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Michelin-starred restaurants in London

All 58 London restaurants awarded a shining Michelin star, from long-standing institutions to newer places gaining a star in 2022

The yearly unveiling of the Michelin Guide's 'Bully U.k. and Ireland' edition is e'er big news in the food-nerd world. For very good reason, too – London'southward ane of the top-ranked cities in the world for fine dining. And information technology'due south got plenty of those coveted stars.

While Michelin's expertise on expensive, upmarket restaurants is well known, the Michelin Guide has likewise been criticised for its lack of relevance to ordinary diners. Conspicuous by their absence are London'southward more affordable places to eat.

The 2022 listing saw restaurants led pastIré Hassan-Odukale andJeremy Chan at Ikoyi and The Clove Gild, only no new full three stars.

The canny eater, information technology should be said, should consider aiming at the board's Bib Gourmand list – a kind of 'highly commended' circular-upwards that doesn't require the formal fripperies of the star system. Really, it's where the well-nigh exciting stuff lies – newcomers on the list this year include Time Out faves Evelyn's Table and Trivet, and plenty more places that likewise appear in our meticulously compiled list of the best restaurants in London.

Nevertheless, if you're feeling flush, read on to find all London restaurants with a Michelin star (or three).

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London restaurants with one Michelin star

Amaya

Specialising in stylish pan-Indian tapas, sleek, clubby Amaya struts its stuff for well-heeled Belgravia professionals with inquisitive palates and deep pockets. Inquire for a table past the theatrical open kitchen, where you can watch the chefs manning their battery of tandoors, tawa skillets and sigri grills. Service is as shine as Indian silk, and the sexy cocktail bar hots upwards as the evening wears on.

Angler

Michelin-starred seafood cookery is the lure at this swanky City eatery on the seventh floor of the South Place Hotel. The food'south ultra-mod, technically excellent and impeccably crafted – a perfect fit for the dining room's sophisticated vibe and gleaming monochrome interiors. Information technology'due south not the most daring restaurant in town, only the combination of consistent cooking and ultra-polished service is bang-on for the Metropolis's expense-account crowd.

A. Wong

London's only ii Michelin star Chinese eatery led by chef owner Andrew Wong has been changing the game with his innovative Chinese plates that looks similar works of art. The Pimlico-based restaurant pays homage to Prc's 2000 years of culinary history and aims to showcase diverse regional dishes.

Barrafina

The motility from Frith Street to its current home aslope the Hart Brothers' Quo Vadis hasn't dented Barrafina's allure – or shortened the seemingly endless queues outside this no-bookings star of London'southward tapas scene. Fans nonetheless clamour for perches at the L-shaped marble counter, while the chefs keep to dole out dazzlers such equally oozing tortillas and milk-fed lamb sweetbreads to go with picks from a knockout Castilian wine list. It's also go ane of the stars of Soho'southward outdoor dining scene.

Backside

Bravo to the team at the London Fields newcomer for pulling out all the stops in a difficult launch yr. It's an 18-seater chef'south table experience, with a tasting menu from Andy Beynon – a former evolution chef for Jason Atherton – focusing on sustainable seafood. And its improver to the 2021 guide after such a curt stint of service comes as the biggest surprise on the whole listing.

Benares

A longstanding favourite for Indian fine dining, Benares sacked chef-patron Atul Kochhar in 2018 (over anti-Islamic tweets directed at the actress Priyanka Chopra). As a result of the disgraced chef'south difference, the eating house saw its star rating removed. Now it'due south dorsum to one-star glory with chef Sameer Taneja on the pans. The kitchen produces modernistic cooking in the haute-cuisine league beyond its à la menu and half dozen-course tasting carte du jour – all of which packages up pretty nicely in its Benares at Home concept, besides.

Brat

We think the first solo venture from Welsh whizz-child Tomos Parry (tardily of Kitty Fisher's) is brilliant; service is switched-on, you feel similar y'all're correct there in the kitchen, and the food is full-frontal, no-frills stuff from the wood-fired grill – including a show-stopping dish of turbot (aka 'brat') cooked Basque-manner in an atomic number 26 cage. Small plates and wines past the drinking glass add to the all-circular fun. Nosotros like Deviling even more than for dreaming upward the best outdoor dining spot imaginable over in Climpson's Arch – which is going permanent.

