The Guinea Grill Restaurant Restaurant Compare Heritage Grill Room Old School The Guinea Grill Mayfair $$$ Mayfair mews chophouse since 1952, beef Wellington and steak-and-kidney pie Same category
Sushi Tetsu Restaurant Restaurant Compare Counter Only Destination Intimate Sushi Tetsu Clerkenwell $$$$ Seven seats, one chef, Edomae discipline, London's hardest reservation Same category
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address. Same category
Kioku by Endo Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant View Destination Kioku by Endo Whitehall $$$$ Endo Kazutoshi's rooftop Japanese inside Raffles at the OWO, the operating Endo room while Endo at the Rotunda rebuilds after the 2025 fire. Same category
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Elegant Iconic Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars on Park Lane, Ducasse's London flagship since 2010, run by Jean-Philippe Blondet. Same category
Murano Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin One Star Italian Murano Mayfair $$$$ Angela Hartnett's one-star Italian on Queen Street, the civilised Mayfair lunch the neighbourhood's regulars actually keep. Same category
Wiltons Restaurant Restaurant Compare Iconic Institution Elegant Wiltons St James's $$$$ Since 1742, Jermyn Street oysters, game in season, and a clubland Britain that has stopped existing almost everywhere else. Same category
Gymkhana Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Elegant Iconic Gymkhana Mayfair $$$$ JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves. Same category
Pied à Terre Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Elegant Intimate Pied à Terre Fitzrovia $$$$ London's longest-standing Michelin-starred room, Charlotte Street since 1991, in its 35th anniversary year Same category
Core by Clare Smyth Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Modern Core by Clare Smyth Notting Hill $$$$ Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-star Notting Hill flagship, modern British cooking at the peninsula's ceiling Same category
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Classic Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Chelsea $$$$ Royal Hospital Road's three-Michelin-star founding flagship, held continuously since 2001 Same category
Restaurant Story Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Elegant Modern Minimalist Restaurant Story Bermondsey $$$$ Tom Sellers' two-Michelin-star tasting room, the chapter's South-Bank fine-dining anchor Same category
Trivet Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Chef Led Elegant Wine Led Trivet Bermondsey $$$$ Jonny Lake and Isa Bal's two-Michelin-star à la carte room, Fat Duck alumni at neighbourhood register Same category
KOL Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Destination Tasting Menu KOL Marylebone $$$$ British ingredients, Mexican grammar, Santiago Lastra's Marylebone manifesto Same category
Hawksmoor Spitalfields Restaurant Restaurant Compare Steakhouse Institution Group Dining Hawksmoor Spitalfields Spitalfields $$$$ The British steakhouse that taught London to take beef seriously Same category
Kitchen Table Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Michelin Two Star Chef Driven Kitchen Table Fitzrovia $$$$ Nineteen seats around a single counter, two Michelin stars, and a tasting menu that reads like a daily field report from British producers. Same category
Scott's Mayfair Restaurant Restaurant Compare See & Be Seen Iconic Seafood Scott's Mayfair Mayfair $$$$ Mount Street seafood and the city's most consequential lunch crowd, the Mayfair set-piece. Same category
The Wolseley Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen The Wolseley Piccadilly $$$ Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper Same category
Umu Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin One Star Intimate Elegant Umu Mayfair $$$$ Bruton Place Kyoto kaiseki, the discreet hidden door, the multi-course menu and the most considered Japanese dining in W1. Same category
Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Destination Iconic Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Mayfair $$$$ Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1. Same category