Core by Clare Smyth
Notting Hill
Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-star Notting Hill flagship, modern British cooking at the peninsula's ceiling
Where London goes to be seen. Our selection gathers the trendiest, most design-forward tables and bars — the rooms with energy, a stylish crowd and a sense of the moment.
Best See-and-Be-Seen Tables in London: The best options include Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, Trishna in Marylebone. We've curated 15 venues across London's top neighborhoods based on quality, atmosphere, and guest reviews.
| Venue | Neighborhood | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core by Clare Smyth | Notting Hill | $$$$ |
| Restaurant Gordon Ramsay | Chelsea | $$$$ |
| Trishna | Marylebone | $$$ |
| Dorian | Notting Hill | $$$ |
| Josephine Marylebone | Marylebone | $$$ |
| Scott's Mayfair | Mayfair | $$$$ |
| Mountain | Soho | $$$$ |
| Roka Charlotte Street | Fitzrovia | $$$$ |
| Sessions Arts Club | Clerkenwell | $$$$ |
| American Bar at The Savoy | Strand | $$$$ |
Notting Hill
Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-star Notting Hill flagship, modern British cooking at the peninsula's ceiling
Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001
Marylebone
Karam Sethi's Marylebone coastal-Indian, one Michelin star held since 2012
Notting Hill
Notting Hill's Michelin-starred neighbourhood brasserie, wood-fired grill, retained star 2026
Marylebone
Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site, the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit
Mayfair
Mount Street seafood and the city's most consequential lunch crowd, the Mayfair set-piece.
Soho
Tomos Parry's Michelin-starred Beak Street wood-fired room, the Basque grill that Brat became Soho-confident in
Fitzrovia
Rainer Becker's original 2004 robatayaki, the Charlotte Street counter Roka grew from, with Shochu Lounge in the basement
Clerkenwell
A patinated 18th-century courtroom turned dining room, Clerkenwell's most photographed kitchen
Strand
The 1893 hotel bar that wrote the cocktail manual the rest of London still reads
Soho
UK's No.1 gastropub 2026, the Soho Guinness pour and the dining room above it
Piccadilly
Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper
Covent Garden
St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution, Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole
Covent Garden
Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie, the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in.
Mayfair
Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1.