Dining Dog-Friendly Restaurants in London
Where to eat well with the dog in tow: the London restaurants and pubs that welcome both of you.
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Dining
Where to eat well in London, neighbourhood by neighbourhood and cuisine by cuisine.
London is one of the great eating cities in the world, and that is precisely the problem: there is far too much of it, and most lists just pile it higher. Our dining guides do the opposite. We cover the upper end of the city table by table and neighbourhood by neighbourhood, from Michelin-starred dining rooms and grand institutions to the cuisine specialists and corner bistros locals would rather keep quiet.
Whether you are looking for the best restaurants in Mayfair, a proper Sunday roast, the city's best sushi or simply somewhere worth booking near you, every recommendation below is made on merit. Browse by neighbourhood or by cuisine, and use the guides to plan an evening that gets it right.
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Dining big mamma london
All six Big Mamma restaurants in London, ranked by food, room and how hard each one actually is to get into.
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Dining hawksmoor london
All seven Hawksmoor steak restaurants in London, ranked by room, atmosphere and what actually makes each one worth the bill.
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Dining London's Best Tasting Menus
When you want the kitchen to take the wheel: the London tasting menus worth the evening.
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Dining Michelin-Star Restaurants in London
London's Michelin-starred kitchens, and which stars are actually worth the spend.
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Dining Romantic Restaurants in London
The rooms we send people to when the night matters, from a quiet first date to an anniversary you cannot get wrong.
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Dining The Best Bakeries in London
Proper sourdough, perfect pastries and cult cakes: the best bakeries in London worth the queue.
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Dining best bbq london
London's brisket, ribs and pulled pork specialists run from a Shoreditch pit room to a Marylebone pub with its own smoker out the back.
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Dining best birthday restaurants london
Six London restaurants built for a birthday that people actually remember: pink rooms, jungle grills, Greco-Roman drama and two Big Mamma blockbusters, across budgets.
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Dining The Best Breakfast in London
From grand hotel rooms to the perfect greasy spoon: where to start the day well in London.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Borough Market
Brunch built entirely around the market itself: wood fired grills, market produce and a rooftop view of St Paul's.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Camden
Bottomless rum punch, market chaos and a genuine mix of cuisines: Camden brunch never takes itself too seriously.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Canary Wharf
Skyscraper views, bottomless brunches with a soundtrack, and just enough quiet cafes to recover from them the next morning.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Clapham
South London's brunch capital, built around The Pavement, Clapham Common and a genuine glut of bottomless options.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Covent Garden
Theatre crowds and tourist footfall, but a genuine cluster of proper brasseries: brunch that holds up before a matinee or well after one.
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Dining The Best Brunch in London
Long, unhurried and worth dressing for: the London brunches that earn a slow weekend morning.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Marylebone
Village high street brunches for people who like their eggs with a side of quiet money and Sunday morning calm.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Mayfair
The grandest brunches in London, served under vaulted ceilings and the odd Michelin star.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Notting Hill
Portobello queues, Australian hotcakes and one very famous yellow door: brunch here is as much about the performance as the plate.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Shoreditch
Trattorias, roasteries and a party disguised as a brunch: east London does mornings its own way.
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Dining The Best Brunch in Soho
Delis, diners and bottomless spritz by the glass: Soho brunch never quite sits still, and neither should you.
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Dining The Best Burgers in London
Smashed, stacked and properly seasoned: where to find the best burger in London.
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Dining best cafes to work from london
Eight London cafes with reliable wifi, real power sockets and staff who will not mind you staying for three hours.
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Dining The Best Caribbean Restaurants in London
Jerk, curry goat and rum punch: where to eat the best Caribbean food in London.
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Dining cheap eats london
Six London kitchens where a tenner or thereabouts buys something genuinely worth queuing for, from Borough Market pasta to a 4am salt beef beigel.
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Dining best wings london
Six spots serving London's best chicken wings, from a Here East bar with twenty rotating flavours to a Thai grill known for sticky fish sauce wings.
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Dining The Best Chinese Restaurants in London
From Cantonese grandeur to fiery Sichuan: where to eat the best Chinese in London.
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Dining best cinnamon rolls london
The best cinnamon buns in London, from a viral Soho bakery to the Scandinavian originals that got the format right first.
