Featured London Area Restaurants
Al Forno - Kingston
1-2-3 Townsend Parade, Surrey KT1 1LY
Al Forno Restaurant has a warm traditional Italian feel. The extensive
menu offers freshly cooked food including 33-inch pizzas, pasta, fish,
meat, and a selection of vegetarian dishes. (Description provided by
Opentable.com)
Asia de Cuba — London
45 St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4HX
Asian.
Automat
33 Dover Street, London W1S 4NF
With a conceptual premise of fusing London's pleasure-seeking social
appetite with New York's inimitable style, Automat is an American
Brasserie that draws on those facets of New York's cultural and social
life so beloved by Londoners, presenting a brand new venue for relaxed,
stylish dining.
Bistrotheque
23-27 Wadeson Street, London, E2 9DR
Bistrotheque is housed in a converted clothing factory in the East End.
Upstairs is a Minimalist dining room serving a mix of classic French
Bistro and Modern British cuisine under the watchful eye of head chef
Tom Collins. Downstairs is an Antique mahogany bar serving classic
cocktails and a 50 cover Cabaret Room with a varied program of events
covering drag, comedy, music and film.
Boulevard Brasserie
40 Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7BD
Boulevard Brasserie offers great food and drinks at an affordable price
in an informal atmosphere with pleasant smiling service — a very simple
but successful formula that has worked very well since 1991. In good
weather, Boulevard's frontage is opened to create an al fresco
brasserie atmosphere. Boulevard is located 200 metres from Covent
Garden piazza and right in the heart of theatre land — minutes from
most of London's top theatres and just down the road from the Royal
Opera House.
Cafe Spice Namaste
16 Prescot Street, London, E1 8AZ
Cafe Spice Namaste, in the city of London, offers a relaxed,
contemporary, vibrant Pan-Asian cuisine. The restaurant also offers
outdoor catering, take-away, sandwiches, pickles & chutneys, a
corporate meeting room, master classes and cookery demonstrations.
Champor Champor
62-64 Weston Street, London, SE1 3QJ
Champor-Champor offers a unique & creative Malay-Asian (Asian
fusion) dining experience. Chef Adu Amran's innovative award-winning
cuisine is complemented by friendly but efficient service in a striking
yet cozy ambience.
Covent Garden Grill
16 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8QH
Hip and modern without pretensions, Covent Garden Grill is a terrific
modern grill with an international menu right where you want it, in the
midst of giddy Covent Garden. The cool interior is done in shades of
taupe and mocha, with swooshy big artworks and smart detailing. The bar
and ground floor dining attract a pleasant hubbub, while the downstairs
restaurant, equally groovy, is more exclusive in feel.
Ditto Bar & Restaurant
55-57 East Hill, London, SW18 2QE
Ditto Bar & Restaurant provides modern European Cuisine in an
informal and homelike setting. The relaxed atmosphere, seasonal menu
and attentive service are highlights.
Diverso
85 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NB
With decor by top designer Emily Todhunter, Diverso has a comfortable,
rather rustic setting. With an enticing wine list and a beautifully
prepared Italian menu, Diverso satisfies from antipasti to dolci.
Favourites include pappardelle with wild duck and porcini sauce and
fagottino, which are veg-stuffed pasta parcels with tomato sauce.
e&o
14 Blenheim Crescent, London, W11 1NN
e&o in Notting Hill is one of the benchmarks for the new wave of
Pan-Asian restaurants in London. Opened in 2001, e&o enjoys a
healthy reputation for serving excellent cocktails and exciting,
eclectic Asian food in an incredible atmosphere, everyday of the week.
Drop in for fabulous dim sum and cocktails in the bar or book ahead to
enjoy the unique experience and vibrant atmosphere of the e&o
dining room.
Eight Over Eight
392 Kings Road, London, SW3 5UZ
Following its sibling E&O, Eight Over Eight brings high quality,
inventive Pan Asian food to Chelsea. Set in chic, comfortable
surroundings, the restaurant and bar provide fabulous cocktails,
friendly and knowledgeable service and an eclectic wine list. Eight
Over Eight provides a complete dining experience in a vibrant
environment.
