Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Elegant Iconic Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars on Park Lane — Ducasse's London flagship since 2010, run by Jean-Philippe Blondet.
La Dame de Pic London Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Elegant Destination La Dame de Pic London City of London $$$$ Anne-Sophie Pic's two-Michelin-star Four Seasons dining room — the Valence three-star register, in the City.
Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Destination Iconic Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Mayfair $$$$ Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room — the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1.
Andrew Edmunds Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Historic Romantic Intimate Andrew Edmunds Soho $$$ Eighteenth-century Lexington Street townhouse with a handwritten daily menu — the last romantic room in old Soho
Dorian Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Lively Modern Intimate Dorian Notting Hill $$$ Notting Hill's Michelin-starred neighbourhood brasserie — wood-fired grill, retained star 2026
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel — the defining London fine-dining address.
Josephine Marylebone Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Classic Lively Josephine Marylebone Marylebone $$$ Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site — the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit
Pied à Terre Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Elegant Intimate Pied à Terre Fitzrovia $$$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred room — Charlotte Street since 1991, in its 35th anniversary year
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Classic Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Chelsea $$$$ Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001
The Wolseley Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café — the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper
Balthazar London Restaurant Restaurant Compare Lively Iconic Convivial Balthazar London Covent Garden $$$ Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie — the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in.
Brawn Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate Brawn Bethnal Green $$$ Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro — the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen
Otto's Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Historic Chef Driven Otto's Bloomsbury $$$ Bloomsbury French — the silver duck press, the classical menu and one of the very last rooms in Europe still pressing canard à la presse.
Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Restaurant Compare Refined Wine Focused Discreet Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay Belgravia $$$$ Kinnerton Street's claret-walled tasting room — Gordon Ramsay's Belgravia one-star since 2010
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie — the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room
Six Portland Road Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Classic Cozy Six Portland Road Holland Park $$$ The Holland Park-edge neighbourhood restaurant the W11 regulars send each other to
The Wallace Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Chill Classic The Wallace Restaurant Marylebone $$$ The glass-roofed Manchester Square courtyard inside the Wallace Collection — Marylebone's quietest daytime room