The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near The Bothy by Wildsmith
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Rank 1. 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 2. Foubert's
Ice Cream
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Rank 3. FORNO
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 4. The River Café
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 16. Made in Italy
Italian
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Rank 20. Core by Clare Smyth
British
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Rank 21. Le Choux
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 22. August Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 23. Layla Bakery
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 24. Kuro 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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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 32. La Famiglia
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 36. Ida
Italian
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A narrow French dining room on Fulham Road that pursues romance with the single-mindedness of a devoted suitor. Each plate arrives with the kind of care that makes you forget the world outside, and the wine list rewards your trust in the staff's judgment.
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Rank 42. Bottarga
Greek
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Rank 43. Normah's
Malaysian
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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 49. La Mia Mamma
Italian
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Rank 51. 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 55. Nardulli
Ice Cream
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Rank 56. Zheng
Malaysian
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Rank 57. Phat Phuc Noodle Bar
Chinese
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Rank 58. Stanley's
Modern European
A brick courtyard tucked away from Chelsea's traffic hums with the murmur of cocktail chatter and the clink of glasses, a small reprieve from the city's relentless pace. The menu pivots between nimble small plates and austere cheese selections, each one executed with the kind of restraint that suggests confidence.
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Rank 59. Mahali Bakery by Mahali and Co
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 63. reemies cakes
Dessert
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Rank 66. Villa Mamas
Bahraini
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Rank 67. Danieru Sushi
Japanese
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Rank 69. Elystan Street
Modern European
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Rank 73. Ixchel
Mexican
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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 77. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 78. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 79. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 80. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 81. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 82. Common Breads
Lebanese
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Rank 83. Hunan
Chinese
At Hunan, the chef dictates the evening's course, steering diners through a progression of Hunanese dishes with the authority of someone who knows exactly what you need to taste. Surrendering the menu is the point—a gesture that transforms dinner into something closer to theater than transaction.
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Rank 84. Burro
Italian
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Rank 86. MARTINO'S
Italian
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Rank 87. The Sea, The Sea
Seafood
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Rank 88. 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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Rank 89. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 90. Luca
Italian
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Rank 91. Maya’s Bakehouse
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 92. BiBi
Indian
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Rank 93. Unico Gelato & Caffè
Ice Cream
In a quiet corner of St. John's Wood, Unico dispenses gelato with the precision of a jeweler setting stone, each flavor distinct and unsweetened enough to taste like fruit rather than candy. The counter staff move without fuss; you leave with cold cream that tastes inevitable.
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Rank 95. Berenjak Mayfair
Persian
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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 98. Panadera Marylebone
Filipino
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Rank 99. Kurisu Omakase
Sushi
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