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Upscale Restaurants in London
| Name | Price/ Cuisine |
Location |
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Angelus
Owner, sommelier, and former pro rugby union player Thierry Tomasin... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
Bayswater |
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Bar Boulud
US-based star French superchef Daniel Boulud combines the best... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French: Brasserie |
Knightsbridge |
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Barrafina
Soho's top tapas bar is modeled on Cal Pep, the famed tapas joint... |
$$$ Cuisine, Spanish, Spanish: Tapas |
Soho |
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Bistrot Bruno Loubet
Seasoned French chef Bruno Loubet rules the roost at this ever-buzzy... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
The City |
Bistroteque
You'll need a GPS or Google Maps to find this East London fashionista... |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European |
East End |
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Bocca di Lupo
The place's always packed, the tables are too close together... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Italian |
Soho |
Boundary
Restaurateur and design-guru Sir Terence Conran scores a bull's-eye... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French: Brasserie |
The City |
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Cecconi's
Spot the odd A-list celeb and revel in all-day buzz at this ever-fashionable... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Italian, Italian: Modern Italian |
Mayfair |
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The Cow
Top supermodel Kate Moss and her rockstar hubby Jamie Hince are... |
$$$ Cuisine, British: Modern British |
Notting Hill |
Dabbous
It's a triumph of taste over technology at wunderkind Ollie Dabbous's... |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European |
London |
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Dean Street Townhouse
Everyone feels ten times more glamorous once they step into this... |
$$$ Cuisine, British |
Soho |
The Delaunay
It's all fin de siècle Vienna and the "Radetsky March"... |
$$$ Cuisine, Austrian |
London |
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E&O
Gywneth, Madonna, Stella, and a gazillion flashionistas and the... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Asian: Modern Asian |
Notting Hill |
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Galvin Bistrot de Luxe
The accomplished Chris and Jeff Galvin brothers blaze a trail... |
$$$ Cuisine, French: Brasserie |
Marylebone |
Great Queen Street
Expect a wrap-around din and a noisy British foodie-loving crowd... |
$$$ Cuisine, British: Modern British |
Covent Garden |
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Hedone
Only a loony or genius would serve an appetizer of half a plain... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European, British: Modern British |
The Thames Upstream |
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The Henry Root
Named after the amusing, upper-class spoof letter writer, Henry... |
$$$ Cuisine, Wine Bar |
Chelsea |
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Hereford Road
Bespeckled chef and co-owner Tom Pemberton mans the front-of-house... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, British: Modern British |
Bayswater |
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Hix
Restauranteur, bon viveur, and gad-about-town Mark Hix's spunky... |
$$$ Cuisine, British |
Soho |
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Hunan
There's no menu at this quirky, top-rated family-run Chinese... |
$$$ Cuisine, Chinese: Hunan |
Chelsea |
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The Ivy
The triple-A list spurn The Ivy for its upstairs private members'... |
$$$ Cuisine, British |
Covent Garden |
J Sheekey
West End and Hollywood superdooper stars slide into this classy... |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
Covent Garden |
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La Petite Maison
Movie star and blogger Gwyneth Paltrow rates see-and-be-seen... |
$$$ Cuisine, French |
Mayfair |
Le Caprice
Celeb-ville grande dame Le Caprice commands the deepest loyalty... |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European |
St. James's |
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Les Deux Salons
You're bound to spot a late-night theaterland celeb like Sienna... |
$$$ Cuisine, French: Brasserie |
Covent Garden |
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Lima
Wicked pisco sours and out-of-this-world biodiversity-driven... |
$$$ Cuisine, Peruvian |
London |
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Magdalen
South of the river between London and Tower bridges, Magdalen... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, British: Modern British |
The South Bank |
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Medlar
What's not to like about Medlar? Sensationally assured Modern... |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European |
Chelsea |
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Moro
Up from the City, near Clerkenwell and Sadler's Wells dance theater... |
$$$ Cuisine, Mediterranean |
The City |
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Opera Tavern
Mouthwatering acorn-rich Ibérico pig's-head terrine? Chargrilled... |
$$$ Cuisine, Spanish: Tapas |
Covent Garden |
Pollen Street Social
El Bulli-trained and stratospheric star chef Jason Atherton knocks... |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European |
Mayfair |
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Racine
There's always an upscale buzz at this star of the Brompton Rd... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, French: Brasserie |
Chelsea |
St. John
Foodies travel the globe for pioneering chef Fergus Henderson's... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, British: Modern British |
The City |
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Sweetings
A time-warp City seafood institution, Sweetings was established... |
$$$ Cuisine, Seafood |
The City |
Viajante
It's quite a schlep from the West End to Viajante in Bethnal... |
$$$ Cuisine, European: Modern European |
East End |
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Yashin
Without Soy Sauce...but if you want to proclaims the neon sign... |
$$$ Cuisine, Japanese |
Kensington |
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Yauatcha
Four cheers for the all-day dim sum at this Cantonese Soho classic... Reserve |
$$$ Cuisine, Chinese |
Soho |
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Zuma
Hip, hip, hurrah! for this ever-fashionable, celeb-tastic, Tokyo-style... |
$$$ Cuisine, Japanese |
Knightsbridge |
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