Daily · 16 May 2026
Top 100 London Restaurants 2026
Ranked from 100 down to 1. Generated by /lad, illustrated by /iad.
#1
Ikoyi
Sub-Saharan-inspired tasting menu in St James's holding three Michelin stars (awarded 2024). Chef Jeremy Chan's restaurant is the most critically lauded in London in 2026.
#2
Core by Clare Smyth
Three Michelin stars in Notting Hill. Clare Smyth's modern-British tasting menu is among the most-booked tables in the city.
#3
The Ledbury
Notting Hill three-star institution. Brett Graham's contemporary European cooking has anchored London's top-tier restaurant scene for two decades.
#4
Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal
Two Michelin stars at the Regent Street hotel; widely tipped for three. Classical French tasting menu at the highest standard.
#5
Sketch (Lecture Room & Library)
Two Michelin stars at the Mayfair townhouse. Pierre Gagnaire's Lecture Room delivers theatrical multi-course menus in lavish surroundings.
#6
Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs
Two Michelin stars in Fitzrovia. James Knappett's 19-seat counter with a hyper-seasonal British menu.
#7
Restaurant Story
Two Michelin stars near London Bridge. Tom Sellers' narrative-driven tasting menu is one of the most-imitated formats in town.
#8
Trinity
Two Michelin stars in Clapham Old Town. Adam Byatt's polished British/European cooking with one of South London's best wine lists.
#9
A. Wong
Two-Michelin-star modern Chinese in Victoria. Andrew Wong's dim sum and Heritage menu trace a culinary tour of the Chinese provinces.
#10
Gymkhana
Two-Michelin-star Indian in Mayfair. JKS Restaurants' flagship — clubby colonial setting; one of the toughest reservations in London.
#11
KOL
Two-Michelin-star modern Mexican in Marylebone. Santiago Lastra's reinterpretation of Mexican cooking with British ingredients.
#12
Brat
Tomos Parry's wood-fired Basque-influenced cooking in Shoreditch. The whole turbot is one of the most-photographed dishes in the city.
#13
Mountain
Tomos Parry's Soho follow-up — open-fire cooking with Catalan influences. One of 2024-26's most influential openings.
#14
Lyle's
One Michelin star in Shoreditch. James Lowe's spare, ingredient-led British cooking made Shoreditch a fine-dining destination.
#15
St. JOHN
Fergus Henderson's nose-to-tail British institution in Smithfield. Defines a generation of British cooking; eternally relevant.
#16
St. JOHN Bread & Wine
Spitalfields outpost of St. JOHN — bakery + wine bar + bistro. Daily-changing menu; the doughnuts are essential.
#17
Trivet
Two Michelin stars in Bermondsey. Jonny Lake (ex-Fat Duck) cooks ingredient-led menus with Isa Bal's astonishing wine pairings.
#18
Akoko
One Michelin star in Fitzrovia. West African fine dining from Aji Akokomi and chef Theo Clench — one of the most exciting concepts in town.
#19
Cycene
One Michelin star within The Mondrian Shoreditch. Chef Theo Clench's previous home — neo-British tasting menu with Korean and Chinese touches.
#20
Sushi Kanesaka
London's first Japanese sushi-only restaurant at this level (45 Park Lane). Chef from the eponymous Ginza original; one Michelin star.
#21
Sollip
One Michelin star in Borough. Korean-French tasting menu from Bomee Ki and Woongchul Park; one of the calmest fine-dining rooms in town.
#22
Apricity
One Michelin star in Mayfair. Chantelle Nicholson's sustainability-focused menu with a Green-star nod for environmental practice.
#23
Pavyllon London
One Michelin star inside The Four Seasons Park Lane. Yannick Alléno's first London restaurant — sophisticated French counter dining.
#24
Behind
One Michelin star in London Fields. Andy Beynon's intimate counter; tasting menu of UK-fish-led modern British cooking.
