yoghurt sauce and plenty of gravy, followed by a hot cross bun bread pudding drizzled in warming Earl Grey custard.

• £200, to serve five or six. Pre-order today for bookings on Sunday and Monday, 55 Great Portland Street, W1W 7LQ , thegeorge.london

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

This three Michelin star, seven-course tasting menu experience will be bolstered by a serving of your choice of milk-fed lamb saddle, shoulder or leg, carved table-side and served with green peas and mint.

• £315 per person, Friday and Saturday (pre-order your choice of lamb today),53 Park Lane, W1K 1QA, alainducasse-dorchester.com

Mount Street Restaurant

Indulge in Durslade farm lamb pie for two, asparagus served with dippy eggs or wild garlic soup with breaded goats cheese while admiring works by Lucian Freud and Andy Warhol.

• From £20, Saturday-Monday, 41-43 Mount Street, W1K 2RX, mountstrestaurant.com

Mauro Colagreco, Raffles

A refined four-course menu beginning with cauliflower served with a confit egg yolk and a fenugreek emulsion; the main is delicately cooked turbot with a leek bearnaise and cockle ragout.

• £125 per person, Friday and Saturday, 57 Whitehall, SW1A 2BX, raffles.com