Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Michelin Three Star Destination Iconic Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Mayfair $$$$ Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1.
Gymkhana Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Michelin Two Star Elegant Iconic Gymkhana Mayfair $$$$ JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves.
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address.
The Connaught Bar Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Elegant Iconic Destination The Connaught Bar Mayfair $$$$ Agostino Perrone's silver-trolley martini and a room that has spent a decade at or near the top of the World's 50 Best Bars list.
Hutong Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Destination View Elegant Hutong London Bridge $$$$ Northern Chinese on level 33 of The Shard, the view-room and the dish where guests in town for a single weekend take their out-of-town parents.
Rules Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Iconic Historic Elegant Rules Covent Garden $$$ London's oldest restaurant, Maiden Lane since 1798, four families across ten reigns, and the game-and-claret Britain that has not changed.
Scott's Mayfair Restaurant Restaurant Confronta See & Be Seen Iconic Seafood Scott's Mayfair Mayfair $$$$ Mount Street seafood and the city's most consequential lunch crowd, the Mayfair set-piece.
Veeraswamy Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Iconic Elegant Historic Veeraswamy Mayfair $$$ Britain's oldest Indian restaurant, open on Regent Street since 1926 and now in its hundredth year.
Wiltons Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Iconic Institution Elegant Wiltons St James's $$$$ Since 1742, Jermyn Street oysters, game in season, and a clubland Britain that has stopped existing almost everywhere else.