Top 100 London Restaurants 2026

Sub-Saharan-inspired tasting menu in St James's holding three Michelin stars (awarded 2024). Chef Jeremy Chan's restaurant is the most critically lauded in London in 2026.

Three Michelin stars in Notting Hill. Clare Smyth's modern-British tasting menu is among the most-booked tables in the city.

Notting Hill three-star institution. Brett Graham's contemporary European cooking has anchored London's top-tier restaurant scene for two decades.

Two Michelin stars at the Regent Street hotel; widely tipped for three. Classical French tasting menu at the highest standard.

Two Michelin stars at the Mayfair townhouse. Pierre Gagnaire's Lecture Room delivers theatrical multi-course menus in lavish surroundings.

Two Michelin stars in Fitzrovia. James Knappett's 19-seat counter with a hyper-seasonal British menu.

Two Michelin stars near London Bridge. Tom Sellers' narrative-driven tasting menu is one of the most-imitated formats in town.

Two Michelin stars in Clapham Old Town. Adam Byatt's polished British/European cooking with one of South London's best wine lists.

Two-Michelin-star modern Chinese in Victoria. Andrew Wong's dim sum and Heritage menu trace a culinary tour of the Chinese provinces.

Two-Michelin-star Indian in Mayfair. JKS Restaurants' flagship — clubby colonial setting; one of the toughest reservations in London.

Two-Michelin-star modern Mexican in Marylebone. Santiago Lastra's reinterpretation of Mexican cooking with British ingredients.

Tomos Parry's wood-fired Basque-influenced cooking in Shoreditch. The whole turbot is one of the most-photographed dishes in the city.

Tomos Parry's Soho follow-up — open-fire cooking with Catalan influences. One of 2024-26's most influential openings.

One Michelin star in Shoreditch. James Lowe's spare, ingredient-led British cooking made Shoreditch a fine-dining destination.

Fergus Henderson's nose-to-tail British institution in Smithfield. Defines a generation of British cooking; eternally relevant.

Spitalfields outpost of St. JOHN — bakery + wine bar + bistro. Daily-changing menu; the doughnuts are essential.

Two Michelin stars in Bermondsey. Jonny Lake (ex-Fat Duck) cooks ingredient-led menus with Isa Bal's astonishing wine pairings.

One Michelin star in Fitzrovia. West African fine dining from Aji Akokomi and chef Theo Clench — one of the most exciting concepts in town.

One Michelin star within The Mondrian Shoreditch. Chef Theo Clench's previous home — neo-British tasting menu with Korean and Chinese touches.

London's first Japanese sushi-only restaurant at this level (45 Park Lane). Chef from the eponymous Ginza original; one Michelin star.

One Michelin star in Borough. Korean-French tasting menu from Bomee Ki and Woongchul Park; one of the calmest fine-dining rooms in town.

One Michelin star in Mayfair. Chantelle Nicholson's sustainability-focused menu with a Green-star nod for environmental practice.

One Michelin star inside The Four Seasons Park Lane. Yannick Alléno's first London restaurant — sophisticated French counter dining.

One Michelin star in London Fields. Andy Beynon's intimate counter; tasting menu of UK-fish-led modern British cooking.

One Michelin star in Marylebone. John and Desiree Chantarasak's Thai cooking with British produce — one of the great openings of 2024-26.

Soho's Bangkok-Thai chophouse from JKS — viral on social media for the Snake Eyes Pad Thai and the high-energy room. No bookings.

JKS's Arcade Food Hall Thai project at Centre Point — chef Luke Farrell's southern Thai curries and a Bangkok-noodle counter.

Soho counter cooking northern Thai food over fire. JKS-owned; nine seats facing the kitchen plus a small downstairs.

Shoreditch Thai BBQ — the spiritual sibling of Kiln. Lao-Isan flavours; one of the rooms that defined 'shoreditch eating' for the late 2010s and remains essential.

The Bombay café institution. Multiple London branches; the Shoreditch original remains the benchmark for the chain and one of the busiest restaurants in London.

Whitechapel's legendary Punjabi grill. Lamb chops and seekh kebabs at scale; legendary queues; BYOB; the platonic east-London curry-house experience.

Soho original of the bao-bun group. Steamed buns and snacks; precise, fun, and exactly right at any time of day.

Borough Market's Taiwanese-grilled-skewers Bao outpost. Larger menu than Soho; especially good at lunchtime.

Holloway hand-pulled-noodle shop. Spicy cold noodles and roujiamo; one of the most affordable great meals in London.

Peckham/Camberwell Malaysian cooking from Abby Lee. Daily-changing menu of nasi-and-curry plates; modern London Malaysian at its best.

Marylebone omakase counter. 15-seat sushi tasting in the heart of London; quietly one of the best Japanese rooms in the city.

Two Michelin stars at Television Centre. Endo Kazutoshi's edomae-sushi omakase — one of the only sushi restaurants in the UK at this tier.

Marylebone kaiseki restaurant. Daisuke Hayashi's seasonal Kyoto-style tasting menus served in an authentically built tatami room.

Soho izakaya / yakitori from chef Angelo Sato. Two Michelin stars; tasting-menu yakitori is one of the most copied formats in town.

Marylebone Mediterranean fire-cooking from Luca Pronzato. One Michelin star; the standout among the 'fire and produce' Mayfair-adjacent rooms.

Mayfair modern-Indian from chef Chet Sharma. One Michelin star; clever set menus drawing across regional Indian cuisines.

Marylebone coastal-Indian institution from JKS. One Michelin star; the brown crab and king-prawn dishes are essential.

City of London Indian gastropub-with-snooker from JKS. One Michelin star; one of the only places to find proper Indian whisky pairings.

Belgravia modern Indian from chef Peter Joseph. One Michelin star; an underrated room delivering some of the city's best Indian tasting menus.

Brazilian fine dining on the Strand from chef Rafa Costa e Silva. One Michelin star.

Mayfair Spanish/Asturian. One Michelin star; the upstairs asador (cochinillo and rice) is the highlight.

Spanish counter dining from Hart Bros — the trio of Soho/Covent Garden bars is still the benchmark for tapas in the city. No bookings.

Soho institution from Jeremy Lee. Modern British cooking in one of the oldest dining rooms in town; the smoked-eel sandwich is a London totem.

Margot Henderson's hidden Arnold Circus dining room. Daily-changing British/European set menu in a converted bike shed; lunch is the move.

Soho's tiny Lexington Street time capsule. Candlelit, hand-written menu, ferocious wine list, a London essential for two centuries.

Farringdon's Victorian working-class-meets-fine-dining classic. The chopped-beef tartare and confit potatoes are pilgrimage dishes.

Soho wine-bar-with-kitchen from the Noble Rot magazine team. The original Bloomsbury and Mayfair outposts are equally great.

Lower Clapton wine shop + 14-seat counter. Daily-changing tasting menu cooked on two induction hobs; defined a generation of London wine bars.

Highbury / Holloway Road wine shop + restaurant + record store. The model for sub-£60 modern-London-wine-bar eating.

Bermondsey natural-wine shop + restaurant under the railway arches. Daily-changing menu chalked up on the wall; a London touchstone.

Bethnal Green long-standing French bistro with a strong cabaret heritage. Brunch is the institution; dinner remains excellent.

Farringdon classical French bistro from Henry Harris (Racine alumni). One of the most-talked-about openings of the last few years.

Shoreditch French bistro from the JKS team. Classical cooking in a knowing modern wrapper; the lamb 'sweetbread vol-au-vent' is the dish of 2024-26.

Holborn classical French — the only restaurant in London still doing canard à la presse at the table. Eternal.

Soho's upstairs dining room above the legendary pub. Neil Borthwick cooks ingredient-led British/French; the daily-changing menu is reason alone to visit.

Hackney all-day spot from chef Max Rocha. Italian-leaning daily menu; ricotta hotcakes and burnt cheesecake have hit cult status.

Shoreditch Italian focused on house-made charcuterie and pasta. Owned and run by the team behind Smokestak.

Borough Market's pasta canteen. No-booking queue institution; the pici cacio e pepe and the eight-hour beef shin pappardelle are reasons to wait.

Soho all-Italy menu — a dish from every region. The polpettine and dessert trolley have stayed great for fifteen years.

Two Michelin stars in Bethnal Green. Chef Rafael Cagali's Italian-Brazilian tasting menu is the best of the East London fine-dining wave.

Soho's classic green-and-white deli expanded into a small restaurant group. Hand-rolled pasta and Italian counter dining at a price that works.

Soho/Borough pasta-bar duo. The pici cacio e pepe and silk-handkerchief pasta are some of the city's best pasta value.

Yotam Ottolenghi's all-day Spitalfields restaurant. The deli counter is iconic and the lunchtime mezze plates a London staple.

Ottolenghi's Soho restaurant. Middle-Eastern–Asian cooking with strong vegetarian credentials; the brunch is one of London's best.

Soho modern-Jerusalem cooking. The shakshuka and Polish-Jewish 'kubaneh' bread are the standout dishes.

Covent Garden Northern-African counter restaurant. No bookings; 24-seat horseshoe bar; one of the most fun rooms in central London.

Soho Iranian kebab-house from JKS. The masto-musir starter and the joojeh kebab are reasons to book.

Bloomsbury / Warren Street Middle-Eastern restaurants from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich. Small rooms, generous cooking, exceptional sweets.

Exmouth Market / Hackney small-plates Spanish/North-African. The Hackney room is bigger and the menu wider.

Exmouth Market's Sam-and-Sam-Clark Moorish institution. One of the most enduring dining rooms in Clerkenwell; the lamb is essential.

Shoreditch low-and-slow American smokehouse. The brisket bun is one of London's great sandwiches.

Highbury wood-fired flatbreads and metal-soundtracked irreverence from chef Lee Tiernan. Cult, intentionally chaotic, brilliant.

Brockley / Shoreditch / Borough burger group. Smash-style patties; widely regarded as London's best burger franchise.

Hackney / Borough ramen counter from chef Luke Findlay. Bold non-traditional bowls — chilli pickle, mole — that became a viral hit.

Multi-branch London ramen group from Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada. Tonkotsu Original remains the gold-standard everyday ramen.

Ghanaian cooking from Akwasi Brenya-Mensa at The Africa Centre, Southwark. One of the most exciting cultural-restaurant projects in town.

Fitzrovia (relocated from Brixton) modern West African from Adejoké Bakare — the first Black female chef to win a Michelin star in the UK.

Notting Hill Palestinian cooking from chef Fadi Kattan. One Michelin star; the maklouba and the za'atar bread are essential.

Soho Syrian restaurant from chef Imad Alarnab — a survivor's restaurant grown from a Calais refugee-camp pop-up.

Mayfair / Borough steakhouse with an exemplary butcher counter. Old-school dry-aged steaks at sensible prices.

London's reference modern steakhouse. The Spitalfields original is the best of the eight London branches; classical British steak cookery.

Russian-owned Mayfair steakhouse that gave Hawksmoor real competition. Massive USDA dry-aged ribeyes; clubby room.

Mayfair art-deco grande dame from D&D London. Better food than its reputation; a great place for an old-school London night out.

Mayfair grill room at The Connaught from chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The black-truffle hash brown and the dover-sole 'Veronique' are essentials.

Three-Michelin-star French at The Connaught from chef Hélène Darroze. Among the most-decorated rooms in the country.

Three-Michelin-star French at The Dorchester. The Lune table-for-two inside the chocolate-fibre-optic dome is one of London's icon experiences.

Mayfair sushi omakase — when it returned to two Michelin stars in 2024 it cemented London as a top global sushi destination.

Kerridge group's pan-Asian fine-dining counter at OWO. Endo Kazutoshi's reach extends across multiple Japanese counters with this as the flagship.

Mayfair one-Michelin-star tasting room above the Hide ground-floor brasserie. Ollie Dabbous's signature 'nest' egg dish remains pivotal.

Mayfair one-Michelin-star modern British/European from Jason Atherton. Long-running and consistently strong; under refurbishment in 2026.

Mayfair Italian fine dining from Angela Hartnett. One Michelin star; classical preparations elevated to fine-dining standards.

Notting Hill modern European from Diego Ferrari and Emily Roux. One Michelin star; the carpaccio à la moelle is signature.

Lambeth/Vauxhall modern Italian counter from chef Daniele Camera. The fresh-pasta menu and house-made gelato are highlights.

Greenwich pie-and-mash institution, est. 1890. The most authentic surviving traditional London pie shop.

Bethnal Green Italian-British family caff, est. 1900. Grade-II-listed art-deco interior; full English breakfasts and homemade pasta in the same room.