The Top 100 Restaurants 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. 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 9. Made in Italy
Italian
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Rank 11. Core by Clare Smyth
British
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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 14. 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 17. 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 22. Bottarga
Greek
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Rank 23. 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 26. La Mia Mamma
Italian
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Rank 29. Zheng
Malaysian
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Rank 30. Phat Phuc Noodle Bar
Chinese
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Rank 31. 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 33. Villa Mamas
Bahraini
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Rank 34. Danieru Sushi
Japanese
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Rank 36. Elystan Street
Modern European
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Rank 39. 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 42. Donia
Filipino
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Rank 43. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 44. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 45. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 46. Bocca di Lupo
Italian
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Rank 47. 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 48. Burro
Italian
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Rank 50. MARTINO'S
Italian
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Rank 51. The Sea, The Sea
Seafood
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Rank 52. 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 53. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 54. Luca
Italian
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Rank 55. BiBi
Indian
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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 59. Nina
Italian
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Rank 60. MAZA Mayfair
Greek
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Rank 61. The Dover
Italian
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Rank 62. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 63. Trattoria Brutto
Italian
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Rank 64. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 65. 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 66. Onsu
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 67. Impala
Egyptian
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Rank 69. Trullo
Italian
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Rank 70. Simpson's in the Strand
British
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Rank 71. Zeret Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 72. Bancone Golden Square
Italian
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Rank 74. BAO Soho
Taiwanese
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Rank 75. Rita's
American
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Rank 76. Andrew Edmunds
Modern European
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Rank 78. Nanahoshi
Japanese
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Rank 79. Master Wei Xi'An
Chinese
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Rank 80. Crunch
Sandwiches
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Rank 81. The French House
French
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Rank 82. Quo Vadis
British
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Rank 83. Barrafina
Spanish
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Rank 84. Belly
Filipino
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Rank 85. Koya Soho
Japanese
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Rank 86. 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 87. 27 Romilly St
Persian
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Rank 89. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 90. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 91. Eric’s
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 92. Dim Sum Duck
Chinese
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Rank 93. Nagare Bankside
Bakery/Cafe
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Rank 94. 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 95. Legare
Italian
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Rank 96. Tavern
British
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Rank 97. One Club Row
American
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Rank 98. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 99. Eat Vietnam Bar B Grill 1
Vietnamese
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Rank 100. OMBRA
Italian