Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address. Atmosfera affine
Kioku by Endo Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant View Destination Kioku by Endo Whitehall $$$$ Endo Kazutoshi's rooftop Japanese inside Raffles at the OWO, the operating Endo room while Endo at the Rotunda rebuilds after the 2025 fire. Atmosfera affine
The Connaught Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Intimate The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ The Mayfair townhouse hotel, three Michelin stars in the dining room, the world's best bar downstairs, and the address that defines W1. Atmosfera affine
Gymkhana Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Michelin Two Star Elegant Iconic Gymkhana Mayfair $$$$ JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves. Atmosfera affine
Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Michelin Three Star Destination Iconic Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Mayfair $$$$ Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1. Atmosfera affine
Scott's Mayfair Restaurant Restaurant Confronta See & Be Seen Iconic Seafood Scott's Mayfair Mayfair $$$$ Mount Street seafood and the city's most consequential lunch crowd, the Mayfair set-piece. Atmosfera affine
A. Wong Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Michelin Two Star Destination Chef Driven A. Wong Pimlico $$$$ Andrew Wong's two-Michelin-star pan-regional Chinese on Wilton Road, the first Chinese restaurant outside Asia to hold two stars. Atmosfera affine
Hutong Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Destination View Elegant Hutong London Bridge $$$$ Northern Chinese on level 33 of The Shard, the view-room and the dish where guests in town for a single weekend take their out-of-town parents. Atmosfera affine
Claridge's Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Art Deco Elegant Claridge's Mayfair $$$$ The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame, afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London. Atmosfera affine
Raffles London at The OWO Hotel Hotel Confronta New Iconic Elegant Raffles London at The OWO Whitehall $$$$ The 2023 conversion of the Old War Office on Whitehall, Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred Saison, a Guerlain spa, and the most ambitious new opening in the city. Atmosfera affine
The Beaumont Hotel Hotel Confronta Intimate Elegant Art Deco The Beaumont Mayfair $$$$ Corbin and King's 1920s-styled Mayfair townhouse, a 73-room Art Deco hotel with an Antony Gormley sculpture you can sleep inside. Atmosfera affine
Brown's Hotel Hotel Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Traditional Brown's Hotel Mayfair $$$$ London's oldest luxury hotel, 13 connected Georgian townhouses on Albemarle Street, a Michelin-starred Charlie's by Adam Byatt, and Rocco Forte stewardship. Atmosfera affine
Veeraswamy Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Iconic Elegant Historic Veeraswamy Mayfair $$$ Britain's oldest Indian restaurant, open on Regent Street since 1926 and now in its hundredth year. Atmosfera affine
Umu Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Michelin One Star Intimate Elegant Umu Mayfair $$$$ Bruton Place Kyoto kaiseki, the discreet hidden door, the multi-course menu and the most considered Japanese dining in W1. Atmosfera affine
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Michelin Three Star Elegant Iconic Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars on Park Lane, Ducasse's London flagship since 2010, run by Jean-Philippe Blondet. Atmosfera affine
Wiltons Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Iconic Institution Elegant Wiltons St James's $$$$ Since 1742, Jermyn Street oysters, game in season, and a clubland Britain that has stopped existing almost everywhere else. Atmosfera affine
Swift Soho Bar Bar Confronta Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below Stessa categoria
American Bar at The Savoy Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Classic Elegant See & Be Seen American Bar at The Savoy Strand $$$$ The 1893 hotel bar that wrote the cocktail manual the rest of London still reads Stessa categoria
The Berkeley Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta Iconic Elegant Contemporary The Berkeley Knightsbridge $$$$ The Maybourne sister to Connaught and Claridge's, Wilton Place, a rooftop pool over Hyde Park, and a 2024 redesign that finally looks contemporary. Atmosfera affine
The Peninsula London Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta New Elegant Destination The Peninsula London Belgravia $$$$ 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. Atmosfera affine