Food halls are a great idea in theory. Big spaces, vast options, walk-ins welcome. But the reality tends to involve weeping into a stodgy taco, while being elbowed off of a table by a tourist and shouting "I’M BY THE CHURRO STAND, NO THE OTHER ONE" into your phone. Not anymore, not at Arcade. This modern food hall near Tottenham Court Road is reimagined for people who objectively hate neon signs and refuse to eat standing up because they respect the confines of proper digestion. Forget nightmare scenes of Midsommar by way of a 2-4-1 pink gin happy hour, at Arcade the food comes first. Open from early to late throughout most of the week and constantly buzzing with catch-up conversations, the huge glossy space offers shelter to anyone who finds themselves caught in the consumerism hot mess that is Oxford Street. It understands that type A adults require bookings and chic high stools with back support for their tom yam mojito-fuelled catch-ups. And that everyone in a two-mile radius of the UK’s most feral Primark might require an emergency serving of restorative fattoush salad on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Come evening, coffee and IRL Slack chats are traded for happy hour picante margaritas and the resident DJ’s soundtrack of songs traditionally used to get grumpy uncles dancing at weddings. It’s loud, it’s proud, and the lighting is kind to those of us who already own four types of moisturiser. It’s exactly the kind of place where you can have a big group hang that’ll cover everyone’s dietary requirements and cravings, and every grown-up’s secret urge to eat jelly and ice cream for dessert. But know that the food goes above and beyond ‘booze stomach liner’. With everything from Nashville hot chicken buns to salmon chirashi bowls on offer, Arcade is an indecisive person’s dream. Scan a QR code and then boom, the whole menu is right there in one place and it’s all delivered to your table. In one glorious cuisine-jumping sitting, you can get involved in the unbeatable peanut crunch of sate marangi from Indonesian spot Bebek! Bebek!, move on to a buttery North Indian wagyu keema pao bun from Hero, with a side of Manna’s waffle fries. The people behind this food hall masterclass have curated a line-up of London’s best street food spots, with a fantastic, fiery Thai restaurant on the mezzanine as the cherry on top. Welcome to the new age of grown-up food halls because Arcade isn’t just good in theory, it’s good, full stop.