Casa Fofò

A tasting menu for £39? Yes please. And not a starched tablecloth in sight. Instead, it'southward a place serving a cut-border line-up of vii modest courses, plus freebies (bread, petits fours). All in a single Hackney dining room. D ishes are the surprisingly, relentlessly aggressive kind, with the kitchen led by ex-Pidgin head chef Adolfo de Cecco. Quite simply, o ne of the best-value tasting-menus in town.

City Social

Promising low-key glamour in high-rise environs (the twenty-fourth floor of Tower 42, to be precise), City Social is ane of super-chef Jason Atherton's more bourgeois ventures – a go-to for City suits wanting to impress or let off steam. The gorgeous, sexy space comes with all-enveloping wraparound views and the cooking is all about precision-tuned gimmicky flavours – from pretty-pretty salads to slabs of bulky protein.

Chez Bruce

Like a well-cut jacket, Chez Bruce may not be especially original, only information technology's reliable and i of Wandsworth's prime neighbourhood assets to boot. The wait is a study in archetype (if slightly dated) eating place decor merely the cooking is timeless, led decisively past the Franco/European school without much deference to culinary fads. Wait big-boned muscular flavours supported by one of the finest wine lists in the upper-case letter.

The Clove Society [NEW FOR 2022]

Everything nearly the Clove Social club screams 'await at me': from the austere dining room and blueish-tiled kitchen within Shoreditch'due south Old Boondocks Hall to the intentionally avant-garde cooking and the tasting carte – it's a masterpiece of contemporary aspirations in nine courses. At present, with ii stars under its chugalug, the east London powerhouse is gear up to skyrocket into the stratosphere. It's British withal esoteric, accessible yet obscure, and information technology delivers admittedly ravishing flavours. Hot tip: the corner bar is a destination in its own right, complete with creative cocktails and a bespoke small-plates carte du jour.

Club Gascon

Duck, foie gras and the flavours of main man Pascal Aussignac's native Gascony point upward this serene Michelin-starred homage to French regional cuisine – although at that place'southward likewise a lighter side to the cooking these days with veggie ('garden') plates now sitting alongside their heftier meat-based bedfellows. Cosy upwards amid the heavy wooden screens and marble-clad panels with a canteen from the stonking Provence-inspired wine list.

Cornerstone

This big, ruggedly handsome restaurant turns out dishes – with a special emphasis on seafood – that are meticulous and restrained. When you consider who's backside all this, it's no surprise. Chef-possessor Tom Brownish is Cornish and trained under the acclaimed Nathan Outlaw (a Cornish seafood maestro). This is quiet finesse, in a genuinely buzzy, attractive space, and wherever you sit, you'll experience like part of the action.

The Dysart Petersham

Located between Petersham Nurseries and the Petersham Hotel in the verdant expanses of Richmond Park, this ornate-looking former pub is now the culinary domain of former Roux Scholar Kenneth Culharne – a chef who cares nearly provenance. Seasonal ingredients, rare-breed meats, heritage vegetables and sustainable fish are the building blocks for a roster of high-cease contemporary dishes with the odd Japanese nuance.

Elystan Street

You know the score: meticulously presented high-end food served in warm low-lit surrounds with a suitably hefty price tag. However, the fact that Elystan Street is fronted by Phil Howard (ex-The Square) may persuade y'all to requite this sleek Chelsea rendezvous a become. In return, you'll be rewarded with a roster of immaculately crafted, Euro-accented dishes backed by large-ticket wines.

Endo at the Rotunda

Sushi fans: gather round. Endo is not like any other omakase eating place (omakase existence the 'chef'due south pick': like a tasting menu, but more personal). At least, non like one yous'll discover in this urban center. Endo Kazutoshi is a third-generation 'sushi master', who introduces most of the dishes – all of which are dazzling.

Evelyn's Tabular array [NEW FOR 2022]

The intimate 12 seater chef's counter, led past head chef Luke Selby and his 2 brothers, Nat and Theo, serves a monthly-changing seasonal set bill of fare that's sure to blow your socks off. Hidden away in the basement of The Blue Posts pub in Chinatown, this small but mighty identify is not to exist missed.

The Five Fields

A bijou Chelsea spot and a showcase for chef-proprietor Taylor Bonnyman'southward gloriously fresh flavoured food – much of information technology from British growers, fishermen and his own gardens in E Sussex (his gardener used to work for Raymond Blanc). Intriguing flavour combos such as 'sea and world' just beg to exist tried, and desserts include some wonderfully playful sweet/savoury riffs. Y'all'll want to try the cocktails and global wines besides.

Frog by Adam Treatment [NEW FOR 2022]

Celeb chef Adam Treatment's flagship eatery in Covent Garden showcases seasonal dishes in a stripped-back, stylish dining room. Choose from five or viii course tasting menu that offers flavour, theatrics and inventive plates. The guide described Treatment's food as 'carefully crafted, centre-catching dishes with a rather uplifting experience.'

Galvin La Chapelle

Brother Jeff's patch of the Galvin siblings' empire, La Chapelle, is an monumental architectural behemoth with ecclesiastical overtones and a menu of impressively rendered modernistic French cuisine. Service is as shine equally béarnaise, with staff on hand to suggest champagne aperitifs, point out the menu'due south signature dishes (lasagne of Dorset crab sounds also good to refuse) and advise which bottle of Hermitage La Chapelle to choose.

The Glasshouse

Less botanically minded than its Kew accost might propose, The Glasshouse is formal merely neighbourly with pristine staff touring the neutral dining room and the kitchen delivering its accept on gutsy Euro-themed cuisine with impressive aplomb. The Michelin-starred card and serious wine list are reminders that this west London hotspot is related to Chez Bruce and La Trompette – both stars in their own right.

The Goring Dining Room

Gaze around the Goring Hotel's costly dining room every bit bow-tied waiters glide serenely by and imagine yous're back in the Edwardian era – mobile phones are most unwelcome here. The decor has been updated while preserving the refinement and understated luxury of the vintage interior – although the food is annihilation only stuffy, with highly sophisticated interpretations of British classics outshining more than outré ideas.

Gymkhana

Gallop to Mayfair for this hot-ticket offer from Karam Sethi and co (of Trishna, Hoppers and Bubbledogs fame). Done out like some woods-panelled Indian colonial club (without the strict apparel code), Gymkhana lays on a splendid spread of lunch treats, superlative game dishes and retreads of old regional favourites, while bar staff cycle out Indian punches in sealed medicine bottles for pouring into silver goblets. For lockdown times, y'all tin enjoy its Gymkhana at Home commitment service.

Harwood Arms

Is it a pub? Is it a restaurant? In truth, this upmarket Fulham boozer is a bit of both – although with a serious wine listing and a Michelin star to its name, we know where its priorities lie. Seasonal bags of furred and feathered game receive special attending, whether y'all're noshing in the chunkily furnished dining room or boozing and snacking at the bar.

Hide

Part of a hugely ambitious 3-storey project off Piccadilly, Ollie Dabbous's latest gaff is on a dissimilar calibration to his bijou self-named Fitzrovia debut. 'Beneath' is the bar, 'Higher up' is the restaurant where the immature chef serves upward a signature tasting menu – 8 dazzling courses bursting with excitement for the tastebuds and visual mischief. To beverage? Consult the leather-bound iPad for access to some half dozen,000 bottles courtesy of Dabbous'south backers, Hedonism Wines.

Ikoyi [NEW FOR 2022]

'Assuming rut and umami' are the twin lures at Ikoyi, a hip footling terracotta-walled articulation specialising in Nigerian 'jollof' cuisine – although the kitchen uses this every bit a jumping-off indicate for cooking that transforms West African food into boundary-pushing hyper gastronomy. Ikoyi dishes up something truly new for London'southward ever-curious diners.

Jamavar [NEW FOR 2022]

Loftier-end Indian eatery Jamavar London regains its Michelin status. F

ounder Samyukta Nair and culinary director Surender Mohanhas have been raising the bar in

pan-Indian flavours. Expect

dishes from both the Royal kitchens of northern India and the coastal cuisine from the southern states such as chiliad id goat shami kebab, Telicherry pepper and garlic soft trounce crab and Malai stone bass tikka.

Kai Mayfair

For more 20 years, Malaysian-born Bernard Yeoh and his team have been teasing Londoners with their 'liberated' have on Chinese cuisine in an exotic Mayfair dining room that exudes confidence. The kitchen shows its inventive streak from the off and the momentum never dips, while all-around staff also get our vote. This being Mayfair, Kai'south culinary liberation manifestly comes at a high price.

