Mangal II Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Family Run Intimate Chef Led Mangal II Dalston $$$ The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to
Noble Rot Lamb's Conduit Street Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Wine Led Bistro Magazine Room Noble Rot Lamb's Conduit Street Bloomsbury $$$ The wine-magazine bar, Mark Andrew and Daniel Keeling's Bloomsbury original since 2015
107 Wine Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Residency Natural Wine Tiny Room 107 Wine Lower Clapton $$$ P. Franco's successor at 107 Lower Clapton, a 25-cover wine shop with a hot plate at the back, chef residencies kept
40 Maltby Street Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Natural Wine No Reservations 40 Maltby Street Bermondsey $$$ A 40-cover kitchen-and-natural-wine warehouse under the Bermondsey arches, chef Steve Williams
Brawn Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate Brawn Bethnal Green $$$ Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen
Noble Rot Soho Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Wine Led Historic Room Burgundy Deep Noble Rot Soho Soho $$$ The larger Greek Street sister, 2020 in the former Gay Hussar room, with a proper kitchen
Smokestak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Loud Industrial Casual Smokestak Shoreditch $$$ David Carter's wood-and-oak smokehouse, the brisket Sunday lunch the chapter actually returns to