The Definitive List of London’s Best Eats (2025) - From Street Food to Fine Dining

Discover London’s best restaurants this summer with London Best Eats. We’re your guide to the city’s top tables, highlighting seasonal menus and the best al fresco dining.

With weekly updates, we make it easy to find your next great meal in the capital.

176 of the best restaurants in London

Dalla

  • 4.7
  • £40+
  • Italian
  • 📍 Hackney

At its core: Home-style Italian cooking with regional specialties and fresh handmade pasta.

Hanbaagaasuuteeki

  • 4.9
  • £10–20
  • Fusion
  • 📍 Victoria

At its core: Asian-inspired smash burgers featuring Japanese, Korean, Thai and Chinese flavors.

Patio Pizza

  • 4.8
  • £10–20
  • Italian
  • 📍 Kingston upon Thames
  • Top 20 Pizza Places in the UK - The Times

At its core: New York-Neapolitan fusion pizza with thin, crispy base and chewy crust.

Bocca di Lupo

  • 4.6
  • Italian
  • 📍 Soho
  • 1 AA Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
  • AA Notable Wine List

At its core: Regional Italian cuisine featuring dishes from all twenty regions of Italy, with a focus on authentic, seasonal ingredients and traditional recipes.

DOPI 도피소

  • 4.9
  • £20–30
  • Korean
  • 📍 Bethnal Green

At its core: Authentic Korean restaurant offering traditional dishes in a casual, welcoming atmosphere.

River Cafe

  • 4.7
  • £1–10
  • British Cafe
  • 📍 Fulham

At its core: Traditional 1960s-style cafe serving all-day breakfasts, sandwiches and pasta dishes.

The Talbot

  • 4.5
  • British
  • 📍 Brockley
  • Travellers' Choice 2024

At its core: Relaxed gastropub with seasonal British menu focusing on locally sourced ingredients.

The Harwood Arms

  • 4.6
  • £64–79
  • British
  • 📍 Fulham
  • 1 Michelin Star
  • London's only Michelin-starred pub

At its core: A rural haven in the heart of Fulham offering the finest British produce with a focus on game and wild food.

The Black Pig

  • 4.7
  • £15+
  • British
  • 📍 Borough Market
  • Featured in The Infatuation's Best Borough Market Restaurants Guide

At its core: Artisanal toasted ciabatta sandwiches featuring slow-roasted Blythburgh free range pork shoulder finished over coals.

Lupa

  • 4.9
  • £30+
  • Italian
  • 📍 Highbury

At its core: Roman comfort food in a cosy neighbourhood setting.

Briciole

  • 4.5
  • £20+
  • Italian
  • 📍 Marylebone
  • Travellers' Choice 2024

At its core: Traditional Italian trattoria, café bar and deli under one roof offering authentic dishes from across Italy.

Tsiakkos & Charcoal

  • 4.7
  • £20–30
  • Greek
  • 📍 Maida Vale

At its core: Traditional authentic Greek Cypriot food cooked over charcoal in an open kitchen.

Holy Smokes BBQ London

  • 4.6
  • £10–20
  • American
  • 📍 Bow

At its core: A compact, takeaway-focused eatery in Bow specializing in authentic, slow-smoked Halal American-style BBQ, including brisket, ribs, and gourmet burgers..

NOKO (Camberwell)

  • 4.8
  • £20–30
  • Asian
  • 📍 Camberwell

At its core: Modern Asian street food specializing in dishes cooked over a Robata fire grill, blending Korean, Chinese, and Japanese influences..

Vnilla Covent Garden

  • 4.3
  • £10+
  • Fusion
  • 📍 Covent Garden

At its core: New York-style banana pudding dessert shop.

Inihaw

  • 4.9
  • £10–20
  • Filipino
  • 📍 Charlton

At its core: Authentic Filipino restaurant specializing in traditional dishes, BBQ and street food.