Kitchen W8

For more than 20 years, Malaysian-born Bernard Yeoh and his team accept been teasing Londoners with their 'liberated' take on Chinese cuisine in an exotic Mayfair dining room that exudes confidence. The kitchen shows its inventive streak from the off and the momentum never dips, while accommodating staff also get our vote. This being Mayfair, Kai's culinary liberation plainly comes at a loftier price.

Kol [NEW FOR 2022]

The seasonal high-cease Mexican restaurant led by nomadic ex-Noma and Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra is fine-dining done slick and span. The menu is all about Mexican dishes with the finest British ingredients. Think: lobster and smoked chilli tacos and whole grilled ocotpus with bone marrow.

Leroy

Ellory is dead, long live Leroy. It's the aforementioned team, and (almost) the aforementioned proper noun every bit before, but this EC2 reboot of the short-lived Hackney star is miles ameliorate than the original – mainly because the whole bundle is much more relaxed. The new site was originally a wine bar and the ethos of pairing Euro-style small plates with glasses of vino lives on. Hugely welcoming staff really know their stuff.

Locanda Locatelli

I of London's nearly highly regarded Italian chefs, Giorgio Locatelli presides over this glamorous, well-clean-cut destination, allowing the dining room'due south suave interiors to soothe his well-heeled clientele while his kitchen doles out food that deserves to be relished as well equally admired. Superb hand-crafted pasta is the acme shout, just everything screams quality. Wines offer a positively educational survey of Italian republic's regions.

Lyle's

Dinner at Lyle's is a leisurely affair, so boot back, accept in the understated interiors and chat to the sweet staff before getting stuck into some palate-dazzling nutrient from one of the almost talented cooks in town. Formerly part of the 'Young Turks Collective', chef James Lowe regularly hits his mark when it comes to fine-tuned new-breed British cuisine. In that location'due south no table-turning (hooray!), so stay as long as you similar.

Mãos

Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes (of Chiltern Firehouse fame) has teamed upwards with James Brown (from the Hostem fashion brand) to create Mãos – an intimate supperclub-style eatery within the Blue Mountain School. Sixteen guests are invited to dine around a communal tabular array, while the kitchen serves upward a startlingly inventive, no-option tasting bill of fare of progressive Portuguese/Japanese cuisine loaded with umami – it's like a loftier-terminate dinner political party, but with a £150 price tag per head (before drinks).

Marcus

Marcus Wareing'south grandiose highborn dining room within the renovated Berkeley Hotel now trades as Marcus – a richly panelled, claret-toned Belgravia cocoon where the Anglo-French food is fashioned with surgical precision and sommeliers wheel trollies of champagne on water ice while advising on a mighty global vino list that rises to all occasions. If you think £50 for three courses (without vino) is a proficient deal, go at lunchtime.

Murano

We happen to recall that Angela Hartnett'southward flagship is Mayfair's least stuffy fine-dining restaurant. Yes, at that place are beautifully dressed tables and carpets so thick you'd slip out of your shoes if only they were Manolo Blahniks, but the focus is resolutely on the practiced times: cue generous portions of big-flavoured Italian dishes, ferried by grinning, down-to-earth staff. (Psst: the set luncheon is a steal.)

Muse

Tom Aikens opened Muse at the showtime of 2020 at a fourth dimension when annihilation felt possible. Despite the trials and tribulations, Muse still fabricated it on to this 2021 list. The 25-cover eating house takes over a Georgian townhouse and serves dishes based on stories from Aikens's own life experiences (aye, really). If he'd had to draw on inspiration from just 2020, dishes could have included deconstructed banana bread, we estimate.

The Ninth

Large-proper noun chef Jun Tanaka has been around for years, and this chic, contemporary venue in Fitzrovia is the 9th eating place he has been involved in (geddit?). Although small plates with a French slant are the focus, the cooking doesn't really lend itself to sharing-is-caring – nonetheless, Tanaka is a genius when it comes to pointing upwardly flavours, creating harmonious marriages and making ingredients sing.

Pétrus

A womb-like room enveloped in shades of pearlescent pink and dusky greys, this Belgravia outpost of Gordon Ramsay's empire is famed for its centrepiece round wine store holding vintages of titular Château Pétrus and much more besides. The food is all about indulgence and luxury ingredients, although the Ramsay connection draws those on a salaryman's salary too – in other words, it's possible to dine hither affordably.

