The Orange Restaurant Restaurant Compare Convivial Neighbourhood Elegant The Orange Pimlico $$$ Cubitt House's Pimlico Road gastropub-with-rooms, wood-fired pizzas, four upstairs bedrooms, the SW1 corner pub the audience trusts. Similar vibe
Opso Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Convivial Elegant Opso Marylebone $$$ Paddington Street modern Greek, sister to Athens' two-star Funky Gourmet and the most considered Greek cooking in W1. Similar vibe
Cora Pearl Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Clubby Elegant Cora Pearl Covent Garden $$$ Henrietta Street's modern British room from the Kitty Fisher's team, clubby, candle-lit, opera-night reliable. Similar vibe
Daylesford Notting Hill Cafe Cafe Compare Elegant Chill Classic Daylesford Notting Hill Notting Hill $$$ The organic Cotswold farm's Westbourne Grove farmshop and café, the audience's Saturday morning anchor Same category
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room Same category
Trinity Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Chef Driven Neighbourhood Trinity Clapham $$$$ Adam Byatt's two-Michelin-star Clapham Old Town room, the most considered cooking south-west of the river. Similar vibe
Quo Vadis Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Historic Chef Led Classic Quo Vadis Soho $$$ Jeremy Lee's neon-signed Dean Street dining room, the Soho institution turning one hundred in 2026 Similar vibe
Josephine Marylebone Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Classic Lively Josephine Marylebone Marylebone $$$ Claude and Lucy Bosi's Parisian-brasserie second site, the Marylebone room that opened where Daylesford Blandford Street used to sit Similar vibe
The Wallace Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Chill Classic The Wallace Restaurant Marylebone $$$ The glass-roofed Manchester Square courtyard inside the Wallace Collection, Marylebone's quietest daytime room Similar vibe
Brawn Restaurant Restaurant Compare Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate Brawn Bethnal Green $$$ Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen Similar vibe
The Audley Public House Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Artistic The Audley Public House Mayfair $$$ Hauser & Wirth's reimagined Mayfair pub, Sunday roast under a Phyllida Barlow ceiling Similar vibe
The Harwood Arms Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Intimate The Harwood Arms Fulham $$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred pub, Fulham backstreets, game and wild food Similar vibe
The Wolseley Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper Similar vibe
Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Elegant See & Be Seen Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley Belgravia $$$$ The Berkeley's pastry counter, Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram Same category
J Sheekey Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen J Sheekey Covent Garden $$$ St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution, Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole Similar vibe
Zafferano Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Convivial Zafferano Belgravia $$$ Lowndes Street's Italian institution since 1995, the Belgravia trattoria that taught London regional pasta Similar vibe
Veeraswamy Restaurant Restaurant Compare Iconic Elegant Historic Veeraswamy Mayfair $$$ Britain's oldest Indian restaurant, open on Regent Street since 1926 and now in its hundredth year. Similar vibe
Rules Restaurant Restaurant Compare Iconic Historic Elegant Rules Covent Garden $$$ London's oldest restaurant, Maiden Lane since 1798, four families across ten reigns, and the game-and-claret Britain that has not changed. Similar vibe
Otto's Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Historic Chef Driven Otto's Bloomsbury $$$ Bloomsbury French, the silver duck press, the classical menu and one of the very last rooms in Europe still pressing canard à la presse. Similar vibe
Balthazar London Restaurant Restaurant Compare Lively Iconic Convivial Balthazar London Covent Garden $$$ Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie, the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in. Similar vibe