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The Most Fun Restaurants in London

The OpenTable Team

There are tens of thousands of restaurants across London, representing every imaginable cuisine, budget, and atmosphere—and when it comes to a night out on the town with friends, this city brings its A-game. Happy hours, bar menus, and shared plates coexist with gourmet tasting menus and award-winning wine lists for custom experiences to fit everyones expectations for a fun meal. But where are the smartest, savviest diners eating out? Welcome to the Tastemaker 20. We’ve pulled data from thousands of restaurants to find the top spots among OpenTable's most expert, seasoned diners. You’ll find everything from neighborhood gems to classic fine dining, airy bistros to modern Japanese—all vetted by the types of tastemakers who know the best spots around the city. Impress your friends and score a table; we wish we could join you.

Restaurants:Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Hide Above, Hide Ground
Price Range:££ - ££££
Cuisines:Británica
Neighborhoods:Knightsbridge, Mayfair
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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

££££·Británica·
Knightsbridge
7,904 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para aniversarios
  • Romántico
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a two-Michelin-star restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, presents menus devised around the concept of Britain’s long culinary history. Noted Read more
89% recommended
Británica in Sudoeste de Londres

Hide Above

££££·Británica·
Mayfair
371 reviews
  • Menú degustación
  • Ocasión especial
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
Hide Above occupies the top floor of a spacious three-story venue in Mayfair that stuns with its nature-inspired décor—especially the swirling central staircase with its gleaming wRead more
91% recommended
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Hide Ground

££££·Británica·
Mayfair
486 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Cocina creativa
  • Ideal para una cita
Hide Ground presents a more casual, all-day version of the Hide Above experience, describing the mid-level venue as “the hearth of the restaurant.” The food is just as exquisite asRead more
89% recommended
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Pollen Street Social

££££·Británica·
Mayfair
3,192 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
  • Cocina creativa
It should come as no surprise that Jason Atherton, the star chef behind a global empire, created one of London’s coolest restaurants as his flagship. The emphasis at this sophisticRead more
93% recommended
Británica in Extremo oeste de Londres
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Portland Restaurant

££££·Británica·
Marylebone
929 reviews
  • Menú degustación
  • Cocina creativa
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
London’s restaurant critics can’t seem to get over the lack of pretentiousness at Portland—the comparison of its dining room’s understated decor to a cafeteria often comes up in reRead more
97% recommended
Británica in Londres

Social Eating House

££££·Europea contemporánea·
Soho
2,034 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
British-born celebrity chef Jason Atherton, one of Gordon Ramsay’s most successful proteges, opened Social Eating House in 2013, and it won a Michelin star just six months later. CRead more
Europea contemporánea in Extremo oeste de Londres

Angler - London

££££·Pescados y Mariscos·
Liverpool Street
1,026 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Romántico
It’s arguably the most fun to dine at Angler, a Michelin star-winning fish and seafood restaurant atop the City’s South Place Hotel, on a sunny summer day when the rooftop terrace Read more
94% recommended
Pescados y Mariscos in Londres

Kai

££££·China·
Mayfair
1,193 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para aniversarios
  • Cocina creativa
Kai, a plush and sophisticated two-story restaurant in Mayfair, has since their 1993 opening consistently ranked among the best restaurants in London and top Chinese restaurants inRead more
China in Londres
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som saa

££££·Tailandesa·
Shoreditch
388 reviews
  • Ideal para la comida
  • Auténtico
  • Picante
Before som saa transformed a former fabric warehouse in Spitalfields into a trendy and spacious restaurant specializing in elevated regional Thai cuisine, it was a tremendously sucRead more
100% recommended
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Galvin at Windows

££££·Francesa·
Mayfair
7,690 reviews
  • Vista panorámica
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para una cita
With its unmatched location on the top floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane, Galvin at Windows boasts incredible views across Hyde Park and the rooftops of Mayfair. If you neverRead more
91% recommended
Vista panorámica in Extremo oeste de Londres

NOPI

££££·Mediterránea·
Soho
6,013 reviews
  • Cocina creativa
  • Buenas opciones vegetarianas
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
Yotam Ottolenghi made his name with a very successful string of London delis before opening Nopi in 2011. Here in Soho, the chef’s signature bold, fresh Israeli and Mediterranean fRead more
93% recommended
Mediterránea in Londres
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Blacklock Soho

££££·cortes de carne·
Soho
2,195 reviews
  • Almuerzo del domingo
  • Casual
  • Comida reconfortante
The original Blacklock restaurant in Soho (it later gained sister venues in the City and Shoreditch) famously occupies the basement of a former brothel a stone’s throw from PiccadiRead more
97% recommended
cortes de carne in Londres
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Hakkasan Hanway Place

££££·China·
Fitzrovia
5,465 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Romántico
This is the original Hakkasan that launched a global empire, the place that perfected modern Cantonese dishes, dim sum, and creative cocktails amid a chic and glamour-tinged settinRead more
81% recommended
China in Extremo oeste de Londres

Sake no Hana

££££·Japonesa·
Mayfair
5,594 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Menú degustación
Sake no Hana brings authentic but modern Japanese fine dining to Mayfair, where its stunning light-filled dining room inspired by a cypress forest feels a world away from London. ERead more
83% recommended

Yauatcha Soho

££££·China·
Soho
5,599 reviews
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Ocasión especial
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
Yauatcha, an all-day dim sum restaurant in Soho boasting a Michelin star, takes inspiration from a traditional Taipai tea house, yet the vibe of this basement venue is modern, trenRead more
Más Reservados in Londres

Chez Bruce

££££·Europea moderna·
Wandsworth
3,623 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para aniversarios
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
Chez Bruce opened in 1995, which in London’s fickle fine-dining scene makes them a veritable grandfather, one who still has his wits about him and can show the youngsters a thing oRead more
97% recommended
Europea moderna in Londres
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COYA Mayfair

££££·Peruana·
Mayfair
1,491 reviews
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Ocasión especial
  • Cocina creativa
Is COYA Mayfair the only Incan-Peruvian fine-dining restaurant in London? Actually, no. But they're certainly the best in a new genre of their own making, the result of chef SanjayRead more
88% recommended
Hallazgo para Altas Horas de la Noche in Londres
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Bistrotheque

££££·Francesa·
Bethnal Green
2,376 reviews
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Ideal para el brunch
  • Ideal para cumpleaños
In an airy, spacious converted warehouse painted stark white throughout, Bistrotheque attracts a fashionable crowd who dine on a mixture of classic cuisine and contemporary creatioRead more
91% recommended
Ideal para el brunch in Londres
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Park Chinois

££££·China·
Mayfair
582 reviews
  • Ocasión especial
  • Ideal para una cita
  • Romántico
Covering two floors in the heart of Mayfair, Park Chinois comprises the glitzy Club Chinois downstairs and the main dining room, Salon de Chine, and bar upstairs, both taking theirRead more
86% recommended
Punto de atracción in Londres
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St. John

££££·Británica·
Farringdon
2,588 reviews
  • Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía
  • Auténtico
  • Ingredientes locales
Upon the opening of the original St. John in 1994, the restaurant taking over a former bacon-smoking house in Smithfield, head chef Fergus Henderson launched an entire movement as Read more
93% recommended
Apto para los apasionados de la gastronomía in Ciudad de Londres
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