The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Ice Cream Union
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Rank 1. Ice Cream Union
Ice Cream
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Rank 2. Legare
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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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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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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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 18. 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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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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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 31. Nagare Bankside
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 34. Eat Vietnam Bar B Grill 1
Vietnamese
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Rank 38. TOAD Bakery
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 48. Trattoria Brutto
Italian
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Rank 52. Burro
Italian
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Rank 54. Caravaggio Gelato
Ice Cream
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Rank 56. Zeret Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 57. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 58. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 59. Osteria Angelina
Italian
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Rank 60. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 61. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 62. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 63. One Club Row
American
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Rank 64. Trullo
Italian
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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 66. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 67. Tavern
British
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Rank 68. 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 69. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 70. Luca
Italian
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Rank 71. Simpson's in the Strand
British
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Rank 72. Eric’s
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 73. Logma
Iraqi
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Rank 75. OMBRA
Italian
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Rank 76. FORNO
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 77. Miga
Korean
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Rank 78. Arôme Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 79. Taiyakiya
Dessert
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Rank 80. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 81. Kurisu Omakase
Sushi
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Rank 82. Master Wei Xi'An
Chinese
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Rank 83. Onsu
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 84. Zeit für Brot
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 85. Quince Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 86. 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 88. 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 89. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 90. Fortitude Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 91. Bilmonte
Ice Cream
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Rank 92. Soft & Swirly
Ice Cream
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Rank 93. Impala
Egyptian
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Rank 94. Dim Sum Duck
Chinese
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Rank 95. The Dreamery
Ice Cream
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Rank 96. 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 97. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 98. 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 99. The Dover
Italian
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Rank 100. Maya’s Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe