The Top 78 Restaurants Near The Three Horseshoes
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Rank 1. The Three Horseshoes
Modern British
Four former cottages knocked into one give this Cambridgeshire pub more beams, nooks, and inglenook fireplaces than seems strictly fair. The menu runs from proper pub classics to more inventive territory, and the kitchen handles both without apology. On a warm day the terrace does most of the talking. The Michelin Guide has handed it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks for a place where the cooking is careful without being precious.
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A handsome Georgian building down a narrow lane in the city centre, with a cocktail bar at street level and a full restaurant upstairs. The menu roams freely from bruschetta to quesadillas, with a Sunday roast to keep things grounded, and the room is as colourful as the cooking. Wednesdays bring half-price corkage on your own bottle, which the regulars have clearly noticed.
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Rank 3. Kintsu
Modern British
A converted Grade II-listed barn tucked into a city centre courtyard is an unexpected setting, but Kintsu leans into it with contemporary décor and an open kitchen. The format is multi-course tasting menus, modern British, with a seasonal thread running through dishes that tend to riff on familiar pairings rather than abandon them entirely. The kind of place where the room is quieter than you'd expect and the service team clearly enjoys being there.
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A red-brick pub in the Constable Country villages that has been around forever and looks freshly loved, all wooden beams and proper fireplaces. The kitchen keeps things simple on purpose, turning out the kind of food, a bowl of pea and mint soup, boulangère potatoes crisped just so, that reminds you why unfussy cooking is hard to fake. Rooms upstairs if you want to stay and wander the Suffolk lanes.
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Rank 5. Rubino Kitchen
Modern British
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Rank 6. Stark
Modern British
Check the tide table before you book: Mersea Island cuts off at high water, and Stark is worth the timing. This Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant seats just a handful of guests while the chef runs the kitchen alone, turning out a six-course menu built around exceptional local produce. The wine pairings are well-matched if you'd rather not agonize over the list. Intimate in the way that actually means intimate, not cozy-branding.
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Rank 8. The Sun Inn
Mediterranean
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Rank 9. Peacock Inn
Modern British
A timbered old inn in a pretty Suffolk village, the Peacock earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand for cooking that quietly outpaces the setting's expectations. The menu runs from a solid set lunch to a full tasting menu, giving you room to calibrate. The garden and terrace make a warm day feel like a reward, and the staff seem to mean it when they welcome you.
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Rank 10. Galvin Green Man
Mediterranean British
A rambling old pub that's been around forever, the Essex arm of the Galvin brothers' operation occupies a 14th-century building with a modern barn tacked on and a riverside garden out back. The menu runs from classic British to Mediterranean, portions leaning generous, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps it honest on price. Live music nights mean it's rarely quiet, which suits the place just fine.
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Rank 11. Pea Porridge
Mediterranean
Sourdough flatbread straight from the oven sets the tone at this intimate neighbourhood restaurant tucked off a quiet square in Bury St Edmunds. The menu shifts daily, pulling from North African, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean traditions with most things cooked over charcoal. Bold flavours, unfussy plates, an esoteric list of organic and natural wines. A husband-and-wife operation with a Michelin star, which feels like exactly the right size for a room this personal.
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Twenty seats arranged at a counter where the kitchen team cooks, plates, and serves everything themselves, which at least settles the question of who to flag down. This intimate modern restaurant in the heart of Bury St Edmunds runs sharing plates at lunch and a tasting menu at dinner, leaning into Spanish flavors with a restrained hand. The bread and desserts come from the chef's wife, which sounds like a division of labor that works out very well for the room.
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Rank 15. Maison Bleue
French
The cheese trolley still rolls here, which tells you what kind of French restaurant this is. Settled into an old townhouse in the middle of Bury St Edmunds, Maison Bleue leans into classic Gallic cooking with the occasional nod to somewhere more modern. Seafood is a quiet specialty, and the kitchen handles fine fish with evident care. Save room for dessert, and absolutely stay for cheese.
