Mangal II Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Family Run Intimate Chef Led Mangal II Dalston $$$ The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to Same category
Diyarbakır Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Family Run Casual Diaspora Diyarbakır Restaurant Harringay $$ Green Lanes' top-edged Southeastern Anatolian ocakbaşı, kuzu pirzola the Anatolian standard Same category
Smokestak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Loud Industrial Casual Smokestak Shoreditch $$$ David Carter's wood-and-oak smokehouse, the brisket Sunday lunch the chapter actually returns to Same category
Padella Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Compare Casual Queue Only Loud Padella Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ The fresh-pasta queue London actually accepts, Shoreditch sister of the Borough original Same category
Kiln Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Fire Cooked Casual Kiln Soho $$ Ben Chapman's Brewer Street counter, Thai grill cooking over wood and clay, no reservations, the Bib Gourmand argument Same category
BAO Soho Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Casual Counter Dining BAO Soho Soho $$ Erchen Chang and the Chung siblings' original Lexington Street bun counter, Bib Gourmand Taiwanese, queue-only on the corner Same category
40 Maltby Street Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Natural Wine No Reservations 40 Maltby Street Bermondsey $$$ A 40-cover kitchen-and-natural-wine warehouse under the Bermondsey arches, chef Steve Williams Same category
Gökyüzü Restaurant Restaurant Compare Family Run Polished Diaspora Gökyüzü Harringay $$ The Yavuz family's Green Lanes flagship since 1999, the polished mainstream of London Turkish Same category
Barrafina Dean Street Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Dining Lively Casual Barrafina Dean Street Soho $$$ Sam and Eddie Hart's original walk-in tapas counter, relocated, the Spanish bar London learned the format from Same category
Brat Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Wood Fire Intimate Brat Shoreditch $$$$ Tomos Parry's Basque-grill flagship, whole turbot over wood, the room that reset East London cooking Same category
Dishoom Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Convivial Lively Dishoom Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ Boundary Street's Bombay Irani café, the bacon naan roll Londoners queue for at breakfast Same category
Lina Stores Restaurant Restaurant Compare Deli Casual Pasta Lina Stores Soho $$ Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944, pasta as Italian commute Same category
El Pastor Coal Drops Yard Restaurant Restaurant Compare Taqueria Casual Mezcal El Pastor Coal Drops Yard King's Cross $$ Coal Drops Yard sit-down taqueria, al pastor on a vertical spit, the rebranded Casa Pastor Same category
107 Wine Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Residency Natural Wine Tiny Room 107 Wine Lower Clapton $$$ P. Franco's successor at 107 Lower Clapton, a 25-cover wine shop with a hot plate at the back, chef residencies kept Same category
Brawn Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate Brawn Bethnal Green $$$ Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen Same category
Sumi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Sushi Casual Neighbourhood Sumi Notting Hill $$$ Endo Kazutoshi's Notting Hill casual, sushi without the omakase ceremony Same category
Mountain Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Modern Fire Cooked Mountain Soho $$$$ Tomos Parry's Michelin-starred Beak Street wood-fired room, the Basque grill that Brat became Soho-confident in Same category
Bocca di Lupo Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Classic Convivial Bocca di Lupo Soho $$$ Jacob Kenedy's region-by-region Italian counter on Archer Street, every dish labelled by province, eighteen years deep Same category
Roka Charlotte Street Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare See & Be Seen Modern Convivial Roka Charlotte Street Fitzrovia $$$$ Rainer Becker's original 2004 robatayaki, the Charlotte Street counter Roka grew from, with Shochu Lounge in the basement Same category
Cycene Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Intimate Modern Minimalist Cycene Shoreditch $$$$ A 15-cover Michelin-starred tasting room inside Blue Mountain School, cooking is the only headline Same category