The French House Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Intimate Literary The French House Soho $$ Dean Street's no-music, no-mobiles holdout, the Soho the audience first read about in the 80s Similar vibe
Ronnie Scott's Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Intimate Literary Ronnie Scott's Soho $$$ Frith Street's 1959 jazz room, the canonical London jazz club, two sets a night, low ceiling, red lamps Similar vibe
Daylesford Notting Hill Cafe Cafe Compare Elegant Chill Classic Daylesford Notting Hill Notting Hill $$$ The organic Cotswold farm's Westbourne Grove farmshop and café, the audience's Saturday morning anchor Same category
Dishoom Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Convivial Lively Dishoom Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ Boundary Street's Bombay Irani café, the bacon naan roll Londoners queue for at breakfast Similar vibe
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room Same category
Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Elegant See & Be Seen Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley Belgravia $$$$ The Berkeley's pastry counter, Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram Same category
Six Portland Road Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Classic Cozy Six Portland Road Holland Park $$$ The Holland Park-edge neighbourhood restaurant the W11 regulars send each other to Similar vibe
The Wallace Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Chill Classic The Wallace Restaurant Marylebone $$$ The glass-roofed Manchester Square courtyard inside the Wallace Collection, Marylebone's quietest daytime room Similar vibe
Discount Suit Company Bar Bar Compare Intimate Moody Convivial Discount Suit Company Aldgate $$$ Wentworth Street's unmarked basement, the City fringe speakeasy that does not need a velvet rope Similar vibe
Bocca di Lupo Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Classic Convivial Bocca di Lupo Soho $$$ Jacob Kenedy's region-by-region Italian counter on Archer Street, every dish labelled by province, eighteen years deep Similar vibe
Padella Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Compare Casual Queue Only Loud Padella Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ The fresh-pasta queue London actually accepts, Shoreditch sister of the Borough original Similar vibe
The Anchor & Hope Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Convivial Lively The Anchor & Hope Waterloo $$ The Cut's no-bookings gastropub, what Waterloo eats before the National Theatre Similar vibe
Kiln Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Fire Cooked Casual Kiln Soho $$ Ben Chapman's Brewer Street counter, Thai grill cooking over wood and clay, no reservations, the Bib Gourmand argument Similar vibe
BAO Soho Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Casual Counter Dining BAO Soho Soho $$ Erchen Chang and the Chung siblings' original Lexington Street bun counter, Bib Gourmand Taiwanese, queue-only on the corner Similar vibe
The Ledbury Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Modern The Ledbury Notting Hill $$$$ Brett Graham's Notting Hill three-star, regained and ranked London's best for 2026 Similar vibe
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Classic Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Chelsea $$$$ Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001 Similar vibe
The Devonshire Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Lively Classic See & Be Seen The Devonshire Soho $$$ UK's No.1 gastropub 2026, the Soho Guinness pour and the dining room above it Similar vibe
The Harwood Arms Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Intimate The Harwood Arms Fulham $$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub, Fulham backstreets, game and wild food Similar vibe
Lina Stores Restaurant Restaurant Compare Deli Casual Pasta Lina Stores Soho $$ Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944, pasta as Italian commute Similar vibe
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 Similar vibe