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The best London restaurants for Valentine's Day 2024

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It's fair to say that almost every restaurant in London will be doing something for Valentine's Day. So this year we've zeroed in on those that are putting on particularly interesting menus, special dishes or romantic events, all over the city. 

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at CORD by Le Cordon Bleu

City of London - 85 Fleet St, London EC4Y 1AE

This Valentine’s Day, impress your loved one with an evening of classic romance and gastronomy at CORD, the first fine dining restaurant from the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. The 6-course tasting menu features champagne-frosted Gillardeau oysters and rose veal fillet. No Valentine’s Day dinner is complete without a decadent Hot chocolate soufflé, made with the finest ingredients and crafted with love. The menu is £109 for 5 courses, plus amuse bouche and petit fours.

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Chicama tasting menu

Chelsea - 383 King's Rd, London SW10 0LP

The Chicama tasting menu is perfect for a Valentine's feast, featuring their best dishes, perfect for two people to bond and share their love over. The dishes are centred on exploring the coastal cooking of Peru and enhancing it through contemporary techniques and flavours. Their plates are destined to be shared by hungry friends, families, and lovers alike, with vegetarian/vegan versions available too. Quote “Hot Dinners” to their team for a round of Pisco Sours on them! 

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More Valentine's Day inspiration

Valentine's Day in LondonJ Sheekey's Valentine's Heart, the Martini Winter Garden at Ham Yard and Nessa's "Viennessa". 

Central London

 

Bocca di Lupo (Soho) - As St Valentine is also referred to as the patron saint of beekeepers, Bocca di Lupo has a week-long menu to reflect that with lots of special honey-laden dishes added to the main menu. 

Arros QD (Fitzrovia) - The paella restaurant has put on a special omakase menu created by Quique Dacosta himself, which will be a  secret nine-course tasting menu, including seafood, meat and vegetarian plates, and finished with something sweet (£80).

La Fromagerie (Marylebone) - The restaurant is hosting a special four-course dinner to the soundtrack of John Barry (£75) 

Il Gattopardo (Mayfair) - It's an a la carte menu at this swanky new Mayfair Italian restaurant with new special dishes added for Valentine's day, including a heart-shaped chocolate ginger mousse, with lemon & ginger infused raspberries

Ham Yard Hotel (Soho) - They'll have two special events in the Winter Martini Garden, where you'll get a welcome drink, another martini of your choice, plus a fire-roasted seafood platter to share - a selection of scallops, Oysters Rockefeller, king prawns and a smoky mussel flatbread (£48). 

J Sheekey (Soho) - In the middle of theatreland, J Sheekey is a great place to book if you fancy a seafood-led Valentine's dinner. Options include the roast mixed shellfish for two (£117) or you can go a la carte and add on the J.Sheekey Valentine’s Heart for dessert. 

The Coral Room (Bloomsbury) - At this cocktail bar inside The Bloomsbury Hotel, they're bringing in poet Luke Davis, who recently got acclaim for his typewriting sessions outside the Globe Theatre on the South Bank. As you drink cocktails, he'll be roaming the room, creating on-off bespoke poems for you on the night.  Just share a few thoughts and he'll transform them into a one-of-a-kind poem for you to take home. 

Saison (Whitehall) - The new OWO is an impressive place to have a Valentine's dinner and Saison is in one of the most impressive rooms in the whole building. Michelin-starred chef Mauro Colagreco is behind the menu with dishes including Orkney scallop with blood orange, tardivo and dill as well as a spit-roast saddle of lamb stuffed with lemon confit and olives. (£170)

La Poule au Pot (Belgravia) - For a classic French Valentine's dinner, this restaurant is well worth a look. Theirs is a three-course affair with choices including foie gras terrine and cassoulet (£80).

Galvin at Windows (Mayfair) - If you're looking for a Valentine's meal with a view, you'll find none better than the one at Galvin at Windows, overlooking Hyde Park. They'll have a three-course meal, with dishes including cured Wester Ross salmon with Portland crab, ruby grapefruit and caviar (£99). 

Nessa (Soho) - Tom Cenci is serving up a four-course meal (with oysters an optional extra) and he's put on a special dessert for the occasion too. The 1970s-inspired Valentine’s Viennessa is a red velvet sponge,  sandwiched with strawberry ice cream and topped with macerated cherries. (£60)

Smith & Wollensky (Strand) - They've teamed up with Lanson for a special Valentine's menu with paired Champagnes, so you can pair a seafood cocktail and Carlingford oysters with Champagne Lanson, Le Black Creation. There's even a Champagne sorbet (£135).

Clos Maggiore (Soho) - This Soho restaurant covered in flowers is often regarded as the most romantic restaurant in London. There are two options for Valentine's Day, a three-course set lunch at £50 (which is a pretty good deal for the day) or an evening tasting menu at £160 where dishes include a foraged wild mushroom tart, black garlic with wiltshire truffles.

100 Wardour Street (Soho) - Alongside dinner at this Soho restaurant, there will be live music from  Sol and The Gang singing love songs from the worlds of R&B, pop, funk and soul. 

34 (Mayfair) - The restaurant has a special menu which includes the 34 Heart dessert, a heart-shaped pistachio and white chocolate mousse with a raspberry centre, served with rose petals, fresh raspberries and gold leaf. So it'll be a very impressive way to finish the meal.

Andrew Edmunds (Soho) - This 18th-century townhouse is a perfect place for a romantic Valentine's dinner. Their menu includes dishes like slip sole, parsley & brown butter capers as well as wild bass, saffron artichokes & salsa verde (£72). 

Studio Gauthier (Fitzrovia) - If you're looking for a vegan celebration, Alexis Gauthier's vegan restaurant is a very good option. The seven-course meal features their black kelp "caviar" and Winter Truffle Tortellini, finishing off with a deep red Chocolate ‘Mon Cheri’ (£70). 

 

East London

Sune (Broadway Market) - For the evening, Sune is putting on a special French-inspired menu featuring dishes like Escargot, Leeks, Beurre Blanc & Garlic as well as steak frites that you can add a lobster thermidor to (£85)

Nobu (Shoreditch) - The east London outpost of Nobu has a special menu for the night which includes a spinach salad that comes with grilled king crab alongside oysters in three different ways (£140 per person). 

Boundary Rooftop (Shoreditch) - Head up to the roof at Boundary for a dinner which includes oysters, scallop crudo, steak, monkfish and more (four courses for £45). 

Galvin La Chapelle (Spitalfields) - This Michelin-starred restaurant in a Grade II listed building is putting on a special three-course menu for the night with options including Beef fillet “Rossini” and foie gras semifreddo (£130). 

Duck & Waffle (City) - The restaurant with one of the best views in London will have an extensive menu on the night featuring dishes like cheesy polenta croquetas and bacon-wrapped dates, braised short rib and pink Champagne truffles at the end (£150 including a glass of Champagne).

Luca (Clerkenwell) - The Italian restaurant from the people behind The Clove Club has an undeniably beautiful dining room and you can even dine on the heated terrace by an open fire. The five-course menu includes roasted Creedy Carver duck, Yorkshire rhubarb, glazed chicory and ginger. (£125)

Cave Cuvée (Bethnal Green) - For something different on Valentine's Cave Cuvée are having a tasting masterclass of their favourite rosé wines (£35).

Renegade Urban Winery (Walthamstow) - Close to Blackhorse Road, the east London bar has a special tasting menu starting with Colchester oysters and fermented Granny Smith and finishing up with white chocolate and miso fudge (£70 and an extra £30 for a rosé pairing).  

World Famous Gordo's (London Fields, 17 February) - For something slightly different, they'll be transforming their slice shop into "a love shack". The special pizza will feature slow cooked ox heart ragu, smoked provolone, fior di latte, topped with aged pecorino, guindilla chillies.

 

West London

Kricket (White City) - They'll have a special four-course menu featuring sirloin on the bone with sides like beef fat paratha and cavolo nero with walnut chutney (£48)

Petersham Nurseries (Richmond) - A restaurant covered in flowers and plants, this makes for a great Valentine's Day dinner location. Starting with rock oysters, the four-course menu (plus cheese) features dishes like roast fennel risotto and a mandarin bavarois (£120). 

The Pelican (Notting Hill) - It's the usual a la carte menu at The Pelican for the night, but they are putting on a live jazz band. 

The Shed (Notting Hill) - The Gladwin Brothers restaurant has a menu that's also available at its other restaurants (like the Fat Badger in Richmond). It's a six-course menu, paired with their own Nutbourne wines, featuring dishes like hand-picked Devon crab with quince, crab bisque, lemon verbena and a choux doughnut (£75 and £55 for the pairing). 

Caractere (Notting Hill) - Here you'll get a four-course menu kicking off with sparkling rosé and some of their signature dishes, including the celeriac cacio e peppe (£140)

Kitchen W8 (Kensington) - For Valentine's this restaurant from Philip Howard and Rebecca Mascarenhas features special cocktails like a rhubarb and blood orange sour as well as a special three-course menu. Choices on that include carpaccio of veal with winter truffle as well as barbecue Cornish monkfish tail with leeks, celeriac and spiced winter fennel (£100)

 

North London

Top Cuvée (Highbury) - They're putting on a special five-course meal, starting with oysters and including ravioli and crab bisque (£75).

Midland Grand Dining Room (King's Cross) - The spectacular room at the Midland Grand is a great setting for a Valentine's dinner. This year, Patrick Powell and the team have put on a special menu that includes lobster pain perdu as well as a glass of Champagne (£125)

Rotunda (King's Cross) - Up beside the Regent's Canal, Rotunda has a set menu for the day with dishes including a roast fillet of Corneyside Farm beef with braised shin and truffle potato. They're also making limited-edition chocolates for the whole week. (Three courses £55, Four courses £65)

German Gymnasium (King's Cross) - Another impressive space by the station, the first floor here is where they're hosting Valentine's dinner which kicks off with oysters and a glass of German Sekt sparkling wine (£60)

Patron (Kentish Town) - As well as dinner in Kentish Town, featuring dishes like a Camembert fondue and confit duck, you can also get Patron to order in a bouquet of flowers from the local florist (a la carte pricing). 

The Cheese Bar (Camden) - For this year's Valentine's, they're hosting a special fondue evening (From £32)

The Farrier (Camden) - This one-off menu is designed by Ex-Six By Nico chef Jake Perry, featuring dishes like a buffalo fried Maldon rock oyster and Herefordshire beef with a potato terrine (£45)

 

SOUTH London

Joia (Battersea) - Henrique Sá Pessoa's rooftop restaurant in Battersea has a selection of their signature dishes on the menu for Valentine's Day including crab salad with samphire and their amazing pan con tomate (£110).

Seabird (Southwark) - On the top floor of the Hoxton in Southwark they've got a very enticing Valentine's Day menu planned with dishes including Baeri caviar waffle bites with nori popcorn and lobster rice with pequillo peppers and seashore vegetables (£95).

Minnow (Clapham) - Independent neighbourhood restaurant Minnow has quite the feast organised for Valentine's Night with a three-course dinner kicking off with mushroom arancini snacks and finishing with their own homemade chocolate truffles. (£65)

 

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