Places in London

Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-star Notting Hill flagship, modern British cooking at the peninsula's ceiling

JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves.

London's longest-standing Michelin-starred room, Charlotte Street since 1991, in its 35th anniversary year

Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001

Tom Sellers' two-Michelin-star tasting room, the chapter's South-Bank fine-dining anchor

Jonny Lake and Isa Bal's two-Michelin-star à la carte room, Fat Duck alumni at neighbourhood register

The British steakhouse that taught London to take beef seriously

Angela Hartnett's one-star Italian on Queen Street, the civilised Mayfair lunch the neighbourhood's regulars actually keep.

River Café DNA, hotel-restaurant comfort, Tuscan cooking on Park Lane

Since 1742, Jermyn Street oysters, game in season, and a clubland Britain that has stopped existing almost everywhere else.