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Rank 16. Lark
Modern Mediterranean
A small, pared-back restaurant in a building that has, over the years, done time as a police station, a bus shelter, and a florist, which gives it the kind of accidental character money can't buy. It sits opposite an abbey and a cathedral in the middle of Bury St Edmunds, whitewashed inside and hung with modern art. The menu runs to modern Mediterranean small plates, cod cheek tempura and cacio e pepe among them, with a kitchen selection if decisions feel hard.
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A narrow, rustic little restaurant tucked among the shops of a charming Essex seaside town, run with the kind of warm, engaged energy that makes a small room feel genuinely welcoming. The menu shifts with the clock: tasting menus after dark, a set lunch by day, and a roast on Sundays. Creative, visually arresting food with a quiet emphasis on provenance and wellbeing. Plant-based options run through every format, no special pleading required.
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Rank 18. The Packhorse Inn
Modern British
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Rank 19. Leaping Hare
Modern British
A 17th-century barn sitting at the heart of a working vineyard, where the terrace looks out over nothing but vines and open Suffolk countryside. The restaurant serves seasonal Modern British cooking, most of it grown on the farm next door, so the menu moves with whatever is actually ready. The wine list leans on the vineyard's own bottles, which is at least honest. Stop in the shop on the way out, or you'll regret it on the drive home.
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Rank 20. Greyhound Inn
British
A country pub in a blink-and-miss-it Suffolk hamlet, sitting in the shadow of the local church and making very good use of fire. The kitchen keeps things straightforward, cooking over open flame and leaning on honest produce to build the kind of big, unfussy flavours that feel made for a pub lunch or a long Sunday afternoon. The team runs the room with the warmth of people who actually want you there.
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A converted watermill with the original machinery still downstairs behind the bar, which is either atmospheric or slightly industrial depending on your mood. Upstairs, the beamed dining room goes the other direction, all dark furnishings and candlelit charm. The kitchen runs both a tasting menu and an à la carte built around seasonal produce, with a chocolate marquise that tends to linger in the memory longer than expected.
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Rank 22. Watson and Walpole
Italian
A wood-fired oven anchors the menu at this neighbourhood Italian in a Suffolk market town that, between this place, a sister ice cream shop, and the Beviamo cocktail bar next door, is quietly cornering the market on a good evening out. Pasta, fish, and meat share the menu with a serious plant-based section, and the all-Italian wine list is priced like someone actually wants you to order a second bottle.
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Rank 23. Restaurant Twenty-Two
Modern British
A converted Victorian townhouse with just 22 covers, where the tasting menu changes with the seasons and the room stays deliberately quiet enough that you can hear the service team explain every dish. This is Cambridge fine dining with a Michelin star and a Scandi-spare interior, run by a husband-and-wife team who source from local Cambridgeshire producers. The cooking is precise without being showy, which in a room this small is exactly the right call.
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A Victorian house on Midsummer Common, with the meadow visible from the dining room, sets a scene almost too picturesque to be taken seriously. Midsummer House takes it seriously anyway, running two Michelin stars out of this pretty setting with creative, constantly evolving tasting menus that lean into luxury ingredients without losing a sense of playfulness. The desserts, in particular, tend to be the talk of the table on the way home.
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Rank 25. Fox & Hounds
British
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Rank 26. Ancient Shepherds by Mark Poynton
Modern British
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Rank 27. Fancett's
Classic French
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Rank 28. Vanderlyle
Vegetarian
The open kitchen at the center of the room sets the tone: vegetables are the whole point here, not a concession. Vanderlyle is a vegetarian tasting menu restaurant on Mill Road, relaxed enough in its shabby-chic fit-out that you don't feel like you need a reason to be there. The chef finds real range in seasonal produce, and the wine and soft drinks pairings are taken seriously. Book ahead.
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Rank 29. Mercado Central
Northern Spanish
Open flames on the ground floor and a quieter dining room upstairs, in a brightly decorated Cambridge townhouse steps from Trinity College. This Spanish restaurant pulls heavily from the north, Galicia and the Basque Country mostly, with Ibérica cuts cooked over fire and a tarta de Santiago to finish. The kind of place where the cooking is the decor, and nobody's complaining about that.
