The Anchor & Hope Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Convivial Lively The Anchor & Hope Waterloo $$ The Cut's no-bookings gastropub — what Waterloo eats before the National Theatre
The Audley Public House Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Artistic The Audley Public House Mayfair $$$ Hauser & Wirth's reimagined Mayfair pub — Sunday roast under a Phyllida Barlow ceiling
The Devonshire Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Lively Classic See & Be Seen The Devonshire Soho $$$ UK's No.1 gastropub 2026 — the Soho Guinness pour and the dining room above it
The French House Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Intimate Literary The French House Soho $$ Dean Street's no-music, no-mobiles holdout — the Soho the audience first read about in the 80s
The Harwood Arms Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Intimate The Harwood Arms Fulham $$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub — Fulham backstreets, game and wild food
Lina Stores Restaurant Restaurant Compare Deli Casual Pasta Lina Stores Soho $$ Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944 — pasta as Italian commute
The Cow Restaurant Restaurant Compare Lively Classic Cozy The Cow Notting Hill $$$ Tom Conran's 1995 gastropub — Guinness, oysters and the upstairs dining room that started the Notting Hill genre
The Cross Keys Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Cozy Lively The Cross Keys Chelsea $$$ A 1708 Chelsea pub on a quiet Lawrence Street corner, ranked among the UK's Top 50 Gastropubs
The Orange Restaurant Restaurant Compare Convivial Neighbourhood Elegant The Orange Pimlico $$$ Cubitt House's Pimlico Road gastropub-with-rooms — wood-fired pizzas, four upstairs bedrooms, the SW1 corner pub the audience trusts.
The Pig's Ear Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Cozy Lively The Pig's Ear Chelsea $$$ The Gladwin Brothers' Old Church Street pub — Sussex-vineyard wines and a tight British seasonal menu