Can you recommend any good bars or restaurants in London?

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Restaurants near Bank / City

  • Marco Pierre White - Oyster Bar & Grill
  • Brasserie Blanc
  • Browns
  • The Ned
  • Coq d'Argent
  • Blacklock Chops (a meaty option!)

Restaurants near London Bridge

  • Lobos Meat and Tapas (casual)
  • Hawksmoor Borough (for meat lovers)
  • Tapas Brindisa London Bridge (casual)
  • Rabot 1745 (cocoa-based cuisine, unusual)
  • Restaurant Story (Michelin starred)
  • Aqua Shard (amazing views)

Restaurants in Shoreditch

These are all trendy places with great food.

  • Brat
  • Leroy
  • Smokestak (BBQ, meaty, street food turned restaurant)
  • Rochelle Canteen
  • Gunpowder
  • Lyle's
  • Hoi Polloi
  • Oklava (chic Turkish)
  • Hawskmoor Spitalfields
  • St John Bread and Wine
  • The Clove Club

Restaurants in East London

  • Jidori (yakitori/ Japanese)
  • Brawn
  • Bright
  • Campania (Italian)
  • Cornerstone (fish)
  • Pidgin

Restaurants in Islington / Clerkenwell

  • The Drapers Arms (classy pub, excellent food)
  • Restaurant Moro (Spanish institution)
  • Oldroyd (cosy, small plates)
  • Trullo (Italian, original big sister of famous Padella)
  • Restaurants in Soho/ Central London
  • Quo Vadis Soho
  • Jikoni (British/ Asian with a twist)
  • Lurra or Donostia (Basque grill/ tapas opposite each other, high end)
  • Temper Soho (tacos, cocktails, fun space)
  • Darjeeling Express (Indian, featured on Netflix' Chef's Table)
  • Lina Stores (Italian institution)
  • Bonnie Gull (seafood)
  • Bob Bob Ricard ('press for Champagne' buttons at tables)
  • Noble Rot (wine bar and restaurant)
  • Holborn Dining Room (famous for pies and Wellington Wednesday)
  • Guinea Grill (high end traditional pub and dining room)
  • Kiln (Thai style BBQ)
  • Scott's (glamorous, seafood)
  • Chiltern Firehouse
  • Honey & Co (Middle Eastern, cosy, casual)
  • Texture - (unusual, Icelandic)

Restaurants in West London

  • Core by Clare Smyth (Michelin starred)
  • Orasay
  • The River Cafe (iconic Italian)

Restaurants in South London

  • Brunswick House (amazing venue, Georgian mansion)
Last updated on 17th March 2021

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