#25
AngloThai
One Michelin star in Marylebone. John and Desiree Chantarasak's Thai cooking with British produce — one of the great openings of 2024-26.
#26
Speedboat Bar
Soho's Bangkok-Thai chophouse from JKS — viral on social media for the Snake Eyes Pad Thai and the high-energy room. No bookings.
#27
Plaza Khao Gaeng
JKS's Arcade Food Hall Thai project at Centre Point — chef Luke Farrell's southern Thai curries and a Bangkok-noodle counter.
#28
Kiln
Soho counter cooking northern Thai food over fire. JKS-owned; nine seats facing the kitchen plus a small downstairs.
#29
Smoking Goat
Shoreditch Thai BBQ — the spiritual sibling of Kiln. Lao-Isan flavours; one of the rooms that defined 'shoreditch eating' for the late 2010s and remains essential.
#30
Dishoom (Shoreditch)
The Bombay café institution. Multiple London branches; the Shoreditch original remains the benchmark for the chain and one of the busiest restaurants in London.
#31
Tayyabs
Whitechapel's legendary Punjabi grill. Lamb chops and seekh kebabs at scale; legendary queues; BYOB; the platonic east-London curry-house experience.
#32
Bao Soho
Soho original of the bao-bun group. Steamed buns and snacks; precise, fun, and exactly right at any time of day.
#33
Bao Borough
Borough Market's Taiwanese-grilled-skewers Bao outpost. Larger menu than Soho; especially good at lunchtime.
#34
Xi'an Impression
Holloway hand-pulled-noodle shop. Spicy cold noodles and roujiamo; one of the most affordable great meals in London.
#35
Mambow
Peckham/Camberwell Malaysian cooking from Abby Lee. Daily-changing menu of nasi-and-curry plates; modern London Malaysian at its best.
#36
Roji
Marylebone omakase counter. 15-seat sushi tasting in the heart of London; quietly one of the best Japanese rooms in the city.
#37
Endo at the Rotunda
Two Michelin stars at Television Centre. Endo Kazutoshi's edomae-sushi omakase — one of the only sushi restaurants in the UK at this tier.
#38
Roketsu
Marylebone kaiseki restaurant. Daisuke Hayashi's seasonal Kyoto-style tasting menus served in an authentically built tatami room.
#39
Humble Chicken
Soho izakaya / yakitori from chef Angelo Sato. Two Michelin stars; tasting-menu yakitori is one of the most copied formats in town.
#40
Lita
Marylebone Mediterranean fire-cooking from Luca Pronzato. One Michelin star; the standout among the 'fire and produce' Mayfair-adjacent rooms.
#41
Bibi
Mayfair modern-Indian from chef Chet Sharma. One Michelin star; clever set menus drawing across regional Indian cuisines.
#42
Trishna
Marylebone coastal-Indian institution from JKS. One Michelin star; the brown crab and king-prawn dishes are essential.
#43
Brigadiers
City of London Indian gastropub-with-snooker from JKS. One Michelin star; one of the only places to find proper Indian whisky pairings.
#44
Kahani
Belgravia modern Indian from chef Peter Joseph. One Michelin star; an underrated room delivering some of the city's best Indian tasting menus.
#45
Mānu
Brazilian fine dining on the Strand from chef Rafa Costa e Silva. One Michelin star.
#46
Sabor
Mayfair Spanish/Asturian. One Michelin star; the upstairs asador (cochinillo and rice) is the highlight.
#47
Barrafina (Dean Street / Adelaide Street / Drury Lane)
Spanish counter dining from Hart Bros — the trio of Soho/Covent Garden bars is still the benchmark for tapas in the city. No bookings.
#48
Quo Vadis
Soho institution from Jeremy Lee. Modern British cooking in one of the oldest dining rooms in town; the smoked-eel sandwich is a London totem.
#49
Rochelle Canteen
Margot Henderson's hidden Arnold Circus dining room. Daily-changing British/European set menu in a converted bike shed; lunch is the move.
