Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley
Belgravia
The Berkeley's pastry counter, Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram
The Championships fortnight reorganises London's calendar, strawberry-and-cream lunches at Daylesford, pre-match drinks at The Berkeley and The Lanesborough, Centre Court tickets and a quiet dinner after.
Belgravia
The Berkeley's pastry counter, Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram
Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001
Covent Garden
St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution, Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole
Strand
The 1893 hotel bar that wrote the cocktail manual the rest of London still reads
Piccadilly
Piccadilly's 1707 grocery, the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home
Mayfair
The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame, afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London.
Notting Hill
Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-star Notting Hill flagship, modern British cooking at the peninsula's ceiling
Notting Hill
Brett Graham's Notting Hill three-star, regained and ranked London's best for 2026
Marylebone
Karam Sethi's Marylebone coastal-Indian, one Michelin star held since 2012
Fulham
London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub, Fulham backstreets, game and wild food
Mayfair
Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1.
Marylebone
Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site, the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit
Piccadilly
Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper
Mayfair
Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address.
St James's
Since 1742, Jermyn Street oysters, game in season, and a clubland Britain that has stopped existing almost everywhere else.