Med Salleh Kopitiam

  • 4.7
  • £20–30
  • Malaysian
  • 📍 Bayswater
  • Featured by The Guardian
  • Featured by Daily Mail
  • Featured by Olive Magazine
  • Featured by The Star

At its core: Authentic Malaysian multicultural street food in a traditional kopitiam (coffee shop) setting.

YGF Yangguofu Malatang

  • 4.6
  • £20–30
  • Chinese
  • 📍 Hammersmith

At its core: Customizable Chinese hotpot where diners select ingredients paid by weight and choose their preferred broth.

SlowBurn London

  • 4.7
  • £40+
  • Fusion
  • 📍 Walthamstow
  • Best Local Restaurant - The Good Food Guide

At its core: Vegetable-focused casual dining in a unique jeans factory setting.

Italia Uno

  • 4.7
  • £1–10
  • Italian
  • 📍 Fitzrovia

At its core: Authentic Italian café serving fresh homemade pasta and sandwiches in a casual, traditional setting.

Fiore Truck

  • 5
  • £25+
  • Italian
  • 📍 Forest Gate
  • Travellers' Choice Award

At its core: Authentic Italian restaurant serving fresh homemade pasta in a converted railway arch.

Kung Fu Burger

  • 4.6
  • £1–10
  • Chinese
  • 📍 Chinatown

At its core: Chinese-style burgers with sourdough buns and various fillings including braised pork, shredded duck, and vegetable options.

Akub Restaurant

  • 4.5
  • £30+
  • Palestinian
  • 📍 Notting Hill

At its core: Modern Palestinian cuisine celebrating regional diversity while using locally sourced British ingredients.

Taku

  • 4.5
  • £100–380
  • Japanese
  • 📍 Mayfair
  • 1 Michelin Star

At its core: Authentic omakase experience with premium seasonal ingredients and exquisite sushi.

Pollini at Ladbroke Hall

  • 4.6
  • £50–79
  • Italian
  • 📍 North Kensington
  • Gambero Rosso Three Fork Winner for Top Italian Restaurant, March 2024
  • Voted 'Best Restaurant' by Wallpaper*, February 2024

At its core: Seasonal Italian cuisine in a stunning Grade II-listed Edwardian building, featuring handmade pasta and traditional recipes from Emilia-Romagna.

Langan's Brasserie

  • 4.5
  • £100+
  • French
  • 📍 Mayfair

At its core: Time-tested brasserie for classic Anglo-French cuisine, with saffron walls covered in fine art.

Dear Jackie

  • 4.6
  • £100+
  • Italian
  • 📍 Soho
  • MICHELIN Guide: Good cooking

At its core: Modern Italian fine dining with reimagined classics in an opulent, intimate setting.

Taquiza

  • 4.8
  • £20–30
  • Mexican
  • 📍 Peckham

At its core: Authentic Mexican street food with vibrant tacos and sharing plates, inspired by experiences in Mexico City.

Silo London

  • 4.8
  • £41+
  • European
  • 📍 Hackney Wick
  • Green Michelin Star

At its core: The world's first zero-waste restaurant with a focus on sustainable gastronomy and closed-loop cooking.

Facing Heaven

  • 4.4
  • £20–30
  • Chinese
  • 📍 Hackney

At its core: Vegan Sichuanese cuisine with influences from Cantonese, Yunnan and Shaanxi cuisines.

The Fat Duck

  • 4.7
  • £225–450
  • British
  • 📍 Bray
  • Three Michelin Stars
  • World's 50 Best Restaurants

At its core: Innovative multi-sensory dining experience that combines science, psychology and nostalgia to create theatrical and memorable culinary adventures.

Acme Fire Cult

  • 4.5
  • £30+
  • Fusion
  • 📍 Dalston

At its core: Eco-conscious fire-fuelled eatery with a vegetable-forward approach to barbecue, collaborating with 40FT Brewery next door.

Osteria Angelina

  • 4.9
  • Fusion
  • 📍 Spitalfields

At its core: Itameshi cuisine combining Italian traditions with Japanese ingredients and influences in a relaxed osteria setting.

