Eating out in London
London is now home to people from all over the planet who've brought with them the world's finest cuisine. We recommend the twenty restaurants below as the starting point for your culinary exploration.
First class (winners of three AA Rosettes)
- The Belvedere
- Marco Pierre White's restaurant in Holland Park's tranquil Orangerie
- River Café
- Striking Italian restaurant on Thames Wharf just down from Hammersmith Bridge
- The Tenth
- Spectacular food and views across Hyde Park from The Royal Garden Hotel
Value
- Cibo
- Fresh Italian food at the top of the road in Russell Gardens
- Chez Moi
- Romantic French restaurant opposite the Kensington Hilton
- The Gate
- Vegetarian delights near the river at Hammersmith
- The Brackenbury
- Modern British cooking in residential Hammersmith
- The Terrace
- British restaurant just the other side of Holland Park
- The Pope's Eye
- A competent steak house in Brook Green
- Blah Blah Blah
- Vegetarian restaurant in Shepherd's Bush
- Sticky Fingers
- Rolling Stone's American diner off Kensington High Street
Also try the gastropubs.
Bargain
- Alounak
- Superb Persian cuisine at the top of the road in Russell Gardens - bring your own bottle of wine
- Latymers
- Superb Thai food at the back of this pub on Hammersmith Road beyond Olympia
- Raj of India
- Indian restaurant in Shepherd's Bush
- El Metro
- Spanish tapas bar inside the Hammersmith & City tube station at Hammersmith
- Aroma
- Oriental all you can eat buffet opposite the Central Line tube station at Shepherd's Bush, best value Mondays-Thursdays
Of course if you're going to the West End for a night out anyway, then there are hundreds more restaurants to try on your palette as well.
