The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Ibai
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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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Rank 5. Trattoria Brutto
Italian
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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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Rank 7. St. John
British
In a converted Victorian smokehouse near Barbican, St. John practices a plainspoken gospel of nose-to-tail cooking and fresh pastry with the devotion of a monk. The madeleines arrive warm, the offal unflinching, the whole enterprise a rebuke to fashion.
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Rank 8. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 9. 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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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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Rank 12. Luca
Italian
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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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Rank 20. Nagare Bankside
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 22. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 24. Osteria Angelina
Italian
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Rank 25. Burro
Italian
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Rank 27. Zeit für Brot
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 28. Master Wei Xi'An
Chinese
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Rank 29. Tavern
British
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Rank 31. Simpson's in the Strand
British
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Rank 34. Dim Sum Duck
Chinese
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Rank 35. Fortitude Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 37. One Club Row
American
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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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Rank 41. Arôme Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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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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Rank 44. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 54. Taiyakiya
Dessert
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Rank 57. Quince Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 61. Chin Chin Dessert Club
Ice Cream
A narrow Soho parlor with polished surfaces and a gleam of refinement where ice cream becomes an occasion rather than an afterthought. The flavors bend toward invention—not gimmickry—and each spoon registers as a small discovery.
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Rank 62. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 63. 27 Romilly St
Persian
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Rank 65. Maison Bertaux
Dessert
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Rank 67. Onsu
Bakery/Cafe
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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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Rank 69. Noble Rot
Modern European
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Rank 70. Impala
Egyptian
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Rank 71. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 72. Hoppers
Sri Lankan
A narrow Sri Lankan kitchen on Frith Street where lamprais and kottu roti arrive in clouds of steam, commanding the counter in front of you. The waits stretch long, but the food justifies the vigil—each plate tastes like it's been cooked with something closer to certainty than most restaurants achieve.
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Rank 73. Koya Soho
Japanese
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Rank 74. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 75. The French House
French
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Rank 76. Barrafina
Spanish
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Rank 77. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 78. Crunch
Sandwiches
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Rank 79. DUCKSOUP
Modern European
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Rank 80. SOLA
American
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Rank 81. Quo Vadis
British
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Rank 82. 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 84. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 85. Legare
Italian
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Rank 86. The Dreamery
Ice Cream
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Rank 88. Bilmonte
Ice Cream
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Rank 89. Trullo
Italian
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Rank 90. Akoko
West African
Akoko's kitchen takes West African ingredients and technique—palm oil, fermented grains, slow-cooked proteins—and builds them into a tasting menu that moves with both intellectual rigor and genuine pleasure. The dining room on Berners Street feels like an arrival; you leave convinced you've witnessed something durable.
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Rank 91. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 92. Nanahoshi
Japanese
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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 98. Andrew Edmunds
Modern European
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Rank 99. Rita's
American
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Rank 100. BAO Soho
Taiwanese