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Rank 30. Margaret's
Modern British
Focaccia and a whipped butter bean dip open the meal here, which sets the tone for what follows: unhurried Modern British cooking that chases seasonal flavour without making a fuss about it. The room next door belongs to Restaurant Twenty-Two, the same team's other project, and Margaret's has the calmer sibling energy, all neutral tones and genuinely relaxed service. A nice place to settle in for the evening.
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Rank 31. Da Terra
Modern European New American
Bossa nova plays in the lounge while you work through snacks before the dining room even begins, which is a reasonable preview of how seriously Da Terra takes its own pacing. This two Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant in Bethnal Green's Town Hall Hotel channels chef Rafael Cagali's Brazilian and Italian roots into something that feels genuinely its own, including a reimagined moqueca that makes the case on its own.
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Rank 32. Legado
Modern Spanish
Nieves Barragán Mohacho's Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant in Shoreditch is built around whole-animal butchery done in-house, with a menu of fifty-odd dishes that skips the paella-and-patatas greatest hits in favor of lesser-known regional cooking. The double-height room pairs exposed brick with terracotta and plaster pink, and the open kitchen is theatrical enough that counter seats are their own entertainment. The all-Spanish wine list keeps the theme honest.
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · Opening of the Year · The National Restaurant Awards
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · Chef of the Year · The National Restaurant Awards · Nieves Barragán Mohacho
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 33. Miga
Korean
The bone broth recipe alone has been in the family for generations, which tells you most of what you need to know about this bright, airy Korean restaurant on Mare Street. Dad runs the open kitchen while his sons work the room, and a mural outside traces the whole culinary lineage back to Seoul. The menu is modern Korean without being showy about it, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps the crowds loyal without tipping the place into self-importance.
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · #56 · The National Restaurant Awards
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 34. Gina
British
A daily blackboard of prime cuts anchors the menu at this neighborhood bistro in Chingford, where Ravneet Gill and her husband run a room that feels personal without trying too hard. The cooking swaps elaborate plating for food that actually tastes like something, and the whole team seems to mean it. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks. Bring an appetite and maybe a carnivore.
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No printed menu arrives at this cosy set-dinner spot tucked into a Dalston shop parade, just a sequence of dishes from an open kitchen that takes pickling, fermenting, and whole-animal butchery seriously. The cooking is inventive without being showy, and the natural wine pairing turns the whole thing into an event. Casa Fofō holds a Michelin star, which makes the pricing feel quietly subversive.
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Rank 36. One Club Row
Modern British
The entrance is a graffiti-covered door behind a Shoreditch pub, which tells you almost nothing about the bright, panelled dining room upstairs. Paris brasserie meets New York tavern is the pitch, and it mostly checks out: big flavours, generous portions, martinis leaning hard into the pour. Counter seats put you closest to a team that seems to be having the best night in the room. A National Restaurant Awards listing in 2026 confirms what the regulars already knew.
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · #41 · The National Restaurant Awards
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 37. Cycene
Modern New American
You ring a bell to get in, which tells you this isn't a casual Tuesday spot. Cycene, tucked inside Blue Mountain School in Shoreditch, is a Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant that moves you through the building as the meal unfolds: drinks in the bar, snacks in the kitchen, then the dining room with its handmade pottery. The cooking leans on precise, layered accompaniments that let the main ingredient do the talking.
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Rank 38. Teal by Sally Abé
British
The penny lick ice cream costs £1, a nod to a pre-cone Victorian street treat, with proceeds going to Hackney Food Bank. That detail tells you a lot about Teal. Sally Abé, formerly of The Ledbury and The Harwood Arms, has opened a high-reaching bistro on Wilton Way where the technique is fine-dining sharp but the mood is looser, more generous. Brawn scotch egg, devils on horseback, baked bone marrow with snails: classic British flavors, pulled tighter.
