Cycene Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Chef Led Intimate Modern Minimalist Cycene Shoreditch $$$$ A 15-cover Michelin-starred tasting room inside Blue Mountain School — cooking is the only headline
Mangal II Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Family Run Intimate Chef Led Mangal II Dalston $$$ The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994 — the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to
Ronnie Scott's Bar Choix de la rédaction Bar Comparer Classic Intimate Literary Ronnie Scott's Soho $$$ Frith Street's 1959 jazz room — the canonical London jazz club, two sets a night, low ceiling, red lamps
The Berkeley Hotel Choix de la rédaction Hotel Comparer Iconic Elegant Contemporary The Berkeley Knightsbridge $$$$ The Maybourne sister to Connaught and Claridge's — Wilton Place, a rooftop pool over Hyde Park, and a 2024 redesign that finally looks contemporary.
The Peninsula London Hotel Choix de la rédaction Hotel Comparer New Elegant Destination The Peninsula London Belgravia $$$$ The billion-pound 2023 opening at Hyde Park Corner — Brooklands by Claude Bosi on the roof, and the most architecturally serious new hotel in W1 in decades.
Bar Italia Cafe Cafe Comparer Heritage Late Night No Bookings Bar Italia Soho $ Frith Street since 1949 — the espresso bar Soho is built around
Brown's Hotel Hotel Hotel Comparer Iconic Elegant Traditional Brown's Hotel Mayfair $$$$ London's oldest luxury hotel — 13 connected Georgian townhouses on Albemarle Street, a Michelin-starred Charlie's by Adam Byatt, and Rocco Forte stewardship.
Claridge's Hotel Hotel Comparer Iconic Art Deco Elegant Claridge's Mayfair $$$$ The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame — afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London.
Diyarbakır Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Family Run Casual Diaspora Diyarbakır Restaurant Harringay $$ Green Lanes' top-edged Southeastern Anatolian ocakbaşı — kuzu pirzola the Anatolian standard
Gökyüzü Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Family Run Polished Diaspora Gökyüzü Harringay $$ The Yavuz family's Green Lanes flagship since 1999 — the polished mainstream of London Turkish
Raffles London at The OWO Hotel Hotel Comparer New Iconic Elegant Raffles London at The OWO Whitehall $$$$ The 2023 conversion of the Old War Office on Whitehall — Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred Saison, a Guerlain spa, and the most ambitious new opening in the city.
Sushi Tetsu Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Counter Only Destination Intimate Sushi Tetsu Clerkenwell $$$$ Seven seats, one chef, Edomae discipline — London's hardest reservation
Swift Soho Bar Bar Comparer Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room — aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below
The Beaumont Hotel Hotel Comparer Intimate Elegant Art Deco The Beaumont Mayfair $$$$ Corbin and King's 1920s-styled Mayfair townhouse — a 73-room Art Deco hotel with an Antony Gormley sculpture you can sleep inside.
The Connaught Hotel Hotel Comparer Iconic Elegant Intimate The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ The Mayfair townhouse hotel — three Michelin stars in the dining room, the world's best bar downstairs, and the address that defines W1.
The Goring Hotel Hotel Comparer Iconic Elegant Traditional The Goring Belgravia $$$$ The only hotel ever granted a royal warrant — fourth-generation family-owned in Belgravia, and the address that hosted Catherine Middleton the night before the wedding.
The Lanesborough Hotel Hotel Comparer Iconic Elegant Traditional The Lanesborough Knightsbridge $$$$ The Oetker Collection mansion at Hyde Park Corner — Regency interiors, a personal butler in every room, and Céleste under the cupola.