The Top 100 Places to Eat in London
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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. 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 9. 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 10. Bouchon Racine
French
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Rank 10. Trattoria Brutto
Florentine Italian
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Rank 10. Burro
Italian
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Rank 10. 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 10. Trullo
Italian
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Rank 15. One Club Row
American
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Rank 15. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 15. 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 15. Donia
Modern Filipino
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Rank 15. Normah's
Malaysian
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Rank 15. Miga
Korean
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Rank 15. BiBi
Modern Indian
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Rank 15. St. John
British
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Rank 15. 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 15. Kurisu Omakase
Sushi
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Rank 15. Akoko
West African
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Rank 15. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 27. Nagare Bankside
Japanese-inspired Bakery
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Rank 27. Maya’s Bakehouse
Bakery
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Rank 27. Garden Bar by Cue Point
Afghan-Texan Barbecue
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Rank 27. Teal by Sally Abé
British
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Rank 27. Impala
Egyptian Middle Eastern
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Rank 27. Layla Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 27. TOAD Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 27. MAZA Mayfair
Greek
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Rank 27. Bunhead Bakery
Palestinian-inspired Bakery
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Rank 27. Arôme Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 27. Master Wei Xi'An
Xi'an Chinese
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Rank 27. August Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 27. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 27. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 27. Logma
Middle Eastern
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Rank 27. Common Breads
Lebanese Mediterranean
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Rank 27. Fortitude Bakehouse
Bakery
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Rank 27. Quince Bakery
British Bakery
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Rank 27. Simpson's in the Strand
British Cocktail Bar
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Rank 27. Ararat Bread
Bakery
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Rank 27. Farha
Middle Eastern
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Rank 27. Berenjak Mayfair
Persian
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Rank 27. Eat Vietnam Bar B Grill 1
Vietnamese
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Rank 27. Onsu
East Asian Bakery
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Rank 27. Tasty Jerk
Jamaican Caribbean
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Rank 27. Dim Sum Duck
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 27. Core by Clare Smyth
British
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Rank 27. Tavern
Modern British
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Rank 27. Sonora Taquería
Mexican
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Rank 27. Belly
Modern Filipino
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Rank 27. EDAMI
Lebanese Middle Eastern
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Rank 27. Zeit für Brot
German Bakery
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Rank 27. Le Choux
French Bakery
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Rank 27. Kuro Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 27. Eric’s
Bakery
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Rank 27. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 27. Zeret Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 27. Tarn Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 27. Bar Etna
Pizza Cocktail Bar
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Rank 27. SUBA Walthamstow
West African Bakery
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Rank 27. Panadera Marylebone
Filipino Coffee Shop
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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 71. 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 71. 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 71. Bocca di Lupo
Regional Italian
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Rank 71. 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 71. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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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 78. Ice Cream Union
Dessert
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Rank 78. Legare
Italian
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Rank 78. Bake Street
Coffee
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Rank 78. Ida
Italian
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Rank 78. OMBRA
Italian
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Rank 78. Caravaggio Gelato
Dessert
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Rank 78. The Dreamery
Dessert
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Rank 78. Nardulli
Dessert
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Rank 78. The River Café
Italian
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Rank 78. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 78. Oddono's Gelati
Dessert
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Rank 78. Gelupo
Dessert
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Rank 78. Kabul Ice Cream
Afghan Dessert
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Rank 78. The Dover
Italian
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Rank 78. Taiyakiya
Japanese Dessert
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Rank 78. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 78. Nina
Italian
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Rank 78. Foubert's
Dessert
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Rank 78. Chunk Provisions
Dessert
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Rank 78. Chin Chin Dessert Club
Dessert
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Rank 78. Unico Gelato & Caffè
Dessert
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Rank 78. Soft & Swirly
Dessert
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Rank 78. Osteria Angelina
Italian
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Rank 78. Bilmonte
Dessert
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Rank 105. Quo Vadis
British
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Rank 105. SOLA
American
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Rank 105. Andrew Edmunds
Modern European
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Rank 105. Noble Rot
Modern European
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Rank 105. Koya Soho
Tokyo-style Noodles
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Rank 105. Hunan
Chinese
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Rank 105. Elystan Street
Modern British
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Rank 105. reemies cakes
Dessert
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Rank 105. The Sea, The Sea
Seafood
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Rank 105. MARTINO'S
Italian
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Rank 105. Maison Bertaux
Bakery
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Rank 105. Hoppers
Sri Lankan
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Rank 105. La Famiglia
Italian
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Rank 105. Villa Mamas
Bahraini Middle Eastern
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Rank 105. Rita's
American
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Rank 105. Nanahoshi
Sushi
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Rank 105. DUCKSOUP
Modern Mediterranean Wine Bar
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Rank 105. Crunch
American
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Rank 105. Cadogan Arms
British Beer Bar
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Rank 105. Alley Cats Pizza Chelsea
NYC-style Pizza
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Rank 105. Stanley's
Modern European
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Rank 105. La Mia Mamma
Italian
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Rank 105. Barrafina
Spanish
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Rank 105. The French House
French
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Rank 105. Ixchel
Mexican
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Rank 105. Bancone Golden Square
Italian
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Rank 105. 27 Romilly St
Persian
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Rank 105. BAO Soho
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 105. Danieru Sushi
Sushi
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Rank 105. Phat Phuc Noodle Bar
Pan-Asian Noodles
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Rank 105. Zheng
Malaysian
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Rank 105. Bottarga
Greek