Saturday, September 5, 2026

The Best Places to Eat in London, by the Record

  1. Rank 85. Le Choux

    French Bakery


  2. Rank 85. Logma

    Middle Eastern






  3. Rank 85. Nagare Bankside

    Japanese-inspired Bakery


  4. Rank 85. Onsu

    East Asian Bakery


  5. Rank 85. Panadera Marylebone

    Filipino Coffee Shop


  6. Rank 85. Quince Bakery

    British Bakery



  7. Rank 85. SUBA Walthamstow

    West African Bakery



  8. Rank 85. Tasty Jerk

    Jamaican


  9. Rank 85. Tavern

    Modern British




  10. Rank 85. Weezie’s

    Wine Bar


  11. Rank 85. Zeit für Brot

    German Bakery


  12. Rank 85. Zeret Kitchen

    Ethiopian


  13. The Beef Wellington arrives whole, gets carved tableside, and briefly makes everyone at neighboring tables feel slightly under-ordered. This is a mahogany-and-leather steakhouse inside The Ned in the City, where dry-aged cuts meet a charcoal grill and the carving trolley still does the rounds. It ranks 35th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, which is the kind of credential that arrives without fanfare, much like the service itself.


  14. Rank 122. Chelsea Grill

    Steakhouse

    Wood-fired and dry-aged on the King's Road, Chelsea Grill is a steakhouse that takes British provenance seriously, working directly with farmers and letting the beef do the talking. The room is warm timber and soft light, the kind of place that feels polished without trying to remind you of it. It landed on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list at number 55, and the kitchen's restraint makes that feel like a natural fit rather than a surprise.


  15. Rank 122. Guinea Grill

    British Steakhouse

    Wood-panelled walls and the low murmur of a room that has been doing this for a long time set the tone at this Mayfair grill. The Guinea Grill is a proper old-school steakhouse, serious about British beef, grass-fed and both wet and dry-aged, cooked on a char grill without any theatrics. It ranked among the World's Best Steak Restaurants, which tracks. Service runs on calm experience rather than performance, and the wine list follows the same unfussy logic.



  16. The txuleton, a thick bone-in steak from older Basque cattle, is cooked over a wood-fired grill with nothing but salt and a lot of patience. This Shoreditch asador brings Basque grilling culture to London without softening it for the audience, and the room, all wooden tables and open flames, smells accordingly. It landed on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, which tells you what to order. Service runs on warmth rather than ceremony, the way it would back in San Sebastián.



  17. Rank 126. Bilmonte

    Dessert






  18. Rank 126. Ciao Bella

    Italian


  19. Rank 126. Foubert's

    Dessert


  20. Rank 126. Gelupo

    Dessert



  21. Rank 126. Ida

    Italian


  22. Rank 126. Kabul Ice Cream

    Afghan Dessert



  23. Rank 126. Nardulli

    Dessert


  24. Rank 126. Nina

    Italian



  25. Rank 126. OMBRA

    Italian




  26. Rank 126. Taiyakiya

    Japanese Dessert











  27. Rank 149. Cadogan Arms

    British Beer Bar


  28. Rank 149. Crunch

    American



  29. Rank 149. DUCKSOUP

    Modern Mediterranean Wine Bar


  30. Rank 149. Hunan

    Chinese


  31. Rank 149. Ixchel

    Mexican


  32. Rank 149. Koya Soho

    Tokyo-style Noodles





  33. Rank 149. MARTINO'S

    Italian


  34. Rank 149. Myrtle Restaurant

    Irish British




  35. Rank 149. Phat Phuc Noodle Bar

    Pan-Asian Noodles



  36. Rank 149. Rita's

    American


  37. Rank 149. SOLA

    American



  38. Rank 149. Villa Mamas

    Bahraini Middle Eastern


  39. Rank 149. Zheng

    Malaysian


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