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Dining The Best Coffee Shops in London
Single-origin pours and proper roasters: the best coffee shops in London for a serious cup.
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Dining best cookies london
Where to find London's thickest, gooiest cookies, from Soho stuffed-dough specialists to old-school British institutions.
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Dining best croissants london
London's best butter and filled croissants, from a French-Asian bakery in Covent Garden to the reigning UK competition winner inside a Strand hotel.
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Dining best dessert restaurants london
Pudding deserves a destination of its own. Six London places where dessert is the point, from a two Michelin star tasting menu to a Soho patisserie that has been baking since 1871.
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Dining The Best Desserts in London
Showstopping puddings and dedicated dessert rooms: where to find the best desserts in London.
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Dining The Best Dim Sum in London
Steaming baskets and trolley service: where to eat the best dim sum in London.
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Dining best dumplings london
Six dumpling kitchens across London, covering soup filled xiao long bao, pan fried sheng jian bao and hand pleated jiaozi.
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Dining best fine dining london
Six London restaurants for the occasions that actually matter. The three-star Mayfair rooms, Clare Smyth's Notting Hill flagship and the best Chinese cooking in Britain.
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Dining The Best Fish and Chips in London
Billingsgate cod, proper batter and mushy peas: London's chippies worth crossing town for.
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Dining The Best French Restaurants in London
From grand dining rooms to the perfect bistro: where to eat the best French food in London.
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Dining best fried chicken london
Six proper fried chicken kitchens across London, from buttermilk classics to Korean double fry and Caribbean jerk marinades.
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Dining best gelato london
London's proper Italian gelato counters, judged on texture and flavour rather than how tall they pile the scoop.
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Dining The Best Gluten-Free Restaurants in London
Where to eat brilliantly gluten-free in London, from dedicated kitchens to clued-up dining rooms.
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Dining The Best Greek Restaurants in London
Charcoal, mezze and proper hospitality: where to eat the best Greek food in London.
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Dining halal brunch london
A guide to London's best halal brunches, covering fully halal kitchens and halal certified restaurants across the city.
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Dining The Best Halal Restaurants in London
From fine-dining rooms to the city's great grills: where to eat well and halal in London.
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Dining The Best Hot Chocolate in London
Spoon-thick Italian cups, build-your-own percentages and a torched-marshmallow legend: London's best hot chocolate.
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Dining best hot pot london
Six hot pot restaurants across London, from a Sichuan chain with tableside noodle dancers to a Chaoshan specialist built around thin sliced beef.
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Dining The Best Ice Cream in London
Proper gelato, churned-to-order scoops and cult soft serve: where to find the best ice cream in London.
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Dining The Best Indian Restaurants in London
From Michelin-starred dining rooms to the city's great curry houses: where to eat Indian in London.
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Dining The Best Italian Restaurants in London
From handmade pasta counters to grand old dining rooms: where to eat Italian properly in London.
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Dining The Best Japanese Restaurants in London
Beyond sushi: izakaya, robata and kaiseki, and where to eat the best Japanese food in London.
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Dining The Best Kebabs in London
Charcoal ocakbasi grills, modern chef kebabs and the giants of Green Lanes: London's best kebabs.
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Dining korean bbq london
London's tabletop Korean BBQ scene now runs from Fitzrovia grill houses to hotel dining rooms in Kensington and a Korean expat strip in New Malden.
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Dining The Best Korean Restaurants in London
Sizzling barbecue, bubbling stews and proper banchan: where to eat the best Korean in London.
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Dining kosher restaurants london
Six certified kosher kitchens across London, from a Baker Street institution to glatt Chinese in Hendon and award-winning falafel in Golders Green.
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Dining late night food london
Six London kitchens that keep the lights on after midnight, from a 40th-floor dining room to a Brick Lane bagel counter that never shuts.
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Dining The Best Lebanese Restaurants in London
Mezze, grills and warm hospitality: where to eat the best Lebanese food in London.
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Dining The Best Lunch in London
Set-lunch bargains and long, lazy midday feasts: where London does its best eating before dark.
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Dining luxury restaurants london
The grandest dining rooms in the city, where the marble is real, the service is faultless and the bill is not the point.
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Dining The Best Matcha in London
Ceremonial-grade from Uji, whisked to order: London's best matcha bars and cafes.