Bone Hoxton

  • 4.6
  • £40–50
  • American
  • 📍 Hoxton

At its core: Simple elegance focusing on high-quality beef short ribs and unlimited pommes frites.

Don't Tell Dad

  • 4.7
  • £20+
  • British
  • 📍 Queen's Park

At its core: Neighbourhood bakery and restaurant serving seasonal French and British dishes with carefully sourced ingredients.

La Palombe

  • 4.9
  • £51+
  • French
  • 📍 Kensington

At its core: Neighbourhood bistro specializing in French cuisine with a focus on wild, foraged ingredients and wood-fired cooking.

The Lavery

  • 4.9
  • £50–75
  • French
  • 📍 South Kensington

At its core: Seasonal Mediterranean cuisine in a beautifully restored Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse.

Dumbo Shoreditch

  • 4.7
  • £10–20
  • French
  • 📍 Shoreditch

At its core: Minimalist Parisian smashburger joint focused on quality ingredients and simple execution.

From The Ashes BBQ

  • 4.5
  • £20–30
  • American
  • 📍 Hackney

At its core: Sustainable smokehouse cuisine focused on whole animal butchery and live fire cooking techniques.

Maison François

  • 4.6
  • £41+
  • French
  • 📍 St James's
  • Michelin Plate

At its core: A modern French brasserie serving traditional classics using seasonal produce in an elegant St James's setting.

Empire Empire

  • 4.6
  • £50+
  • Indian
  • 📍 Notting Hill
  • MICHELIN Bib Gourmand

At its core: A nostalgic celebration of food, art and music inspired by Punjab and Northwest Indian cuisine with a 1970s disco theme.

Mauby

  • 4.8
  • £25+
  • Caribbean
  • 📍 Brockley

At its core: Seasonal Caribbean-inspired small plates in a relaxed, welcoming neighborhood setting.

Gymkhana

  • 4.5
  • £100+
  • Indian
  • 📍 Mayfair
  • Two Michelin Stars (2024)
  • One Michelin Star (2014-2023)

At its core: Contemporary Indian cuisine inspired by elite clubs of India, featuring tandoor and chapatta sharing dishes using seasonal British ingredients.

NIJŪ

  • 4.6
  • £100+
  • Japanese
  • 📍 Mayfair
  • MICHELIN Guide: Good cooking

At its core: Katei Ryōri - traditional Japanese home-style cooking made for sharing.

Flour & Grape

  • 4.5
  • £9–22
  • Italian
  • 📍 Bermondsey
  • Travellers' Choice 2024

At its core: Fresh handmade pasta and Italian wine specialist on bustling Bermondsey Street.

Chet's

  • 4.4
  • £25–50
  • Fusion
  • 📍 Shepherd's Bush

At its core: A Thai-Americana spot combining the fragrant flavours and smoky textures of Thailand with comforts from the classic American diner.

The Ninth

  • 4.6
  • £100+
  • Mediterranean
  • 📍 Fitzrovia
  • One Michelin Star

At its core: Elegant French Mediterranean-style cooking using top quality seasonal ingredients with a focus on sharing plates.

Calong

  • 4.9
  • £35+
  • Korean
  • 📍 Stoke Newington

At its core: Korean and European inspired dishes using seasonal British ingredients.

Speedboat Bar

  • 4.7
  • £30+
  • Thai
  • 📍 Chinatown

At its core: A vibrant celebration of Bangkok's Chinatown food culture with high-octane flavors and energetic atmosphere.

Spizza

  • 4.9
  • £1–10
  • Italian
  • 📍 London Bridge

At its core: Authentic Neapolitan pizza made fresh to order.

April Update

Our coveted top 5 continues to evolve, reflecting London’s dynamic dining landscape. DOPI 도피소 claims the number one spot with their innovative Korean cuisine, while IMA’s plant-based Japanese creations in Exmouth Market rises to second place. Trinity retains its position in the top 3, with Chef Adam Byatt’s seasonal British menu continuing to impress. New entry Akoko makes its debut at number 4, bringing sophisticated West African flavors to the list. And Juno, whose intimate omakase experience rounds out our top 5.

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