Best Food in London - My Favourite Restaurants, Bakeries, Cafes & More!

 
After spending months in London, and eating out plenty, I've compiled a list of the best, and my favourite, restaurants, bakeries, cafes and casual eateries in london! You can have a look at my constantly-updated google sheet which has all the places that I've visited or plan to visit — the link is at the end of this article. Feel free to share your favourite haunts with me in the comment section!

Best Bakeries in London

Don't Tell Dad

August

Mahali

Wood Street Bakery

Arome  

TOAD

Pomme Bakery 

Chatsworth Bakehouse

Layla Bakery

Bread Ahead
Forno
Buns From Home
Chestnut Bakery
Miel 

Read : My honest reviews of the best bakeries in London

Best Restaurants in London

 

The Ledbury- Best meal of 2023

 

 

manteca

Plimsoll

Fallow

Donostia

Rogues
 

40 Maltby street
Smokestak

St John

The Barbary

Flour & Grape 

Gold 

 

Som Saa

Plaza Khao Gaeng

Shackfuyu - only tried the French toast

From The Ashes

The Ninth- Michelin-starred French restaurant that offers really value-for-money set lunch

Notto Pasta Bar

Tom's Pasta (lasagna)

Mother Mash

Blacklock - go on Mondays!

Singburi (the pork is so good)

Osteria Angelina (one of the newest restaurants in London, constantly full)

Simpson's in the Strand (fancy setting, traditional British fare done well) 

Padella (have refused to eat here thinking it's a chain restaurant but it's actually good!)

Constance (one of the newest restaurants that offers great value and great food especially in a posh and gorgeous setting)

El Pirata (delicious food, very reasonable prices, especially in Mayfair)

 

Other Restaurants That are Worth a Try  

Oma

Legare

Chiltern Firehouse

Mayfair Chippy

Wild Honey

Bancone  

Gold Mine
Dishoom
Kitchen W8
Firebird
BRAT 

Smoking goat

Copita
Darlings Eatery

Auguste

Cafe Kowloon

Roe 

Fishers

Hawksmoor (great value lunch set)

Sessions Art Club(really pretty place)

Chisou (no frills, great value lunch set)

Barney's Pie (great traditional pie and mash)

Best Pubs (for food) in London 

The Harwood Arms (best Sunday roast)

The Devonshire (set menu is insane value for money)

The Hero 

The Hart (best banoffee pie)

The Fox & The Pheasant 

The Castle Islington

Best Brunch in London

 

Sunday

Granger & Co

Milk Beach

Bangers

Half Cup

Esters

Ground Coffee Society - St Mary's Church (the sourdough bread for the sandwiches is amazing)

Best Burger

No Drama

Plimsoll

Hanbaagaasuuteeki

Best Coffee Houses  

(note that I prefer smooth and creamy coffee with little acidity)

Monmouth

Rosslyn

Kuro

Alchemy

Hideaway

Grounded

Blue Door

Lane Eight

 

Best Sandwiches

Foccacia Mia

Dom's Subs

Sandwich Sandwich 

The Black Pig

Dirty Bagels