The Top 100 Places to Eat Near The Grove Hotel – Spa and Golf
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Rank 1. Ikoyi Restaurant
Experimental
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Rank 2. KOL MEZCALARIA
Modern Mexican Cocktail Bar
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One of those grand Mayfair hotels that's been around forever and somehow still feels genuinely special rather than stuffy. Think shining marble, original wood paneling, and a mahogany staircase so good that Ralph Lauren copied it. The crowd skews wealthy and quietly glamorous, the kind of people the impeccably discreet staff will never name. Three staff for every guest means you'll feel looked after in a way that's almost unsettling.
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Rank 7. Luca
Italian
Luca is a handsome Italian restaurant in Clerkenwell where the kitchen plays a long game of mixing proper Italian tradition with the best British ingredients, and mostly wins. The fresh pasta is the reason to come, especially anything stuffed. The room pulls in an international crowd who know their food without making a fuss about it, and the space itself, all exposed brick and quiet industrial warmth, is genuinely one of the nicer dining rooms in London.
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Rank 8. Pollini at Ladbroke Hall
Traditional Italian
Tucked inside a contemporary art space in north Kensington, this Italian restaurant is one of those rooms where even the lighting fixture is a conversation piece. The crowd skews creative and quietly well-heeled, the kind who know their pasta and don't need to say so. The kitchen keeps things traditional but lean, following the market and the season, with a few off-menu surprises if you ask nicely.
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Rank 9. The Devonshire
British
A Soho pub downstairs, a serious fire-grill steakhouse upstairs, and somehow both halves feel exactly right. The Devonshire has landed on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, and the beef earns it: in-house dry-ageing, open-ember cooking, the kind of care that shows. The room draws a confident, well-dressed crowd who ordered without much deliberation. Polished but never stiff, and very much worth the trip.
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Rank 10. Trullo
Italian
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Rank 11. Normah's
Malaysian
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Rank 12. Le Choux
French Bakery
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Rank 13. Burro
Italian
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Rank 14. Layla Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 15. Garden Bar by Cue Point
Afghan-Texan Barbecue
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Rank 16. BiBi
Modern Indian
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Rank 17. Hawksmoor St Pancras
British Steakhouse
Hawksmoor has been doing British beef better than almost anyone for years, and this location takes it somewhere absurd: a Gothic Revival cathedral of a dining room inside St Pancras hotel, all vaulted grandeur and serious steakhouses energy. Dry-aged, charcoal-fired cuts served with the kind of quiet precision that makes you stop mid-sentence. The Martini Bar is a genuinely good reason to arrive early. Jackets optional, but the room will make you wish you'd worn one.
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Rank 18. Trattoria Brutto
Florentine Italian
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Rank 19. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 20. Tarn Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 21. Core by Clare Smyth
British
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Rank 22. Akoko
West African
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Rank 23. Taste of Pakistan
Pashtun Middle Eastern
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Rank 24. Ibai
Basque Steakhouse
Farringdon's answer to the Basque question of how to cook a steak, Ibai is a proper grill restaurant built around sourcing mature Galician cattle, dry-aging the beef seriously, and cooking it over charcoal with the kind of restraint that makes the fire taste like flavor rather than an accident. The room is a converted warehouse, the wine list leans Spanish, and the crowd skews like people who actually read the menu before arriving.
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Rank 25. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 26. Donia
Modern Filipino
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Rank 27. Kuro Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 28. Belly
Modern Filipino
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Rank 29. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 30. Panadera Marylebone
Filipino Coffee Shop
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Rank 31. Berenjak Mayfair
Persian
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Rank 32. St. John
British
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Rank 33. MAZA Mayfair
Greek
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Rank 34. Dim Sum Duck
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 35. Fortitude Bakehouse
Bakery
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Rank 36. Impala
Egyptian Middle Eastern
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Rank 37. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 38. Master Wei Xi'An
Xi'an Chinese
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Rank 39. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 40. Onsu
East Asian Bakery
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Rank 41. Zeit für Brot
German Bakery
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Rank 42. Bar Etna
Pizza Cocktail Bar
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Rank 43. Sonora Taquería
Mexican
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Rank 44. Arôme Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 45. BRAT
Wood-fired Steakhouse
BRAT is a wood-fired restaurant in Shoreditch that's been on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, and it earns it without any fuss. The open kitchen, timber, and natural light make it feel genuinely lived-in rather than designed within an inch of its life. The cooking is restrained and precise, built on Welsh instincts with a Basque lean. The crowd skews creative-industry, comfortable with a decent wine bill, and nobody's performing.
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Rank 46. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 47. Quince Bakery
British Bakery
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Rank 48. Common Breads
Lebanese Mediterranean
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Rank 49. Simpson's in the Strand
British Cocktail Bar
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Rank 50. One Club Row
American
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Rank 51. EDAMI
Lebanese Middle Eastern
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Rank 53. Ararat Bread
Bakery
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Rank 54. Miga
Korean
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Rank 55. Tavern
Modern British
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Rank 56. Teal by Sally Abé
British
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Rank 58. Ida
Italian
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Rank 59. Nagare Bankside
Japanese-inspired Bakery
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Rank 60. Logma
Middle Eastern
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Rank 61. Foubert's
Dessert
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Rank 62. August Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 63. Unico Gelato & Caffè
Dessert
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A wood-panelled Mayfair grill room that's been around forever and has absolutely no interest in reinventing itself, which turns out to be the whole point. The beef is serious, grass-fed, properly aged, and cooked with the quiet confidence of a place that's never needed a rebrand. The room feels like old London money with its jacket off. It made the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, and honestly, you can see why.
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Rank 65. Kabul Ice Cream
Afghan Dessert
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Rank 66. SUBA Walthamstow
West African Bakery
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Rank 68. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 69. Bocca di Lupo
Regional Italian
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Rank 70. Chelsea Grill
Steakhouse
A serious steakhouse on King's Road that's earned a spot on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list without breaking a sweat about it. The beef is dry-aged in-house, sourced from British farms the kitchen actually knows, and cooked over a wood-fired grill with the kind of restraint that lets the meat do the talking. Warm room, knowledgeable staff, Chelsea money at the tables. Order confidently and don't overthink the sides.
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Rank 71. Made in Italy
Italian
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Rank 72. The River Café
Italian
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A serious steak restaurant tucked inside The Ned, right in the City, where the finance crowd loosens their ties but not much else. The room is all leather and mahogany, the kind of place where the beef gets carved tableside and nobody rushes you. The Beef Wellington is a genuine reason to go, and the dry-aged cuts are sourced with real care. It's on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, which feels about right.
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Rank 74. Nina
Italian
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Rank 75. Kurisu Omakase
Sushi
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Rank 76. The Dover
Italian
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Rank 78. Chin Chin Dessert Club
Dessert
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Rank 79. Bilmonte
Dessert
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Rank 80. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 81. Gelupo
Dessert
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Rank 82. Oddono's Gelati
Dessert
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Rank 83. Zoilo
Argentine Steakhouse
Zoilo is an Argentine steakhouse tucked into Marylebone that takes fire seriously without making a whole thing of it. Charcoal-grilled cuts from carefully sourced British and Argentine beef, aged properly and cooked with the kind of restraint that actually works. The room feels warm and lived-in, with a counter downstairs and something quieter upstairs. The wine list leans Argentine and rewards the curious. Ranked among the world's best steak restaurants, and it earns it.
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Rank 84. Taiyakiya
Japanese Dessert
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Rank 85. Sagardi
Basque Spanish
Sagardi is a Basque steakhouse in Shoreditch that earns its reputation through the txuleton, a thick bone-in steak from older cattle, cooked over wood fire with nothing but salt and good judgment. The room smells of charcoal, the tables are wooden, and the crowd tends to be people who knew exactly what they were ordering before they sat down. No fuss, no foam, just fire and very good beef.
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Rank 86. The Dreamery
Dessert
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Rank 88. Zeret Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 89. Bake Street
Coffee
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Rank 90. Farha
Middle Eastern
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Rank 91. Maya’s Bakehouse
Bakery
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Rank 92. TOAD Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 93. Soft & Swirly
Dessert
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Rank 94. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 95. OMBRA
Italian
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Rank 96. Bunhead Bakery
Palestinian-inspired Bakery
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Rank 98. reemies cakes
Dessert
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Rank 99. Zheng
Malaysian
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Rank 100. BAO Soho
Taiwanese Chinese