Locali in London

Eighteenth-century Lexington Street townhouse with a handwritten daily menu, the last romantic room in old Soho

Tomos Parry's Basque-grill flagship, whole turbot over wood, the room that reset East London cooking

Notting Hill's Michelin-starred neighbourhood brasserie, wood-fired grill, retained star 2026

The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to

Rainer Becker's original 2004 robatayaki, the Charlotte Street counter Roka grew from, with Shochu Lounge in the basement

Hauser & Wirth's reimagined Mayfair pub, Sunday roast under a Phyllida Barlow ceiling

London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub, Fulham backstreets, game and wild food

Henrietta Street's modern British room from the Kitty Fisher's team, clubby, candle-lit, opera-night reliable.

Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010

St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution, Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole

Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below