#50
Andrew Edmunds
Soho's tiny Lexington Street time capsule. Candlelit, hand-written menu, ferocious wine list, a London essential for two centuries.
#51
Quality Chop House
Farringdon's Victorian working-class-meets-fine-dining classic. The chopped-beef tartare and confit potatoes are pilgrimage dishes.
#52
Noble Rot Soho
Soho wine-bar-with-kitchen from the Noble Rot magazine team. The original Bloomsbury and Mayfair outposts are equally great.
#53
P. Franco
Lower Clapton wine shop + 14-seat counter. Daily-changing tasting menu cooked on two induction hobs; defined a generation of London wine bars.
#54
Top Cuvée
Highbury / Holloway Road wine shop + restaurant + record store. The model for sub-£60 modern-London-wine-bar eating.
#55
40 Maltby Street
Bermondsey natural-wine shop + restaurant under the railway arches. Daily-changing menu chalked up on the wall; a London touchstone.
#56
Bistrotheque
Bethnal Green long-standing French bistro with a strong cabaret heritage. Brunch is the institution; dinner remains excellent.
#57
Bouchon Racine
Farringdon classical French bistro from Henry Harris (Racine alumni). One of the most-talked-about openings of the last few years.
#58
Bistro Freddie
Shoreditch French bistro from the JKS team. Classical cooking in a knowing modern wrapper; the lamb 'sweetbread vol-au-vent' is the dish of 2024-26.
#59
Otto's
Holborn classical French — the only restaurant in London still doing canard à la presse at the table. Eternal.
#60
The French House
Soho's upstairs dining room above the legendary pub. Neil Borthwick cooks ingredient-led British/French; the daily-changing menu is reason alone to visit.
#61
Cafe Cecilia
Hackney all-day spot from chef Max Rocha. Italian-leaning daily menu; ricotta hotcakes and burnt cheesecake have hit cult status.
#62
Manteca
Shoreditch Italian focused on house-made charcuterie and pasta. Owned and run by the team behind Smokestak.
#63
Padella
Borough Market's pasta canteen. No-booking queue institution; the pici cacio e pepe and the eight-hour beef shin pappardelle are reasons to wait.
#64
Bocca di Lupo
Soho all-Italy menu — a dish from every region. The polpettine and dessert trolley have stayed great for fifteen years.
#65
Da Terra
Two Michelin stars in Bethnal Green. Chef Rafael Cagali's Italian-Brazilian tasting menu is the best of the East London fine-dining wave.
#66
Lina Stores
Soho's classic green-and-white deli expanded into a small restaurant group. Hand-rolled pasta and Italian counter dining at a price that works.
#67
Bancone
Soho/Borough pasta-bar duo. The pici cacio e pepe and silk-handkerchief pasta are some of the city's best pasta value.
#68
Ottolenghi (Spitalfields)
Yotam Ottolenghi's all-day Spitalfields restaurant. The deli counter is iconic and the lunchtime mezze plates a London staple.
#69
NOPI
Ottolenghi's Soho restaurant. Middle-Eastern–Asian cooking with strong vegetarian credentials; the brunch is one of London's best.
#70
The Palomar
Soho modern-Jerusalem cooking. The shakshuka and Polish-Jewish 'kubaneh' bread are the standout dishes.
#71
The Barbary
Covent Garden Northern-African counter restaurant. No bookings; 24-seat horseshoe bar; one of the most fun rooms in central London.
#72
Berenjak
Soho Iranian kebab-house from JKS. The masto-musir starter and the joojeh kebab are reasons to book.
#73
Honey & Co.
Bloomsbury / Warren Street Middle-Eastern restaurants from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich. Small rooms, generous cooking, exceptional sweets.
#74
Morito
Exmouth Market / Hackney small-plates Spanish/North-African. The Hackney room is bigger and the menu wider.
