The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Kiln
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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 2. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 8. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 9. Bancone Golden Square
Italian
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Rank 13. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 16. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 17. Bilmonte
Ice Cream
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Rank 19. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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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 24. 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 30. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 31. Onsu
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 32. Andrew Edmunds
Modern European
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Rank 33. Rita's
American
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Rank 34. BAO Soho
Taiwanese
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Rank 36. Nanahoshi
Japanese
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A dim-lit corner of Soho where mahogany and low ceilings conspire to make you forget the street outside; the kitchen turns out small plates that honor pub tradition while slipping something clever onto your fork. It's the kind of place that works equally well for a pint nursed alone or plates meant for sharing, each one tethered to some recognizable comfort but never quite what you expected.
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Rank 45. Impala
Egyptian
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Rank 46. Crunch
Sandwiches
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Rank 47. Burro
Italian
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Rank 49. 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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Rank 50. DUCKSOUP
Modern European
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Rank 51. SOLA
American
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Rank 52. The French House
French
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Rank 54. 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 55. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 56. Barrafina
Spanish
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Rank 57. Quo Vadis
British
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Rank 58. Koya Soho
Japanese
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Rank 59. 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 60. Taiyakiya
Dessert
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Rank 62. The Dover
Italian
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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 64. Maison Bertaux
Dessert
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Rank 65. 27 Romilly St
Persian
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Rank 66. Noble Rot
Modern European
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Rank 68. Arôme Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 69. 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 70. Berenjak Mayfair
Persian
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Rank 72. Simpson's in the Strand
British
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Rank 73. Panadera Marylebone
Filipino
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Rank 74. BiBi
Indian
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Rank 75. Nina
Italian
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Rank 76. Master Wei Xi'An
Chinese
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Rank 77. Fortitude Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 78. Ciao Bella
Italian
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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 80. Common Breads
Lebanese
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Rank 82. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 83. 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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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 86. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 88. The Sea, The Sea
Seafood
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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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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 94. Dim Sum Duck
Chinese
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Rank 97. 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 100. Luca
Italian