Best restaurants in London

We give you the lowdown or uber-edit of which London's restaurants are creating the biggest buzz right now...

It's hard to believe it, but we're already past the halfway point of 2026.  And in Hot Dinners tradition, that means that it's time to look back at the best openings of the year, so far... 

The Michelin Awards are still the most prized by restaurants worldwide. Here's our full list of every Michelin-starred restaurant in London.

This is the restaurant guide you could give to anyone arriving in London to give them the perfect snapshot of how to explore the best of what London's restaurant scene has to offer.

At the end of 2025, it's time to look and the best of the new openings of the year in London. Here are the restaurants that really made a mark. 

The votes have been counted so, following our own best new opening of 2024, here's who you think came top...

It's that time of the year when we look back at all the meals (and drinks) of the year and pick our favourites. Here's our full rundown of the places, dishes and drinks we thought were really remarkable in 2024.

We're over halfway through the year, so that means it's time for our round-up of the best openings of the year to date... 

We've rounded up the dishes that make this city such a great place to eat out, from carby favourites to unimproveable desserts and special sides.   

We’ve got you covered with our shortlist of the best restaurant, cafe and bar options for 48 hours in London, whatever your budget

It's that time again - where we round up the very best of London's eating and drinking in the year that's almost done. Here's our complete run-down of the very best of 2023 - including the city's best new restaurant. 

The votes are in. We've counted the results and, without further preamble, here's what you voted as your favourite new restaurants of 2023. 

At the end of  2023, it's time to take a look back and highlight the very best restaurants that have opened in London this year.  

As we make our way through 2022, London has already seen the arrival of some excellent new restaurants. Having trouble keeping track? Here's our edit of the very best new restaurants to open in 2022 (so far). 

Celebrating the joy of a whole year's dining out without any restrictions - we look back at the highs of 2022 for our London restaurant round-up of the past 12 months.