Pied à Terre

A bijou Fitzrovia aristocrat, Pied à Terre trades on intimacy and purrs similar a pedigree Persian true cat. From sensational amuse-bouches onwards, the attention to item is mightily impressive every bit the kitchen sends out wave after moving ridge of stellar dishes that look a million dollars on the plate. Prices are pinnacle-cease, but superb-value set lunches make this the perfect setting for tête-à-têtes, business-related or otherwise.

Pollen Street Social

Midas-touch Jason Atherton'southward Michelin-starred Mayfair flagship promises about-perfect fine dining without over-egging the formality. British ingredients form the courage of a seasonal menu that picks up influences from Spain, Japan and elsewhere, while the setting speaks of smart, sleek and unfussy composure. Well-drilled staff are some of the most professional in the business, and the globetrotting wine listing is a real aspersion.

Portland

This cool, pared-back and thoroughly grown-up Fitzrovia gem serves upwards bold, powerful and surprising nutrient from its visible open kitchen. Diners congregate at bare Scandi-style tables for reasonably priced small plates and larger sharing dishes in the modern idiom – check the blackboard for the latest specials. Plow over the bill of fare and you'll find a list of 'textbook' and 'leftfield' wines, plus privately sourced single bottles.

Quilon

It may look more than like a bland business organisation lounge than a elevation-end Indian culinary destination, but if you lot absorb out the corporate hotel surrounds there's much to enjoy here. Michelin-starred Quilon specialises in serving exquisite regional seafood from the subcontinent's coastal southern provinces such as Kerala – although there's likewise plenty for meat-eaters and veggies also. A comfy refuelling indicate for residents and tourists.

River Café

Set dorsum from the Thames Path, the Michelin-starred River Café is a riverside icon in its ain right. Warm, buzzy and expensive (in a semi-coincidental way), it's dedicated to serving unfussy yet stunning Italian food based on artisan seasonal ingredients. Okay, the prices are painful, but portions are generous – then go for a summertime lunch, sit on the terrace, and live information technology big similar an A-lister.

The Ritz

Chef John Williams MBE has presided over the unimaginably opulent Ritz restaurant since 2004, serving precision-tuned dishes (old and new) to punters ensconced in the Louis 16-inspired dining room. Bated from the Michelin-starred nutrient and the glorious gilt, what you lot are buying here is a conservative formula, complete with coat-tailed politesse, cloches, a tinkling piano and the reassurance that all is unruffled in this privileged world.

Sabor

Tapas fans prepare to cheer loudly. After years every bit executive chef at Barrafina, Spanish queen bee Nieves Barragán Mohacho is now presiding over her start solo gaff – a highly distinctive set up-upward spread over two floors (small-plate counter fun downstairs, regional wood-fired feasting upstairs). The nutrient's all-round flawless with a noticeable rustic edge: don't swerve the plumped-upwardly, just-runny salt-cod tortilla – information technology's sheer eggy bliss.

Sola

This Californian eatery sits on the former site of Rambla and comes from the very same chef, Victor Garvey. The name? It comes from 'Soho via LA', apparently (?). That translates to dishes similar flambé native lobster and burnt figs with toasted buckwheat water ice cream. And a very nifty delivery service – Sola at Home.

Sollip [NEW FOR 2022]

Chef owners Woongchul Park and Bomee Ki have been praised for combining their Korean heritage with French techniques.Buckle upwardly for seasonal tasting menus like no other featuring sophisticated and innovative fusion of cuisines in a tranquil and calm space.

St. John

The original 'nose-to-tail' pioneer and a Michelin-starred eating place for those who run from the very idea, St John is a defiantly coincidental, bare-bones kind of place with come-as-y'all-please decor and famously total-on cooking. Born-over again British dishes are given a sophisticated spin that often belies their humble origins – we all know about that bone marrow and parsley salad. Powerful stuff, with French(!) wines providing unpatriotic support.

Seven Park Place by William Drabble

The strikingly patterned wallpaper, patterned carpets and patterned seating might set your eyeballs spinning but sobriety reigns at this standalone eatery within the palatial surrounds of the St James'southward Hotel & Guild. At that place'south a French slant to William Drabble's menu, although the kitchen is bolstered by supplies from superlative British producers. It's all very swish and fancy, with wines listed in a hefty forty-page book.

