Independent reviews of 197 of London’s notable restaurants, bars and hotels: what each place is really like, who it suits and what to order. Written on merit and independently researched, with no pay-for-placement and no sponsored entries.
Restaurants
137 reviews
Kiln · Soho
Quo Vadis · Soho
Smoking Goat · Shoreditch
Chishuru · Fitzrovia
Mountain · Soho
Sketch · Mayfair
Brat · Shoreditch
St. JOHN · Smithfield
A. Wong · Victoria
The Clove Club · Shoreditch
108 Brasserie · Marylebone
74 Duke · Mayfair
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester · Mayfair
Amazonico · Mayfair
Ambassadors Clubhouse · Mayfair
Aqua Kyoto · Soho
Aqua Shard · London Bridge
Bacchanalia · Mayfair
Balthazar · Covent Garden
Bancone · Covent Garden
Bar Italia · Soho
Barge East · Hackney Wick
Barrafina · Soho
Berenjak · Soho
Berners Tavern · Fitzrovia
Blacklock Shoreditch · Shoreditch
Bluebird Chelsea · Chelsea
Bob Bob Ricard · Soho
Bone Daddies · Soho
Brasserie Zedel · Piccadilly
Brigadiers · City of London
Cabana · Covent Garden
Cafe Cecilia · London Fields / Broadway Market, Hackney
Cafe East · Rotherhithe
Cafe Kowloon · London Fields
Cafe Murano · St James’s
Cavita · Marylebone
Chiltern Firehouse · Marylebone
Cinnamon Bazaar · Covent Garden
Circolo Popolare · Fitzrovia
Colonel Saab · Holborn
Core by Clare Smyth · Notting Hill
Corner Shop · Temple / the Strand
Cote · St Martin’s Lane
Coya Mayfair · Mayfair
Dalloway Terrace · Bloomsbury
Din Tai Fung · Covent Garden
Dinings SW3 · Chelsea
Dishoom · Shoreditch
Dorian · Notting Hill
Dovetale · Mayfair
Duck and Waffle · City of London
El Pastor · Borough Market
Fallow · St James’s
Farm Girl · Notting Hill
Fat Pats · Shoreditch
Flat Iron · Soho
Fortnum and Mason · Piccadilly
FOWL · Piccadilly Circus
Franco Manca · Brixton
Gaucho · Piccadilly
Grasso · Soho
Gymkhana · Mayfair
Haidilao · Piccadilly
Happy Lamb Hot Pot · Holborn
Hawksmoor Air Street · Piccadilly, Mayfair
Hawksmoor Borough · Borough
Hawksmoor Seven Dials · Covent Garden
Heliot Steak House · Leicester Square
Hide · Mayfair
Humble Chicken · Soho
Ikoyi · Strand
Inamo · Soho
Isabel Mayfair · Mayfair
J Sheekey · Covent Garden
Josephine Bouchon · Chelsea, Fulham Road
Kibou, Battersea · Battersea
Kitchen Table · Fitzrovia
Knoops · Covent Garden
KOL · Marylebone
Laduree · Mayfair
Layla Bakery · Notting Hill
Le Bab · Soho
Lina Stores · Soho
Logma · Hackney, near Haggerston
Mango Tree · Belgravia
Manicomio City · Chelsea
Manteca · Shoreditch
Mariage Freres · Covent Garden
Market Halls Victoria · Victoria
MEATliquor · Marylebone
Medlar · Chelsea
Mildreds · Soho
Minnow · Clapham
MNKY HSE · Mayfair
Nina · Marylebone
Noble Rot · Bloomsbury
Nobu Hotel London Portman Square · Marylebone
Oblix at The Shard · London Bridge
Onsu Bakery · Soho
Padella · Borough
Pastaio · Soho
Pavyllon London · Mayfair
Petersham Nurseries · Richmond
Plates · Shoreditch
Red Dog Saloon · Hoxton
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay · Chelsea
Roast · Borough
Rochelle Canteen · Shoreditch
Roka · Fitzrovia
Roti King · Euston
Rules · Covent Garden
Sabor · Mayfair
Sael · St James’s
Santo Remedio · Bermondsey
Scott’s · Mayfair
Sexy Fish · Mayfair
Sketch, The Gallery · Mayfair
Skylon · South Bank
Smokestak · Shoreditch
Sunday in Brooklyn, Marylebone · Marylebone
Sushi Kanesaka · Mayfair
Sushisamba · Liverpool Street
Sweetings · City of London
temper Soho · Soho
The Ivy Chelsea Garden · Chelsea
The Ledbury · Notting Hill
The River Cafe · Hammersmith
The Wolseley · Piccadilly
Trafalgar Tavern · Greenwich
Trivet · Bermondsey
Trullo · Islington
Wagtail, City of London · City of London
Wingmans · Soho
Yauatcha Soho · Soho
Zephyr · Notting Hill
Zuma · Knightsbridge
Bars
27 reviews
Callooh Callay · Shoreditch
Happiness Forgets · Hoxton
Three Sheets · Dalston
The Connaught Bar · Mayfair
Tayer + Elementary · Old Street
Swift Soho · Soho
Bar Termini · Soho
Artesian · Marylebone
American Bar at The Savoy · Strand
Aviary · Moorgate
Bar Crispin · Soho
Forza Wine · Peckham
Gordons Wine Bar · Embankment
Humble Grape · Battersea
Lyaness · South Bank
Nightjar · Shoreditch
Planque · Haggerston
Polo Bar · Mayfair
Savage Garden · Tower Hill
Seabird · London Bridge
Sky Garden, City Garden Bar · City of London
Speedboat Bar · Chinatown, Soho and Trafalgar Square
The Alchemist Victoria · Victoria
The Audley · Mayfair
The Churchill Arms · Kensington
The Dickens Inn · St Katharine Docks
The Prospect of Whitby · Wapping
Hotels
28 reviews
Bankside Hotel, Autograph Collection · South Bank
Bingham Riverhouse · Richmond
Boundary Shoreditch · Shoreditch
Charlotte Street Hotel · Fitzrovia
Claridges · Mayfair
Cliveden House · Taplow, Berkshire
Corinthia London · Whitehall
Coworth Park · Ascot, Berkshire
Heckfield Place · Heckfield, Hampshire
Kimpton Fitzroy London · Bloomsbury
nhow London · Shoreditch
NoMad London · Covent Garden
Pan Pacific London · City of London
Pennyhill Park · Bagshot, Surrey
Rosewood London · Holborn
Royal Lancaster London · Hyde Park
Sea Containers London · South Bank
The Ampersand Hotel · South Kensington
The Chesterfield Mayfair · Mayfair
The Goring · Belgravia
The Hoxton, Shoreditch · Shoreditch
The Landmark London · Marylebone
The Lanesborough · Hyde Park Corner
The Mandrake · Fitzrovia
The Montague on the Gardens · Bloomsbury
The Peninsula London · Belgravia
The Ritz · Piccadilly
Members’ Clubs
4 reviews
5 Hertford Street · Mayfair
Home House · Marylebone
Maison Estelle · Mayfair
The Arts Club · Mayfair
Clubs
1 reviews
Corsica Studios · Elephant and Castle
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