Fakhreldine
85 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NB
Modern Lebanese restaurant with a seductively lit bar, lounging section
of chocolate suede banquettes and formal dining area of stained oak and
stone grays complemented by a panoramic view of Green Park.
Lanes Restaurant & Bar
109-117 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7JS
In the heart of the city near Liverpool Street Station lies Lanes
Restaurant & Bar. Ex Marco Pierre White chef Hayden Smith has
created an acclaimed Modern European menu that earned him Remy Martin's
best newcomer to London 2004, served with faultless style by the two
owners James Robertson, Hamish Smith & their front of house team
(4th best service in London — Hardens). Great for business lunch with a
superb bar in the evening.
Lilly's Restaurant Bar and Grill
75 Wapping High Street, London, E1W 2YN
Situated just down the road from Tower Bridge, Lilly's Restaurant Bar
and Grill specialises in using the finest ingredients and cooking them
simply.
Maggiore's
33 King Street, London, WC2E 8JD
Maggiore is a romantic restaurant in Covent Garden. Carefully styled on
the smarter country inns of Provence and Tuscany, the summer affords
"al fresco" dining with a large sliding glass conservatory style roof
in surroundings adorned in apple blossom. To enhance the experience in
the colder months, a roaring fire guarantees a romantic, cosy
atmosphere. Maggiore features internationally acclaimed modern European
cuisine and spot on service. Maggiore's was awarded the prestigious
Wine Spectator "Award of Excellence" in 2002, and has since gone on to
win the "Best of Award of Excellence" for a further two consecutive
years (2003 and 2004). The wine list covers most of the world's major
wine regions, with around 2000 wines to choose from and some of the
best wines the world has to offer. Moreover the restaurant really is
value for money with the set lunch and pre-/post-theatre set menus.
Memories of China - Ebury Street
65-69 Ebury Street, London SW1 W
Chinese.
New Mill Restaurant
New Mill Road, Near Wokingham, RG27 0RA
The New Mill is a converted grade II listed watermill set in an idyllic
location on the River Blackwater in the heart of the Thames Valley
midway between Reading and Camberley and just 10 minutes from both the
M4 and M3 Motorways. With its traditional menus and Award Winning wine
list it also makes a perfect location for special events, private
parties, functions and wedding receptions.
Porters English Restaurant
17 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8QH
Porters English Restaurant was established in 1979 by Lord Bradford,
who stated that "Porters would serve good quality traditional English
food at affordable prices." The policy of keeping standards high and
prices low is still very much the order of the day. Porters English
Restaurant specializes in fresh homemade food, the best sellers
including steak and mushroom pie, beer battered fish and chips, not to
mention wonderful puddings such as steamed syrup sponge.
Savarona Cocktail Bar & Restaurant
66 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JT
If you think that Turkish food is limited to kebabs and taramasalata,
you will be surprised and swept off your feet by the City's latest
offering. Taking the connoisseur delights of the Ottoman Empire,
Savarona is proof that the best of Turkish cuisine can rival the
world's gourmet nations. Savarona, named after the most opulent and
largest yacht ever built. It is a restaurant that serves the best, most
delicate and desired of Ottoman dishes, in an environment that blends
the luxury of the palaces with the glamour of the 1930s (when the
famous Savarona yacht was built) with a final touch of chic 21st
century design. All Savarona's food is cooked in virgin olive oil and,
although spices & herbs are used for flavour, the emphasis is on
letting the authentic taste of the ingredients shine through. Recently
awarded four stars by the London daily newspaper The Metro, Savarona is
minutes' walk from Old Street & Liverpool Street.
Spoon
50 Berners Street, London, W1T 3NG
Global, International.
The Bean Tree
20A Leyton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2HU
The Bean Tree in central Harpenden offers high quality contemporary
French cuisine in a relaxed and intimate setting together with great
service. Situated in a converted 18th century coach house, the
restaurant is well located near to the station and the town centre. The
walled terrace garden is the perfect setting for a Summer lunch or
dinner. Complementing the food is an excellent wine list. Live music is
a feature of Wednesday evenings during the summer.