Trinity

Balancing smart decor and grin service with exemplary wines and cutting-edge Michelin-starred cooking, Trinity is king of the hill in Clapham – a restaurant that gets the swish/casual residuum just right when it comes to creating a neighbourhood vibe. Chef-patron Adam Byatt knows how to put on a testify without showboating his talents or puffing up his food. A dead-cert for special occasions and celebratory splurges.

Trivet [NEW FOR 2022]

It'southward a double whammy for the Bermondsey-based Trivet scooping up a shiny new Michelin-star and the
guide'south prestigious best sommelier honor. Ex-Fat Duck duo sommelier Isa Bal and caput chef Jonny Lake, have been making waves since 2019 for its fuss-free, assured cooking in a elementary and warm setting. Go before it gets too booked upwardly.

Trishna

They now have a string of hits to their proper noun (think Gymkhana, Hoppers and Bao for starters), but this is where it all began for the all-conquering Sethi siblings. The setting is smart and quietly bourgeois, while the kitchen thrills punters with its interpretations of Indian regional cuisine – especially seafood from the s. And the thrills proceed with Sunaina Sethi'due south globetrotting wine list.

La Trompette

Chiswick'southward favourite 'posh' neighbourhood restaurant just keeps trundling on: the tables are still decked with starched white tablecloths and gleaming glassware, service is impeccably polished and the diners tend to exist plummy-voiced locals with cash to splash. The revamped interior may have lost some of its original intimacy, but the cooking is as swish as always – so likewise, the magnificent wine list.

Umu

It's all virtually attention to detail at Yoshinori Ishii's Japanese enclave, from the futuristic entrance to the chef'southward handcrafted tableware and the procession of surgically precise, extraordinarily delicate dishes emanating from the kitchen. If you're celebrating, become for the total-forcefulness multi-course tasting carte du jour highlighting the intricacies of Kyoto kaiseki cuisine. Be warned: prices will slice through your wallet every bit mercilessly as a samurai sword.

Veeraswamy

Proof that good things come to those who wait, the venerable Veeraswamy finally bagged a Michelin gong 90 years after opening in 1926. If you're expecting staid, withal, think over again: quondam Veera styles it out like Iris Apfel, with exotic colours, tinted lamps and turbans, non to mention some meridian-finish, perfectly spiced food: we head directly for the signature dishes. The simply thing that jars here is the cost.

Wild Honey St James [NEW FOR 2022]

The recently revamped Wild Honey at the Sofitel London St. James is where all Londoners should immediately swarm to. Chef Anthony Demetre offers the finest seasonal British produce using contemporary French techniques. The best thing? It's all near flavours, not frippery in glamous and intimate setting.

London restaurants with 2 Michelin stars

A Wong [UPGRADED FOR 2021]

Forget golden dragons, book-length menus and stir-chips by numbers, Andrew Wong's large-hit just pared-back Pimlico Chinese is a singular affair offering elevated cuisine at everyday prices. Preserved duck egg with marinated tofu, chilli and soy is typical, as is poached razor clam with sea cucumber, vinegar tapioca and current of air-dried sausage. Take a trip round Red china with the spectacular tasting menu or merely park up at the bar-counter and crumb away at your leisure. Andrew Wong had to close Kym's eating house in 2020, then it's good to see this eatery survive and thrive.

La Dame de Moving picture London

The fact that the first Britain restaurant from French mega-chef Anne-Sophie Moving-picture show is located in the City outpost of the Four Seasons hotel chain should tell you everything you lot need to know about this overtly ostentatious and eye-wateringly expensive venue. That said, the nutrient is dazzlingly expert, meticulously detailed and chock-full of powerful, unexpected flavours from France and the whole wide globe.

Claude Bosi at Bibendum

A bona fide London institution with a fine-dining powerhouse at the helm, Bibendum remains London'south nattiest and most heart-warmingly pleasurable dining room – although über-chef Claude Bosi (of Hibiscus fame) is putting his own dizzyingly technical and dazzlingly creative stamp on proceedings. Prices are unnervingly high, just the nutrient is overwhelmingly first-class – then go on, blow the budget and prepare to be blown away.

Da Terra [UPGRADED FOR 2021]

The latest occupant of a dining space that has also been home to Viajante and The Typing Room, Da Terra is fronted past the dream team of Paulo Airaudo (chef/possessor of San Sebastian's Michelin-starred Amelia) and his able sidekick Rafael Cagali. The setting is a compelling mix of informal elegance, courtesy and good taste, while the kitchen delivers precise, unimpeachable only playful Latin-inspired food with Italian undertones.

