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Rank 2. Tavern
British
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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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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 12. One Club Row
American
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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 14. Osteria Angelina
Italian
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Rank 16. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 17. Logma
Iraqi
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Rank 18. Trattoria Brutto
Italian
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Rank 19. Quince Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 20. The Dreamery
Ice Cream
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Rank 21. Luca
Italian
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Rank 22. 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 23. FORNO
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 24. OMBRA
Italian
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Rank 25. Miga
Korean
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Rank 26. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 28. Zeit für Brot
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 30. Soft & Swirly
Ice Cream
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Rank 31. 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 34. The Dusty Knuckle Bakery
Sandwiches
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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 36. Trullo
Italian
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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 45. Ararat Bread
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 46. Teal by Sally Abé
British
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Rank 55. Nagare Bankside
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 57. Dim Sum Duck
Chinese
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Rank 67. Burro
Italian
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Rank 70. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 71. Bar Etna
Pizza
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Rank 72. Legare
Italian
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Rank 74. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 75. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 76. EDAMI
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 77. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 78. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 79. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 80. Master Wei Xi'An
Chinese
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Rank 81. Fortitude Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 84. Simpson's in the Strand
British
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Rank 85. Arôme Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 86. Ice Cream Union
Ice Cream
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Rank 87. Taiyakiya
Dessert
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Rank 88. 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 89. Oddono's Gelati
Ice Cream
Oddono's Gelati trades in the kind of gelato that arrives with the weight and density of genuine ice cream, its flavors pitched somewhere between restraint and indulgence. The Stoke Newington location offers the rare luxury of a proper room to sit in while you eat it.
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Rank 90. Impala
Egyptian
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Rank 91. Onsu
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 92. Sonora Taquería
Mexican
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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 94. 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 95. 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 96. Bake Street
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 97. Bilmonte
Ice Cream
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Rank 98. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 100. Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream
Ice Cream