Donostia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Specialist Convivial Informed Donostia Marylebone $$$ Seymour Place's Basque pintxos counter, the txuleta and the txakoli on the same Marylebone bar Similar vibe
José Bar Bar Compare Lively Convivial Neighborhood José Bermondsey $$ Bermondsey Street's standing-room Spanish bar since 2011, José Pizarro's pintxos counter Similar vibe
Borough Market Shop Editor's Pick Shop Compare Historic Artisan Producer Led Borough Market Borough $$$ London's oldest market, 4.5 acres of producer-fronted stalls under the Southwark railway arches Same category
Zafferano Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Convivial Zafferano Belgravia $$$ Lowndes Street's Italian institution since 1995, the Belgravia trattoria that taught London regional pasta Similar vibe
La Famiglia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Convivial Neighborhood La Famiglia Chelsea $$$ Langton Street's Tuscan trattoria since 1975, Chelsea's Italian family room, fourth decade Similar vibe
Fortnum & Mason Shop Shop Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen Fortnum & Mason Piccadilly $$$$ Piccadilly's 1707 grocery, the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home Same category
Opso Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Convivial Elegant Opso Marylebone $$$ Paddington Street modern Greek, sister to Athens' two-star Funky Gourmet and the most considered Greek cooking in W1. Similar vibe
Berry Bros & Rudd Shop Shop Compare Historic Merchant Cellar Tour Berry Bros & Rudd St James's $$$$ Britain's oldest wine merchant, 3 St James's Street since 1698, Royal Warrants and a working cellar tour Same category
Hedonism Wines Shop Shop Compare Fine Wine Rare Spirits Coravin Bar Hedonism Wines Mayfair $$$$ Davies Street's fine-wine and rare-spirits cathedral, Coravin tasting bar at the back Same category
Bocca di Lupo Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Classic Convivial Bocca di Lupo Soho $$$ Jacob Kenedy's region-by-region Italian counter on Archer Street, every dish labelled by province, eighteen years deep Similar vibe
Barrafina Dean Street Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Dining Lively Casual Barrafina Dean Street Soho $$$ Sam and Eddie Hart's original walk-in tapas counter, relocated, the Spanish bar London learned the format from Similar vibe
Swift Soho Bar Bar Compare Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below Similar vibe
The Devonshire Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Lively Classic See & Be Seen The Devonshire Soho $$$ UK's No.1 gastropub 2026, the Soho Guinness pour and the dining room above it Similar vibe
The Audley Public House Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Artistic The Audley Public House Mayfair $$$ 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
Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe Cafe Compare Modern Convivial Lively Riding House Fitzrovia Fitzrovia $$$ Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room Similar vibe
Ronnie Scott's Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Intimate Literary Ronnie Scott's Soho $$$ Frith Street's 1959 jazz room, the canonical London jazz club, two sets a night, low ceiling, red lamps Similar vibe
Discount Suit Company Bar Bar Compare Intimate Moody Convivial Discount Suit Company Aldgate $$$ Wentworth Street's unmarked basement, the City fringe speakeasy that does not need a velvet rope Similar vibe
Happiness Forgets Bar Bar Compare Intimate Moody Convivial Happiness Forgets Hoxton $$$ Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010 Similar vibe