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · #95 · The National Restaurant Awards
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Rank 39. Brawn
Mediterranean British
The flower market on Columbia Road draws the weekend crowds, but Brawn has been the reason to stay for lunch long after the stalls pack up. It's a snug, light-filled neighborhood restaurant with a Mediterranean-British menu that reads like it was written by someone who actually wanted to eat all of it. The room has that worn-in, comfortable feel, and the cooking is understated in the way that takes real confidence to pull off.
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · #63 · The National Restaurant Awards
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 40. Provender
French
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Rank 41. DALLA
Italian
The tiramisu lives permanently in the glass vitrine outside the kitchen; everything else shifts with Italy's seasons, moving from northern richness in winter to lighter southern seafood and vegetables come summer. Dalla is a neighbourhood Italian in Hackney built on the traditional antipasti-to-secondi structure, and it carries itself with the easy warmth the name implies. It landed at number 70 on the National Restaurant Awards list in 2026.
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Rank 42. Perilla
Modern European New American
Natural light pours into this Newington Green restaurant where pendant lamps hang over a mix of marble and wood tables, and a bare brick wall behind the bar does most of the decorating. The kitchen has a fine-dining pedigree but the room doesn't perform that way. Modern European cooking, menus that change daily, seasonal ingredients taken seriously. The kind of neighbourhood spot that pulls people from further away than they'd usually admit.
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Rank 43. Tiella by Dara Klein
Regional Italian
A former Victorian pub on Columbia Road, now a snug regional Italian trattoria where the cooking draws on Pugliese heritage and time spent in Emilia-Romagna. The portions are generous, the vibe is unpretentious, and the wine list was built with the chef's father at Artigiano Imports. Thirty covers go fast, so most people discover the bar seats or the front terrace by necessity rather than preference.
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Rank 44. Tollingtons
Seafood Basque
The stainless steel frying counters and Formica floors are still here from the chip shop this used to be, but the kitchen is now doing Basque-inflected seafood with serious intent. Order vermouth over ice at the front bar, or book one of the handful of tables out back for something more substantial. The chips bravas, made with beef dripping, have acquired the kind of following that makes regulars territorial about them. It landed on the National Restaurant Awards list in 2026.
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Rank 45. Café Spice Namasté
Indian
Cyrus Todiwala, who has been edging toward national treasure status for years, runs this colorful Indian restaurant with his wife Pervin on the ground floor of a Docklands apartment block overlooking Royal Albert Wharf. Getting here requires some conviction, but the cooking draws on the couple's Goan and Bombay roots in ways that feel personal rather than generic. The Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks.
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Rank 46. Trullo
Italian
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 47. Mambow
Malaysian
The strapline is "Malaysian Heat + Juicy Wines," which tells you most of what you need to know about this snug Clapton restaurant. The menu rotates, but the cooking is rooted in family recipes, so dishes like prawn toast and pork-stuffed squid feel lived-in rather than constructed. Order generously and share. The natural wine list is taken seriously, the sour cocktail is a good opener, and the Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 48. Calong
Korean
A small, casual Korean-inflected bistro on Stoke Newington Church Street, where a blackboard menu mixes European cooking with quietly assertive Korean flavour. The chef ran the kitchen at Galvin at Windows before trading that postcode for this one, and the shift shows in food that's technically grounded but unfussy. The fried chicken has been on since day one for a reason. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and priced like the neighbourhood means it.
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Rank 49. Oren
Eastern Mediterranean Middle Eastern
Charcoal smoke is doing most of the heavy lifting at this small, buzzy Dalston bistro from chef Oded Oren, where the Eastern Mediterranean sharing menu leans on the grill for lamb, chicken, and vegetables alike. Start with the stone-baked flatbread, plan for around five plates between two, and factor in the cocktails, which are priced like the kitchen remembers what a neighbourhood restaurant is supposed to be. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 50. Cadet
French
A wine shop and charcuterie bar run by wine importers and an actual charcutier, which means the snacks are not an afterthought. Midweek it's natural wines and something small to eat; Thursday through Sunday a blackboard appears with proper plates, the kind of rillettes that make you reconsider everything you thought about bar food. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, and the team will happily talk you through every bottle on the shelf.
