Mangal II Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Family Run Intimate Chef Led Mangal II Dalston $$$ The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to Stessa categoria
Diyarbakır Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Casual Diaspora Diyarbakır Restaurant Harringay $$ Green Lanes' top-edged Southeastern Anatolian ocakbaşı, kuzu pirzola the Anatolian standard Stessa categoria
Smokestak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Loud Industrial Casual Smokestak Shoreditch $$$ David Carter's wood-and-oak smokehouse, the brisket Sunday lunch the chapter actually returns to Stessa categoria
Padella Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Casual Queue Only Loud Padella Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ The fresh-pasta queue London actually accepts, Shoreditch sister of the Borough original Stessa categoria
Kiln Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Fire Cooked Casual Kiln Soho $$ Ben Chapman's Brewer Street counter, Thai grill cooking over wood and clay, no reservations, the Bib Gourmand argument Stessa categoria
BAO Soho Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Casual Counter Dining BAO Soho Soho $$ Erchen Chang and the Chung siblings' original Lexington Street bun counter, Bib Gourmand Taiwanese, queue-only on the corner Stessa categoria
40 Maltby Street Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Natural Wine No Reservations 40 Maltby Street Bermondsey $$$ A 40-cover kitchen-and-natural-wine warehouse under the Bermondsey arches, chef Steve Williams Stessa categoria
Gökyüzü Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Polished Diaspora Gökyüzü Harringay $$ The Yavuz family's Green Lanes flagship since 1999, the polished mainstream of London Turkish Stessa categoria
Barrafina Dean Street Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Counter Dining Lively Casual Barrafina Dean Street Soho $$$ Sam and Eddie Hart's original walk-in tapas counter, relocated, the Spanish bar London learned the format from Stessa categoria
Brat Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Wood Fire Intimate Brat Shoreditch $$$$ Tomos Parry's Basque-grill flagship, whole turbot over wood, the room that reset East London cooking Stessa categoria
Dishoom Shoreditch Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Convivial Lively Dishoom Shoreditch Shoreditch $$ Boundary Street's Bombay Irani café, the bacon naan roll Londoners queue for at breakfast Stessa categoria
Lina Stores Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Deli Casual Pasta Lina Stores Soho $$ Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944, pasta as Italian commute Stessa categoria
El Pastor Coal Drops Yard Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Taqueria Casual Mezcal El Pastor Coal Drops Yard King's Cross $$ Coal Drops Yard sit-down taqueria, al pastor on a vertical spit, the rebranded Casa Pastor Stessa categoria
107 Wine Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Residency Natural Wine Tiny Room 107 Wine Lower Clapton $$$ P. Franco's successor at 107 Lower Clapton, a 25-cover wine shop with a hot plate at the back, chef residencies kept Stessa categoria
Brawn Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Natural Wine Intimate Brawn Bethnal Green $$$ Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen Stessa categoria
Sumi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Sushi Casual Neighbourhood Sumi Notting Hill $$$ Endo Kazutoshi's Notting Hill casual, sushi without the omakase ceremony Stessa categoria
Mountain Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Modern Fire Cooked Mountain Soho $$$$ Tomos Parry's Michelin-starred Beak Street wood-fired room, the Basque grill that Brat became Soho-confident in Stessa categoria
Bocca di Lupo Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Classic Convivial Bocca di Lupo Soho $$$ Jacob Kenedy's region-by-region Italian counter on Archer Street, every dish labelled by province, eighteen years deep Stessa categoria
Roka Charlotte Street Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta See & Be Seen Modern Convivial Roka Charlotte Street Fitzrovia $$$$ Rainer Becker's original 2004 robatayaki, the Charlotte Street counter Roka grew from, with Shochu Lounge in the basement Stessa categoria
Cycene Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Chef Led Intimate Modern Minimalist Cycene Shoreditch $$$$ A 15-cover Michelin-starred tasting room inside Blue Mountain School, cooking is the only headline Stessa categoria