The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near FORNO
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Rank 1. FORNO
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 2. Tasty Jerk
Caribbean
Smoke curls through a cramped Selhurst counter where Jamaican jerk chicken arrives charred and alive with spice, the kind of place that insists you return despite—or because of—its takeaway-only setup. The ritual matters more than comfort here.
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In Farringdon, this Basque grill treats beef sourcing and dry-ageing as core identity, cooking Galician Blond over open fire with restraint rather than aggression. The confidence extends beyond the meat—clean plating, informed service, and Spanish wine all align behind the same disciplined intention.
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Bar Team
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Inside Sir George Gilbert Scott's Gothic Revival masterpiece, Hawksmoor tends British beef with the kind of restraint that lets dry-aged flavor speak clearly over charcoal. The room is grand but the cooking refuses theatre, instead delivering precision through timing and heat—a welcome clarity in a space that could easily overwhelm.
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In a converted Shoreditch warehouse, Tomos Parry grills with the precision of restraint rather than spectacle, letting oak and timing speak louder than technique. The room is warm and unhurried, the wine list restless and curious, and every plate—from Hereford sirloin to mutton chop—reads as a quiet argument for doing one thing very well.
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A handsome Soho pub where the bar thrums with the energy of a Dickens novel filtered through a Guy Ritchie lens. The British cooking arrives without fuss—roasts and pies executed with the kind of precision that makes tradition feel inevitable.
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A wood-fired kitchen in Chelsea honors its beef through restraint: dry-aged cuts sourced from British farmers and cooked with precision over heat, paired with understated sides that know their place. The dining room—warm woods, soft light, unhurried service—feels rooted in tradition yet entirely present, a restaurant that trusts its ingredients enough to let them speak.
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Rank 22. Ikoyi Restaurant
Experimental
Ikoyi operates in its own culinary universe, where Nigerian and global influences dissolve into something untethered and alive. The Strand dining room justifies the price if you believe in transformation through taste.
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Within The Ned's mahogany-lined dining room, Lutyens Grill handles dry-aged European beef with measured precision on the charcoal grill, letting each cut speak for itself. Tableside carving of Beef Wellington and classical service establish a restaurant where British grandeur feels earned rather than performed.
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Wood panelling and soft light frame a Mayfair institution where grass-fed British beef, dry-aged and char-grilled, arrives without pretense or flourish. The Guinea Grill endures because it understands that a great grill room need not perform tradition—it simply lives it, backed by service as assured and unshowy as the meat itself.
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In Shoreditch, Sagardi channels Basque asador culture through wood-fired heat and dry-aged Spanish beef, letting product and flame do the talking without flourish. The txuleton—a thick, bone-in steak from older cattle—emerges charred and ruby-warm, a study in the authority that comes from trusting your tradition.
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Zoilo brings Argentine steak culture to Marylebone with quiet authority, sourcing British and Argentine beef and cooking over charcoal with precision rather than spectacle. The room—open kitchen below, intimate wood and leather above—matches the cooking's composure, while Argentine wines and unhurried hospitality complete the picture.
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Rank 36. Luca
Italian
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Rank 58. Made in Italy
Italian
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Rank 59. Burro
Italian
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Rank 60. Maya’s Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 61. Bunhead Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
A narrow Palestinian bakery in Herne Hill where the morning light catches the dust on the shelves and the counter depletes by mid-morning. The flatbreads and pastries disappear fast enough that arriving late means accepting what remains, which is still worth the trip.
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Rank 62. Trattoria Brutto
Italian
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Rank 63. August Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 64. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 65. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 66. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 67. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 68. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 69. Nardulli
Ice Cream
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Rank 70. Trullo
Italian
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Rank 71. Kurisu Omakase
Sushi
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Rank 72. Eric’s
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 73. Mahali Bakery by Mahali and Co
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 74. Caravaggio Gelato
Ice Cream
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Rank 75. Zeret Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 76. TOAD Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 77. The River Café
Italian
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Rank 78. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 79. Common Breads
Lebanese
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Rank 80. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 81. Eat Vietnam Bar B Grill 1
Vietnamese
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Rank 82. Foubert's
Ice Cream
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Rank 83. Ice Cream Union
Ice Cream
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Rank 84. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 85. The Dover
Italian
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Rank 86. Kuro Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 87. Legare
Italian
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Rank 88. Taste of Pakistan
Pashtun
A modest Hounslow dining room where Pashtun cooking arrives with the confidence of long tradition, each table animated by the clatter of eager conversation. The charred breads and slow-cooked meat speak to a kitchen that doesn't perform for critics but rather for the regulars who fill every seat each evening.
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Rank 89. Nagare Bankside
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 90. MAZA Mayfair
Greek
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Rank 91. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 92. Normah's
Malaysian
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Rank 93. Simpson's in the Strand
British
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Rank 94. Gelupo
Ice Cream
A narrow Soho counter where the rhythm turns on a daily rotation of flavours that shift with the season, each batch arriving with the precision of a pastry chef's timing. The espresso is sharp, the biscotti snaps clean, and the ice cream tastes like it was made an hour ago—because it was.
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Rank 95. Bilmonte
Ice Cream
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Rank 96. BiBi
Indian
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Rank 97. Taiyakiya
Dessert
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Rank 98. Berenjak Mayfair
Persian
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Rank 99. Onsu
Bakery/Cafe
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