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Rank 51. Primeur
Modern British
The handwritten blackboard menu changes with whatever looked good at the market, and the room is stripped back enough that the food has nowhere to hide. Primeur is a neighbourhood restaurant in the best Canonbury tradition: communal tables, counter seats, and cooking that puts ingredients first without making a show of it. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks. Order the custard tart if it's on.
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Rank 52. Farang
Thai
A Highbury Thai restaurant where the Feasting menus were practically designed for a table that can't agree on anything, which is every table. The cooking pulls from across Thailand, hitting the sweet-sour balance that makes the cuisine tick, and portions lean generous rather than sculptural. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place where you leave having also bought something off the shelf on your way out the door.
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Rank 53. Les 2 Garçons
French
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Rank 54. Goodbye Horses
British
A former pub in Islington that traded pints for natural wine and a tight seasonal British menu, and nobody seems to miss the pints. Goodbye Horses holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which fits: the food is serious without the room being stiff. Shared tables keep things convivial, the team knows the eclectic wine list cold, and the treacle tart has a following. The same crew runs an ice cream shop across the road, just in case.
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Rank 55. Westerns Laundry
Seafood British
The menu changes daily on a blackboard, the seafood leans into whatever the season offers, and the rum baba for two is apparently the one thing that never budges. This relaxed, rustic Modern British restaurant in Holloway holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and earns its permanent buzz, with sourdough coming from sister bakery Jolene next door. Sit at the counter, a communal table, or a table to yourself, and let the team sort the rest.
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Rank 56. Singburi
Thai
A cult Thai restaurant that outgrew its Leytonstone roots and landed in Shoreditch with a Michelin Bib Gourmand in tow. Sharing plates of sharply spiced, big-flavoured food come out of an open kitchen, and there's a counter seat if you want to watch the chaos up close, or see how the cocktails are built. The menu is short, the flavours are not, and the room has the kind of energy that makes it hard to leave after one round.
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Rank 57. Quince
Contemporary British
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Rank 58. Bottega Caruso
Southern Italian
A former pub in Margate's old town, now a small, unpretentious osteria where the team makes pasta by hand and sources much of the larder from Campania. The cooking runs to rustic small plates and snacks, including a bread "meatball" in tomato sauce that sounds like a joke until you try it. The same crew run a deli nearby that moonlights as a wine bar on weekends, which makes the whole block feel like a southern Italian takeover of the Kent coast.
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Rank 59. Sète
Modern British
A former sweet shop with bow windows on the road between Margate and Broadstairs, Sète squeezes a restaurant, wine bar, and bottle shop into one small room without it feeling like a party trick. The kitchen leans on classical French technique but keeps things resolutely British and produce-led, with short menus on a blackboard that change constantly. Nothing is overworked, which takes more discipline than it sounds.
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Rank 60. NORA
Turkish
The sesame caraway pide arrives before anything else, and that's a good call. This Turkish restaurant sits on the ground floor of a glass-fronted Canary Wharf apartment block, moody enough inside, with tiled tables and a bar counter where a solo lunch fits nicely, and booths roomy enough for a group that has something to celebrate. The baklava, pistachio-topped and properly chewy, is the kind of ending that makes the financial district feel briefly forgivable.
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Rank 61. Roe
Modern British
A wrap-around terrace overlooking South Dock is reason enough to find your table, but this sprawling Modern British restaurant in Canary Wharf seats 500 people across several dining rooms and somehow doesn't feel like a canteen. From the team behind Fallow, the menu leans into playful riffs on British classics, the kind of place where parsley liquor shows up next to market fish and nobody thinks that's odd.