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Dining The Best Mexican Restaurants in London
Proper masa, mezcal and live-fire cooking: where to eat the best Mexican in London.
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Dining The Best New Restaurants in London
The openings worth booking now: London's best new restaurants, chosen once the dust has settled.
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Dining best noodles london
Six noodle kitchens covering Japanese tonkotsu ramen, hand pulled Chinese noodles, Thai stir fries, Vietnamese pho and Malaysian laksa.
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Dining The Best Omakase in London
Hinoki counters, Edomae precision and Tokyo chefs: London's best omakase sushi.
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Dining The Best Outdoor Dining in London
Terraces, gardens and riverside tables: where to eat outside in London when the weather turns.
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Dining best oyster bars london
Six London counters that take oysters seriously, from a Cornish-farmed dozen in Borough Market to a Victorian City room that has shucked the same Colchester natives since 1889.
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Dining best pancakes london
The best stacks in London, from bottomless American short stacks to Australian-style ricotta hotcakes and buildable crepes.
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Dining best pasta restaurants london
Six London kitchens that roll their own pasta daily, from the queue at Padella to Angela Hartnett's St James's dining room. Where to eat the good stuff, and what it costs.
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Dining The Best Persian Restaurants in London
Saffron, charcoal and slow-cooked stews: where to eat the best Persian food in London.
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Dining pho london
London's best pho comes from Kingsland Road veterans, a Soho institution and a plain room out past Rotherhithe that regulars swear beats them all.
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Dining best pies london
From a Bermondsey marble counter pouring parsley liquor to a Mayfair pie room with nine in-house varieties, here are six London places that still treat the pie as a serious thing.
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Dining The Best Pizza in London
Blistered Neapolitan, Roman al taglio and proper New York slices: where to eat the best pizza in London.
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Dining best pre theatre restaurants london
Six West End tables that get you fed properly and out by curtain-up, from a £19.95 prix fixe under Piccadilly to seafood off Charing Cross Road. Set menus, real timings, no panic.
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Dining The Best Private Dining Rooms in London
No neighbours, no rush: the private rooms in London worth booking when the doors should close.
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Dining The Best Pubs in London
Open fires, good cellars and proper food: the London pubs worth crossing town for.
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Dining The Best Pubs in Shoreditch
From Victorian corner boozers to craft-beer favourites: the best pubs in Shoreditch.
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Dining The Best Pubs in Soho
Crooked corners, proper pints and centuries of history: the best pubs in Soho.
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Dining The Best Ramen in London
Rich tonkotsu, delicate shio and everything between: where to slurp the best ramen in London.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Aldgate
The best restaurants in Aldgate: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Angel
The best restaurants in Angel: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Bank
The best restaurants in Bank: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Barbican
The best restaurants in Barbican: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Battersea
From the Power Station to the park: where to eat well in fast-changing Battersea.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Bayswater
The best restaurants in Bayswater: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Belgravia
The best restaurants in Belgravia: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Bermondsey
Railway arches and the Beer Mile: where to eat well in Bermondsey, London's quiet foodie quarter.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Bethnal Green
The best restaurants in Bethnal Green: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Bloomsbury
The best restaurants in Bloomsbury: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Borough Market
London's great food market and the rooms around it: where to eat well at Borough.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Bow
The best restaurants in Bow: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Brick Lane
The best restaurants in Brick Lane: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Brixton
Market energy and global flavours: where to eat well in Brixton, from the village to the arches.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Camden
Beyond the market stalls: where to eat properly in Camden, from canalside rooms to neighbourhood cooking.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Canary Wharf
Skyline dining and waterside tables: where to eat well in Canary Wharf, beyond the lunch crowd.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Chelsea
From riverside grandeur to neighbourhood favourites: where to eat well in Chelsea.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Chiswick
The best restaurants in Chiswick: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Clapham
South London at its most likeable: where to eat well in Clapham, from neighbourhood gems to date-night rooms.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Clerkenwell
The best restaurants in Clerkenwell: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Covent Garden
Beyond the crowds and the chains: where to actually eat well around Covent Garden.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Dalston
The best restaurants in Dalston: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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Dining The Best Restaurants in Dulwich
The best restaurants in Dulwich: where to eat well, chosen on merit.
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