Dinner past Heston Blumenthal

While Heston B's flagship Fat Duck in Bray celebrates futuristic flamboyance and childhood nostalgia, Dinner plunders the annals of British food history for a catalogue of date-stamped reboots cooked with flair and precision by protégé Ashley-Palmer Watts and his team. Anyone for salmagundi, powdered duck, meat fruit or tipsy cake? No wonder this dining room within the luxe Mandarin Oriental hotel is a favourite with heritage-hungry tourists.

Le Gavroche

Unapologetically old school, this eating house colossus remains the become-to choice for wealthy diners craving the glories of 'haute cuisine ancienne'. Founded past the tardily Albert Roux and Michel Roux in 1967, and still in the family, information technology offers gracious service, fabulous nutrient and imperious wines in the cocooned surrounds of a windowless basement room. Prices are sky-high, of class, although the all-inclusive business dejeuner (£74) is still i of Mayfair's high-stop bargains. Its founders sadly passed abroad in 2021 and 2020 respectively, but Michel Roux Jr is continuing the family unit legacy.

Kitchen Table

A semi-undercover space squeezed in at the back of Bubbledogs, the U-shaped Kitchen Table allows up to 20 punters to perch at stools while getting their kicks from James Knappett's 12-class tasting menus. The 24-hour interval's blackboard gives few clues autonomously from single-discussion pointers such as 'oysters', 'chicken' and 'potato', but the chefs explain everything and the results are off the calibration for invention and flavor. In 2020, its owners made the tough decision to close Bubbledogs, so that Kitchen Table could continue under social distancing.

Restaurant Story [UPGRADED FOR 2021]

Don't wait to be given a menu at this seat of modernist cuisine. Instead, tattooed chef Tom Sellers wheels out a cavalcade of playfully creative plates – an advertising hoc selection of thoughtfully matched tasting dishes served in an open-programme Scandi-mode dining room with sculpted birdlike figures and large windows looking out on the street. Of form, the fun ends when the seriously weighty neb arrives.

London restaurants with three Michelin stars

Sketch Lecture Room & Library

The crowning glory of sketch's theatrical pleasure palace, the Lecture Room & Library delivers unadulterated opulence and OTT indulgence in spades. Flooded with light from a drinking glass ceiling dome, and governed by immaculately tailored staff, it promises fantastical food sans frontières – all deftly presented as a procession of pretty, witty and gay mini-banquets. Just make sure your banking concern remainder is primed for such unrelenting complication.

Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester

Information technology sounds like the ultimate posh-dosh dream-ticket: a jet-setting superstar chef with 3 Michelin stars overseeing a restaurant in a legendary Park Lane hotel. Alain Ducasse's Dorchester enclave may accept many loyal fans, but it'south also rich and also restrained for our palates. Prices accept no prisoners in this reverential French gastro-temple, although the iii-grade 'lunch 60 minutes' card is a steal in such privileged, rarefied surrounds.

Core by Clare Smyth [UPGRADED FOR 2021]

Clare Smyth is no stranger here. She was the first female chef to pocketbook 3 Michelin stars in the UK when at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. But how sweet it is to see her back at these lofty heights since going information technology alone. Core in Notting Colina is elegant, vibrant, not pompous, and great fun too. The food is special with immense technical brio but also a playful streak that makes it all very attainable.

Gordon Ramsay

Of course, Mr 'Hell's Kitchen' doesn't melt hither these days and his former chef-patron Clare Smyth is now wowing 'em at Cadre, but Gordon Ramsay's beloved Chelsea flagship remains the absolute pinnacle of sophisticated fine dining in the capital letter. The vibe is never too starchy, legendary maître d' Jean-Claude Breton is a master orchestrator, and the intelligently inventive nutrient is guaranteed to blow your socks off.

Hélène Darroze at the Connaught [UPGRADED FOR 2021]

Given an elegant and artful facelift in 2019, the Connaught's flagship dining room now has a assuming contemporary edge – all curved lines, blush shades and bare wooden tabletops. This being three-Michelin-star dining, your Primarni handbag volition be rested reverently on an upholstered footstool past solicitous staff (awks), and the size of the delicacy-laden dishes will be inversely proportional to the enormity of the neb. It'south all very French, very refined and very memorable.

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