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Rosemary and nori focaccia is as good an opening argument as any for the Italian-Japanese tasting menu at this Dalston neighbourhood spot. It's a kondate-style parade of courses that shouldn't cohere but keeps doing so, plate after plate. Sit at the marble counter if you can, where the open kitchen makes the whole thing feel like watching a friendly wager play out in real time.
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Guinness bread ice cream sounds like a dare, but at Cafe Cecilia it has quietly become the thing people talk about on the way home. This bright, airy restaurant in Dalston sits beneath a modern apartment block but carries itself with a quasi-industrial warmth that papers over that fact nicely. The menu is seasonal and unfussy, letting ingredients do the work, with blackboard specials rounding out what the kitchen feels like cooking that day.
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Rank 65. Rogues
Modern British
Bright prints against exposed concrete, mix-and-match wooden tables, and a menu that changes daily: this informal Modern British restaurant on Hackney Road is what happens when two friends graduate from pop-ups with their instincts intact. The cooking is overtly seasonal and full of considered combinations, the kind of food that makes you notice what's on the plate. Service is relaxed and genuinely warm without being performative about it.
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Sune (rhymes with "sooner," which is worth knowing before you ask) feels like a wine bar that quietly decided it wanted to be a neighborhood restaurant when it grew up. Around 14 sharing plates rotate on a fluid menu, built on simple pairings that don't crowd each other out. The room is small, the service is warm, and the kitchen in Hackney is the kind that makes restraint look like a gift.
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Rank 67. Through the Woods
Modern British
A logo instead of a sign marks the door of this tiny Modern British dinner spot in Crouch End, where 18 seats fill up fast and everyone eats at eight. The set four-course menu changes weekly, offers no choices, and you settle the bill when you book, which concentrates the mind. From a kitchen you can practically touch, the food runs to the nourishing and unfussy end of things.
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Rank 68. Bowleys at The Plough
Modern British
The village of Trottiscliffe bought its own pub back from property developers, which makes Bowleys a Modern British restaurant with an unusually compelling origin story. The Yates family now runs the small dining room, turning out a concise menu of classically grounded, ambitious plates built around local produce, some of it their own. Even the butter is made in-house, which tells you something about how seriously they take the details here.
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Rank 69. Lupa
Roman
The tiramisu is not a garnish here; it is the reason people say yes to dessert. This Roman neighbourhood bistro in Highbury keeps things simple, with a plainly decorated room that somehow fills with atmosphere anyway. The menu leans into sharing, built around pasta and the classics, carbonara and cacio e pepe among them, with a daily fish special alongside. Negronis open proceedings, and an all-Italian wine list keeps them going.
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Rank 70. The Cock
Modern British
The black-and-white timbered facade on Hitchin High Street has been some kind of inn since forever, and the front bar still feels like it. The Cock runs as both a pub and a restaurant, with a cooler, clubbier dining room tucked at the back. Modern British cooking, careful rather than showy, and a small converted barn out back for when the occasion demands a room of its own.
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Rank 71. Bar Valette
Spanish-influenced French
Fried squid with chorizo sits alongside brill meunière on a menu that wanders happily between Spain and France without much guilt about it. Bar Valette is a bistro-ish spot on Kingsland Road where the room has proper bistro energy and the young team run it with the kind of unhurried calm that's harder to pull off than it looks. Start with the crispy snacks and something from the sherry list before committing to the rest.
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Rank 72. Tatar Bunar
Ukrainian Eastern European
The room looks like a gallery dedicated to Ukrainian ceramics, which is either a bold move or the most accurate possible preview of the food to come. This Shoreditch restaurant serves generous, share-friendly plates rooted in Ukrainian cooking, with a long open kitchen and a covered terrace out back. The pickled cherry tomatoes with lemon yoghurt have become the dish regulars argue over last rights to. A welcome addition to Curtain Road.
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Rank 73. Sonora Taquería
Mexican
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Rank 74. EDAMI
Lebanese
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Rank 75. Logma
Middle Eastern
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Rank 76. Tavern
Modern British
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Rank 77. OMBRA
Italian
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Rank 78. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian