The Top 88 Restaurants 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. Trullo
Italian
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Rank 10. Trattoria Brutto
Florentine Italian
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Rank 10. Burro
Italian
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Rank 14. Akoko
West African
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Rank 14. BiBi
Modern Indian
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Rank 14. Miga
Korean
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Rank 14. Donia
Modern Filipino
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Rank 14. One Club Row
American
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Rank 14. Normah's
Malaysian
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Rank 14. Kiln
Thai
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Rank 14. HIMI
Japanese
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Rank 14. St. John
British
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Rank 23. Belly
Modern Filipino
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Rank 23. Simpson's in the Strand
British Cocktail Bar
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Rank 23. Eat Vietnam Bar B Grill 1
Vietnamese
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Rank 23. Berenjak Mayfair
Persian
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Rank 23. Kumori Handroll Bar
Japanese
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Rank 23. Teal by Sally Abé
British
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Rank 23. Impala
Egyptian Middle Eastern
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Rank 23. EDAMI
Lebanese Middle Eastern
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Rank 23. MAZA Mayfair
Greek
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Rank 23. Sonora Taquería
Mexican
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Rank 23. Tavern
Modern British
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Rank 23. Master Wei Xi'An
Xi'an Chinese
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Rank 23. Core by Clare Smyth
British
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Rank 23. Gymkhana
Indian
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Rank 23. Weezie’s
Wine Bar
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Rank 23. Logma
Middle Eastern
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Rank 23. Dim Sum Duck
Cantonese Chinese
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Rank 23. Zeret Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 23. Tasty Jerk
Jamaican Caribbean
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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 43. Bocca di Lupo
Regional 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 43. Osteria Vibrato
Italian
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Rank 43. Made in Italy
Italian
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Rank 43. 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 48. The River Café
Italian
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Rank 48. Legare
Italian
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Rank 48. Tiella Trattoria & Bar
Italian
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Rank 48. Nina
Italian
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Rank 48. Osteria Angelina
Italian
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Rank 48. Ida
Italian
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Rank 48. Ciao Bella
Italian
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Rank 48. The Dover
Italian
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Rank 48. OMBRA
Italian
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Rank 58. Rita's
American
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Rank 58. SOLA
American
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Rank 58. Koya Soho
Tokyo-style Noodles
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Rank 58. Ixchel
Mexican
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Rank 58. MARTINO'S
Italian
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Rank 58. BAO Soho
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 58. Quo Vadis
British
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Rank 58. Zheng
Malaysian
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Rank 58. The French House
French
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Rank 58. 27 Romilly St
Persian
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Rank 58. Hoppers
Sri Lankan
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Rank 58. Elystan Street
Modern British
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Rank 58. Hunan
Chinese
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Rank 58. Bottarga
Greek
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Rank 58. Phat Phuc Noodle Bar
Pan-Asian Noodles
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Rank 58. Villa Mamas
Bahraini Middle Eastern
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Rank 58. Noble Rot
Modern European
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Rank 58. La Mia Mamma
Italian
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Rank 58. Stanley's
Modern European
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Rank 58. Barrafina
Spanish
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Rank 58. Bancone Golden Square
Italian
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Rank 58. Andrew Edmunds
Modern European
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Rank 58. La Famiglia
Italian
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Rank 58. DUCKSOUP
Modern Mediterranean Wine Bar
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Rank 58. Crunch
American
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Rank 58. Cadogan Arms
British Beer Bar