Donostia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Specialist Convivial Informed Donostia Marylebone $$$ Seymour Place's Basque pintxos counter, the txuleta and the txakoli on the same Marylebone bar Similar vibe
José Bar Bar Compare Lively Convivial Neighborhood José Bermondsey $$ Bermondsey Street's standing-room Spanish bar since 2011, José Pizarro's pintxos counter Similar vibe
Borough Market Shop Editor's Pick Shop Compare Historic Artisan Producer Led Borough Market Borough $$$ London's oldest market, 4.5 acres of producer-fronted stalls under the Southwark railway arches Same category
Zafferano Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Convivial Zafferano Belgravia $$$ Lowndes Street's Italian institution since 1995, the Belgravia trattoria that taught London regional pasta Similar vibe
La Famiglia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Convivial Neighborhood La Famiglia Chelsea $$$ Langton Street's Tuscan trattoria since 1975, Chelsea's Italian family room, fourth decade Similar vibe
Fortnum & Mason Shop Shop Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly $$$$ Piccadilly's 1707 grocery, the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home Same category
Opso Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Convivial Elegant Opso Marylebone $$$ Paddington Street modern Greek, sister to Athens' two-star Funky Gourmet and the most considered Greek cooking in W1. Similar vibe
Berry Bros & Rudd Shop Shop Compare Historic Merchant Cellar Tour Berry Bros & Rudd St James's $$$$ Britain's oldest wine merchant, 3 St James's Street since 1698, Royal Warrants and a working cellar tour Same category
Hedonism Wines Shop Shop Compare Fine Wine Rare Spirits Coravin Bar Hedonism Wines Mayfair $$$$ Davies Street's fine-wine and rare-spirits cathedral, Coravin tasting bar at the back Same category
Bocca di Lupo Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Classic Convivial Bocca di Lupo Soho $$$ Jacob Kenedy's region-by-region Italian counter on Archer Street, every dish labelled by province, eighteen years deep Similar vibe
Barrafina Dean Street Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Dining Lively Casual Barrafina Dean Street Soho $$$ Sam and Eddie Hart's original walk-in tapas counter, relocated, the Spanish bar London learned the format from Similar vibe
Swift Soho Bar Bar Compare Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below Similar vibe
The Audley Public House Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Artistic The Audley Public House Mayfair $$$ Hauser & Wirth's reimagined Mayfair pub, Sunday roast under a Phyllida Barlow ceiling Similar vibe
The Harwood Arms Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Intimate The Harwood Arms Fulham $$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub, Fulham backstreets, game and wild food Similar vibe
The Wolseley Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper Similar vibe
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room Similar vibe
Ronnie Scott's Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Intimate Literary Ronnie Scott's Soho $$$ Frith Street's 1959 jazz room, the canonical London jazz club, two sets a night, low ceiling, red lamps Similar vibe
Discount Suit Company Bar Bar Compare Intimate Moody Convivial Discount Suit Company Aldgate $$$ Wentworth Street's unmarked basement, the City fringe speakeasy that does not need a velvet rope Similar vibe
Happiness Forgets Bar Bar Compare Intimate Moody Convivial Happiness Forgets Hoxton $$$ Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010 Similar vibe
J Sheekey Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen J Sheekey Covent Garden $$$ St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution, Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole Similar vibe