THE BEST Restaurants in London

From street food to fine dining — discover the best restaurants in London with curated picks, local tips, and free itinerary planning tools.

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🍽️ Restaurants in London

  • Dishoom — A Bombay-style all-day café serving highly regarded Indian small plates and chai.
  • Borough Market — A historic food market with stalls selling British and global produce, cheeses and street food.
  • The Ledbury — A two-Michelin-star restaurant in Notting Hill with modern European cuisine.
  • Sketch — An eccentric restaurant and art gallery famous for its pink Gallery room and afternoon tea.
  • St. John — A pioneering nose-to-tail British restaurant known for its bone marrow and eccles cake.
  • Padella — A tiny pasta bar in Borough Market serving fresh, affordable cacio e pepe and ragu.
  • Hawksmoor — A steakhouse group serving British-breed beef and Sunday roasts.
  • Duck & Waffle — A 24-hour restaurant on the 40th floor with iconic duck and waffle dish.
  • Flat Iron — A no-reservation steak restaurant serving affordable flat-iron steaks.
  • Franco Manca — A sourdough pizza chain known for its simple, Neapolitan-style pizzas.
  • The Ivy — A famous theatre-district restaurant serving modern British classics.
  • Polpo — A Venetian-style small-plates restaurant with a relaxed atmosphere.
  • Gymkhana — A Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in Mayfair with a focus on tandoor cooking.
  • Hutong — A northern Chinese restaurant in The Shard with views and dim sum.
  • Brasserie Zédel — A grand Art Deco brasserie in Piccadilly serving French classics at reasonable prices.
  • The Wolseley — A grand European café-restaurant near the Ritz, famous for breakfast and Viennese dishes.
  • Rules — The oldest restaurant, serving classic British game and pies since 1798.
  • Koya — An udon noodle bar in Soho serving handmade noodles in dashi broths.
  • Bao — A Taiwanese steamed-bun restaurant with queues and a concise menu.
  • Poppies Fish and Chips — A retro chippy serving classic battered fish and chips in the East End.

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