The Percy Arms
75 Dorking Road, Guildford, GU4 8NP
The Percy Arms steakhouse allows customers to choose their own steaks
from the restaurant's butcher counter. The restaurant also offers a
large varied menu of fish, vegetarian and traditional dishes. The
Sunday Carvery features a choice of 5 meats.
Shanghai Blues
193-197 High Holborn, London, WC1D 7BD
Situated in the Grade II building that formely housed the St Giles
Library, Shanghai Blues offers some of London's finest Chinese cuisine
courtesy of Executive Head chef, Hong Qiu Feng. Acclaimed within
Chinese government circles, he brings an immense wealth of experience
and unique culinary influences, creating a menu for serious dim sum
lovers, which focuses on a modern regional cuisine from Shanghai.
St. John
26 St John Street, London, EC1M 4AY
St. John opened in 1994 in a former smoke house just north of
Smithfield, London's main meat market. The restaurant has been awarded
Best British Restaurant at The Evening Standard Awards and was recently
placed at 10th in the Restaurant Magazine poll of the Worlds' Top 50
Best Restaurants. Famed for it's Nose to Tail Eating approach to
cooking and preparing ingredients, both the bar and dining room menu
feature cuts of meat others may neglect. Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley
Salad and Rolled Pig's Spleen & Bacon feature along with Roast
Beef, Lemon Sole and vegetarian dishes. The bakery sells loaves from
the Spitalfields bakery as well as baked goods and desserts. St. John's
British cuisine celebrates the best of indigenous produce, emphasising
the finest of what is in season at the appropriate time.
St. John Bread and Wine
94-96 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LZ
Bread & Wine is situated opposite Spitalfields Market in east
London. The restaurant opens seven days a week for breakfast and lunch
and Monday to Saturday for supper. The menu, which celebrates seasonal
British ingredients, changes as the day rolls along and diners can
select to follow a traditional three-course structure or choose and
share a series of plates. The bakery sells bread and baked goods to
take home and offers self-sourced wines at off sale prices, either by
the bottle or the case. Bread & Wine recently won Best British
Restaurant of the Year at The Evening Standard Restaurant Awards.
The Sun Inn
London Road, Rake, GU33 7PQ
The Sun Inn's butcher counter features steaks and tailor-made burgers,
and the Sunday carvery offers an array of succulent meats and side
dishes. The menue features seafood, steak, chicken, pasta, pies,
sandwiches, burgers, vegetarian specialties, and more.
Zaika
1 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP
The chic sophistication of the interior matches the inspired flavors of
the menu. A ground breaking restaurant.
Canary Wharf Restaurants
Ubon
34 West Ferry Circus; Canary Wharf, London E14 8RR ;
Tel. +44 (0)207719 7800
Peruvian-Japanese celebrity chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa has lent his
nickname, spelled backwards, to this new addition to London's culinary
mix.
Covent Garden Restaurants
Asia de Cuba
St Martins Lane Hotel, 45 St Martins Lane, London WC2N 4HX England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7300 5588
Underground: Covent Garden
Stylish, contemporary fusion of Latin and Asian cuisine in a Philippe
Starck-designed room with library books, dangling light bulbs and
satin-wrapped pillars.
Axis Restaurant & Bar
One Aldwych Hotel, 1 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4RH England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7300 0300
Underground: Covent Garden
Updated European classics in the theatre district. Pre- and
post-theatre menus. Serves lunch and dinner 6 days (closed Sundays) and
on Saturday, when the last seating extended until 11:30.
J.Sheekey
28 - 32 St Martin's Court, London WC2 4A England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7240 2565
Underground: Leicester Square
A cozy, old style theatre district British fish restaurant, frequented
by celebrities and thesbians, with staples including Dover sole, fish
pie and seabass.
The Ivy
1-5 West Street, London WC2H 9NQ England;
Tel. +44 (0)207 836 4751
Underground: Leicester Square
A theater district favorite in the 1990s, The Ivy restaurant was a
pioneer in the British culinary revival, serving updated comfort
classics and catering to a clientele that was stalked by paparazzi.
Salieri Restaurant
376 Strand, London, WC2R 0JF England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7836 1318
Gold velvet, theatre-themed Mediterannean / Italian restaurant across from The Savoy hotel.
Smollensky's Bar and Restaurant
105 The Strand, London, WC2R 0AA England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7497 2101
Underground: Embankment or Covent Garden
American-style restaurant on London's West End with more than 50 cocktails on its menu. Open 7 days, and serves late.
Knightsbridge Restaurants
Boxwood Café
The Berkeley Hotel, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7RL England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7235 1010
This Gordon Ramsay cafe serves a seasonal menu emphasizing British
ingredients. Sea bass, shaved artichokes and suckling pig loinw ith
cocotte potatoes and mustard sauce are typical of the dishes served at
Boxwood Cafe.
Mayfair (West London) Restaurants
Angela Hartnett at The Connaught
Carlos Place, Mayfair, London, W1Y 6AL England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7592 1222
Michelin star recipient Angela Hartnett at The Connaught, a Gordon
Ramsay restaurant, presents a contemporary British menu replete with
favorites like rabbit, ham hocks and pudding while drawing in Italian
and other international influences. Jackets are the preferred male
attire in this 70-seat, non-smoking room.
Momo
25 Heddon Street, W1B 4BH London;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7434 4040
Underground: Piccadilly Circus
A romantic and elegant Moroccan restaurant.
Nobu
9 Old Park Lane, London W1K 1LB England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7447 4747
Underground: Hyde Park Corner
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's London restaurant is the jewel of Nobu's
expanding, celebrity-studded global dining enterprise. Signature dishes
include a delicious black cod with miso, sea urchin tempura, toro yaki
and a number of spicy Peruvian fusion creations.
Pétrus
The Berkeley Hotel, Knightsbridge, London, SW1 England;
. +44 (0)20 7235 1200
Named after the celebrated French wine Petrus, David Collins has
created a buzz with this high-style culinary effort. Dishes include
frogs' legs ravioli sautéed with foie gras and rabbit terrine with
cabbage and leeks. Jackets suggested.
Quaglino's
16 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AJ England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7930 6767
Underground: Green Park
This lively, flashy Terence Conran brasserie helped kick off the British culinary revival in the late 1980s.
Rasa W1
6 Dering Street, Mayfair, West London W1R 9AB;
Tel. +44 0871 075 6313
Award winning vegetarian Indian cuisine, with meat dishes from Northern Kerala a more recent addition.
The Wolseley
160 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9EB England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7499 6996
Highly regarded restaurant opened in 2004 by The Ivy's former owners a
a beautiful building once occupied by the Wolseley car dealership, next
to the Ritz hotel. Cameras and cigars are not permitted, though
cigarette smoking is welcomed. Go figure.
Yauatcha
15 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0DL England;
Tel. +44 (0)20 7494 8888
High end Central London Chinese restaurant where waiters wear uniforms
designed by the Oscar-winning costume designer of the outfits worn in
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
London's Best Indian Restaurants
Vama - The Indian Room
438 King's Rd. (Sloane Sqaure), London UK SW10;
Tel. 020.7565.8500
A stylish and superb London Indian restaurant in Chelsea serving
creative North Indian cuisine. Reservations at this busy London
restaurant are paramount on the weekends.
Sarkhel's
197-199 Replingham Rd. (Southfields), London UK SW18; Tel. 020.8870.1483
What Sarkhel's lacks in atmosphere, it makes up for in truly
transcendental Indian food. In Southfields, this London Indian
restaurant still attracts diners from all over London.
Tamarind
20 Queen St. (Green Park), London UK W1; Tel. 020.7629.3561
Expensive, even for London dining, London's Tamarind restaurant is an
adventure in Indian cuisine, and well worth the price if sensual, spicy
Indian cuisine in London is your Southern Asian fancy.
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