Antepliler Baklava Shop Scelta della redazione Shop Confronta Family Run Artisan Diaspora Antepliler Baklava Harringay $$ London's first authentic Antep baklavacı since 1993, Murat Üstünsürmeli's Grand Parade pastry house
Borough Market Shop Scelta della redazione Shop Confronta Historic Artisan Producer Led Borough Market Borough $$$ London's oldest market, 4.5 acres of producer-fronted stalls under the Southwark railway arches
Cycene Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Intimate Modern Minimalist Cycene Shoreditch $$$$ A 15-cover Michelin-starred tasting room inside Blue Mountain School, cooking is the only headline
Josephine Marylebone Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Classic Lively Josephine Marylebone Marylebone $$$ Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site, the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit
Mangal II Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Family Run Intimate Chef Led Mangal II Dalston $$$ The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to
The Berkeley Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Contemporary The Berkeley Knightsbridge $$$$ The Maybourne sister to Connaught and Claridge's, Wilton Place, a rooftop pool over Hyde Park, and a 2024 redesign that finally looks contemporary.
The Peninsula London Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta New Elegant Destination The Peninsula London Belgravia $$$$ The billion-pound 2023 opening at Hyde Park Corner, Brooklands by Claude Bosi on the roof, and the most architecturally serious new hotel in W1 in decades.
The Wolseley Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper
Balthazar London Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Lively Iconic Convivial Balthazar London Covent Garden $$$ Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie, the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in.
Berry Bros & Rudd Shop Shop Confronta Historic Merchant Cellar Tour Berry Bros & Rudd St James's $$$$ Britain's oldest wine merchant, 3 St James's Street since 1698, Royal Warrants and a working cellar tour
Brown's Hotel Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Traditional Brown's Hotel Mayfair $$$$ London's oldest luxury hotel, 13 connected Georgian townhouses on Albemarle Street, a Michelin-starred Charlie's by Adam Byatt, and Rocco Forte stewardship.
Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley Cafe Cafe Confronta Modern Elegant See & Be Seen Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley Belgravia $$$$ The Berkeley's pastry counter, Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram
Claridge's Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Art Deco Elegant Claridge's Mayfair $$$$ The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame, afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London.
Daylesford Pimlico Cafe Cafe Confronta Calm Elegant Neighbourhood Daylesford Pimlico Pimlico $$$ Carole Bamford's Pimlico Road farmshop and café, the smaller, calmer SW1 sister to the Notting Hill flagship.
Diyarbakır Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Casual Diaspora Diyarbakır Restaurant Harringay $$ Green Lanes' top-edged Southeastern Anatolian ocakbaşı, kuzu pirzola the Anatolian standard
Fortnum & Mason Shop Shop Confronta Classic Elegant See & Be Seen Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly $$$$ Piccadilly's 1707 grocery, the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home
Gökyüzü Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Polished Diaspora Gökyüzü Harringay $$ The Yavuz family's Green Lanes flagship since 1999, the polished mainstream of London Turkish
Hedonism Wines Shop Shop Confronta Fine Wine Rare Spirits Coravin Bar Hedonism Wines Mayfair $$$$ Davies Street's fine-wine and rare-spirits cathedral, Coravin tasting bar at the back
La Fromagerie Shop Shop Confronta Specialist Neighborhood Informed La Fromagerie Marylebone $$$ Moxon Street's cheese reference since 1992, Patricia Michelson's affineur, walk-in tasting room
Lina Stores Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Deli Casual Pasta Lina Stores Soho $$ Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944, pasta as Italian commute
Maison Bertaux Cafe Cafe Confronta Classic Intimate Literary Maison Bertaux Soho $$ Greek Street's 1871 patisserie, London's oldest French pastry shop, still hand-laminated upstairs
Raffles London at The OWO Hotel Hotel Confronta New Iconic Elegant Raffles London at The OWO Whitehall $$$$ The 2023 conversion of the Old War Office on Whitehall, Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred Saison, a Guerlain spa, and the most ambitious new opening in the city.
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Confronta Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room
Sushi Tetsu Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Counter Only Destination Intimate Sushi Tetsu Clerkenwell $$$$ Seven seats, one chef, Edomae discipline, London's hardest reservation
Swift Soho Bar Bar Confronta Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below
The Beaumont Hotel Hotel Confronta Intimate Elegant Art Deco The Beaumont Mayfair $$$$ Corbin and King's 1920s-styled Mayfair townhouse, a 73-room Art Deco hotel with an Antony Gormley sculpture you can sleep inside.
The Connaught Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Intimate The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ The Mayfair townhouse hotel, three Michelin stars in the dining room, the world's best bar downstairs, and the address that defines W1.
The Goring Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Traditional The Goring Belgravia $$$$ The only hotel ever granted a royal warrant, fourth-generation family-owned in Belgravia, and the address that hosted Catherine Middleton the night before the wedding.
The Lanesborough Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Traditional The Lanesborough Knightsbridge $$$$ The Oetker Collection mansion at Hyde Park Corner, Regency interiors, a personal butler in every room, and Céleste under the cupola.
The Orange Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Convivial Neighbourhood Elegant The Orange Pimlico $$$ Cubitt House's Pimlico Road gastropub-with-rooms, wood-fired pizzas, four upstairs bedrooms, the SW1 corner pub the audience trusts.
The Wallace Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant Chill Classic The Wallace Restaurant Marylebone $$$ The glass-roofed Manchester Square courtyard inside the Wallace Collection, Marylebone's quietest daytime room