The Anchor & Hope Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Classic Convivial Lively The Anchor & Hope Waterloo $$ The Cut's no-bookings gastropub — what Waterloo eats before the National Theatre Même catégorie
The Cow Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Lively Classic Cozy The Cow Notting Hill $$$ Tom Conran's 1995 gastropub — Guinness, oysters and the upstairs dining room that started the Notting Hill genre Même catégorie
The Cross Keys Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Classic Cozy Lively The Cross Keys Chelsea $$$ A 1708 Chelsea pub on a quiet Lawrence Street corner, ranked among the UK's Top 50 Gastropubs Même catégorie
The Pig's Ear Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Classic Cozy Lively The Pig's Ear Chelsea $$$ The Gladwin Brothers' Old Church Street pub — Sussex-vineyard wines and a tight British seasonal menu Même catégorie
Josephine Marylebone Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Elegant Classic Lively Josephine Marylebone Marylebone $$$ Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site — the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit Même catégorie
The Audley Public House Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Classic Elegant Artistic The Audley Public House Mayfair $$$ Hauser & Wirth's reimagined Mayfair pub — Sunday roast under a Phyllida Barlow ceiling Même catégorie
J Sheekey Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Classic Elegant See & Be Seen J Sheekey Covent Garden $$$ St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution — Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole Même catégorie
Dorian Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Lively Modern Intimate Dorian Notting Hill $$$ Notting Hill's Michelin-starred neighbourhood brasserie — wood-fired grill, retained star 2026 Même catégorie
The Harwood Arms Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Classic Elegant Intimate The Harwood Arms Fulham $$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub — Fulham backstreets, game and wild food Même catégorie
Bocca di Lupo Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Chef Led Classic Convivial Bocca di Lupo Soho $$$ Jacob Kenedy's region-by-region Italian counter on Archer Street — every dish labelled by province, eighteen years deep Même catégorie
The Wolseley Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café — the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper Même catégorie
Ronnie Scott's Bar Choix de la rédaction Bar Comparer Classic Intimate Literary Ronnie Scott's Soho $$$ Frith Street's 1959 jazz room — the canonical London jazz club, two sets a night, low ceiling, red lamps Ambiance similaire
Dishoom Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Classic Convivial Lively Dishoom Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ Boundary Street's Bombay Irani café — the bacon naan roll Londoners queue for at breakfast Même catégorie
Balthazar London Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Lively Iconic Convivial Balthazar London Covent Garden $$$ Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie — the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in. Même catégorie
Barrafina Dean Street Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Counter Dining Lively Casual Barrafina Dean Street Soho $$$ Sam and Eddie Hart's original walk-in tapas counter, relocated — the Spanish bar London learned the format from Même catégorie
Six Portland Road Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Intimate Classic Cozy Six Portland Road Holland Park $$$ The Holland Park-edge neighbourhood restaurant the W11 regulars send each other to Même catégorie
Jikoni Restaurant Restaurant Comparer Intimate Modern Cozy Jikoni Marylebone $$$ Ravinder Bhogal's no-borders Marylebone room — Indian, East African and South-East Asian cooking, ten years in Même catégorie
Quo Vadis Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Historic Chef Led Classic Quo Vadis Soho $$$ Jeremy Lee's neon-signed Dean Street dining room — the Soho institution turning one hundred in 2026 Même catégorie
Roka Charlotte Street Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer See & Be Seen Modern Convivial Roka Charlotte Street Fitzrovia $$$$ Rainer Becker's original 2004 robatayaki — the Charlotte Street counter Roka grew from, with Shochu Lounge in the basement Même catégorie
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Choix de la rédaction Restaurant Comparer Elegant Intimate Classic Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Chelsea $$$$ Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001 Même catégorie