#75
Moro
Exmouth Market's Sam-and-Sam-Clark Moorish institution. One of the most enduring dining rooms in Clerkenwell; the lamb is essential.
#76
Smokestak
Shoreditch low-and-slow American smokehouse. The brisket bun is one of London's great sandwiches.
#77
Black Axe Mangal
Highbury wood-fired flatbreads and metal-soundtracked irreverence from chef Lee Tiernan. Cult, intentionally chaotic, brilliant.
#78
Black Bear Burger
Brockley / Shoreditch / Borough burger group. Smash-style patties; widely regarded as London's best burger franchise.
#79
Supa Ya Ramen
Hackney / Borough ramen counter from chef Luke Findlay. Bold non-traditional bowls — chilli pickle, mole — that became a viral hit.
#80
Tonkotsu
Multi-branch London ramen group from Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada. Tonkotsu Original remains the gold-standard everyday ramen.
#81
Tatale
Ghanaian cooking from Akwasi Brenya-Mensa at The Africa Centre, Southwark. One of the most exciting cultural-restaurant projects in town.
#82
Chishuru
Fitzrovia (relocated from Brixton) modern West African from Adejoké Bakare — the first Black female chef to win a Michelin star in the UK.
#83
Akub
Notting Hill Palestinian cooking from chef Fadi Kattan. One Michelin star; the maklouba and the za'atar bread are essential.
#84
Imad's Syrian Kitchen
Soho Syrian restaurant from chef Imad Alarnab — a survivor's restaurant grown from a Calais refugee-camp pop-up.
#85
Black & Blue
Mayfair / Borough steakhouse with an exemplary butcher counter. Old-school dry-aged steaks at sensible prices.
#86
Hawksmoor (Spitalfields)
London's reference modern steakhouse. The Spitalfields original is the best of the eight London branches; classical British steak cookery.
#87
Goodman Mayfair
Russian-owned Mayfair steakhouse that gave Hawksmoor real competition. Massive USDA dry-aged ribeyes; clubby room.
#88
Quaglino's
Mayfair art-deco grande dame from D&D London. Better food than its reputation; a great place for an old-school London night out.
#89
The Connaught Grill
Mayfair grill room at The Connaught from chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The black-truffle hash brown and the dover-sole 'Veronique' are essentials.
#90
Helene Darroze at the Connaught
Three-Michelin-star French at The Connaught from chef Hélène Darroze. Among the most-decorated rooms in the country.
#91
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Three-Michelin-star French at The Dorchester. The Lune table-for-two inside the chocolate-fibre-optic dome is one of London's icon experiences.
#92
The Araki
Mayfair sushi omakase — when it returned to two Michelin stars in 2024 it cemented London as a top global sushi destination.
#93
Kioku by Endo
Kerridge group's pan-Asian fine-dining counter at OWO. Endo Kazutoshi's reach extends across multiple Japanese counters with this as the flagship.
#94
Hide Above
Mayfair one-Michelin-star tasting room above the Hide ground-floor brasserie. Ollie Dabbous's signature 'nest' egg dish remains pivotal.
#95
Pollen Street Social
Mayfair one-Michelin-star modern British/European from Jason Atherton. Long-running and consistently strong; under refurbishment in 2026.
#96
Murano
Mayfair Italian fine dining from Angela Hartnett. One Michelin star; classical preparations elevated to fine-dining standards.
#97
Caractère
Notting Hill modern European from Diego Ferrari and Emily Roux. One Michelin star; the carpaccio à la moelle is signature.
#98
Da Niko's
Lambeth/Vauxhall modern Italian counter from chef Daniele Camera. The fresh-pasta menu and house-made gelato are highlights.
#99
Goddards at Greenwich
Greenwich pie-and-mash institution, est. 1890. The most authentic surviving traditional London pie shop.
#100
E. Pellicci
Bethnal Green Italian-British family caff, est. 1900. Grade-II-listed art-deco interior; full English breakfasts and homemade pasta in the same room.