The Lanesborough Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Traditional The Lanesborough Knightsbridge $$$$ The Oetker Collection mansion at Hyde Park Corner, Regency interiors, a personal butler in every room, and Céleste under the cupola. Same category
The Goring Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Traditional The Goring Belgravia $$$$ The only hotel ever granted a royal warrant, fourth-generation family-owned in Belgravia, and the address that hosted Catherine Middleton the night before the wedding. Same category
The Peninsula London Hotel Editor's Pick Hotel Compare New Elegant Destination The Peninsula London Belgravia $$$$ The billion-pound 2023 opening at Hyde Park Corner, Brooklands by Claude Bosi on the roof, and the most architecturally serious new hotel in W1 in decades. Same category
The Connaught Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Intimate The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ The Mayfair townhouse hotel, three Michelin stars in the dining room, the world's best bar downstairs, and the address that defines W1. Same category
Claridge's Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Art Deco Elegant Claridge's Mayfair $$$$ The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame, afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London. Same category
Raffles London at The OWO Hotel Hotel Compare New Iconic Elegant Raffles London at The OWO Whitehall $$$$ The 2023 conversion of the Old War Office on Whitehall, Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred Saison, a Guerlain spa, and the most ambitious new opening in the city. Same category
The Beaumont Hotel Hotel Compare Intimate Elegant Art Deco The Beaumont Mayfair $$$$ Corbin and King's 1920s-styled Mayfair townhouse, a 73-room Art Deco hotel with an Antony Gormley sculpture you can sleep inside. Same category
Brown's Hotel Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Traditional Brown's Hotel Mayfair $$$$ London's oldest luxury hotel, 13 connected Georgian townhouses on Albemarle Street, a Michelin-starred Charlie's by Adam Byatt, and Rocco Forte stewardship. Same category
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address. Similar vibe
Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Destination Iconic Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Mayfair $$$$ Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1. Similar vibe
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Elegant Iconic Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars on Park Lane, Ducasse's London flagship since 2010, run by Jean-Philippe Blondet. Similar vibe
Hutong Restaurant Restaurant Compare Destination View Elegant Hutong London Bridge $$$$ Northern Chinese on level 33 of The Shard, the view-room and the dish where guests in town for a single weekend take their out-of-town parents. Similar vibe
Gymkhana Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Elegant Iconic Gymkhana Mayfair $$$$ JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves. Similar vibe
A. Wong Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Destination Chef Driven A. Wong Pimlico $$$$ Andrew Wong's two-Michelin-star pan-regional Chinese on Wilton Road, the first Chinese restaurant outside Asia to hold two stars. Similar vibe
Kioku by Endo Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant View Destination Kioku by Endo Whitehall $$$$ Endo Kazutoshi's rooftop Japanese inside Raffles at the OWO, the operating Endo room while Endo at the Rotunda rebuilds after the 2025 fire. Similar vibe
Umu Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin One Star Intimate Elegant Umu Mayfair $$$$ Bruton Place Kyoto kaiseki, the discreet hidden door, the multi-course menu and the most considered Japanese dining in W1. Similar vibe
The Connaught Bar Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Elegant Iconic Destination The Connaught Bar Mayfair $$$$ Agostino Perrone's silver-trolley martini and a room that has spent a decade at or near the top of the World's 50 Best Bars list. Similar vibe
Veeraswamy Restaurant Restaurant Compare Iconic Elegant Historic Veeraswamy Mayfair $$$ Britain's oldest Indian restaurant, open on Regent Street since 1926 and now in its hundredth year. Similar vibe
Fortnum & Mason Shop Shop Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly $$$$ Piccadilly's 1707 grocery, the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home Similar vibe
Kitchen Table Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Michelin Two Star Chef Driven Kitchen Table Fitzrovia $$$$ Nineteen seats around a single counter, two Michelin stars, and a tasting menu that reads like a daily field report from British producers. Similar vibe