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Must-Visit Restaurants
Top 50 Must-Visit Restaurants in London [2025]
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Aqua Shard
4.3
/5
81 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 258.00
2.7 km from downtown
Address: 31 St. Thomas Street Level 31 The Shard, London SE1 9RY England
Highlights:
The Shard, 31st Floor: Spectacular London night views from window seats
108 positive reviews
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The 31st floor of the Shard is a British-style western restaurant that mainly uses local British food as ingredients. You can go there for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, afternoon tea, or have a drink at the Bar in the restaurant. The dishes are all made from fresh local British ingredients, and the seasoning has been carefully improved. The appearance is very delicate and pleasing to the eye. The restaurant now accepts reservations for dinner and afternoon tea. If you go to the Bar, you don’t need to make a reservation. You can check the official website for the specific menu. In addition to Aqua Shard, The Shard also has the teppanyaki restaurant Oblix and a Chinese restaurant called Hutong, as well as two restaurants and bars of the Shangri-La Hotel in the building. For a detailed introduction, you can see "Recommended Restaurants and Bars in the Shard".
This restaurant called Aqua Shard is a seafood restaurant near the subway station. The view from this restaurant is super good, and you can even see the panoramic view of the London Eye.
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DUCK & WAFFLE LONDON
4.1
/5
49 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 107.00
Bank | 3.2 km from downtown
Address: 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY, United Kingdom
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Full English breakfast (324 recommendations) | 40th-floor London night views
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Duck & Waffle｜The signature waffle named after the shop. The French confit duck leg is a masterpiece! The skin is crispy while retaining the duck meat's oiliness and not dryness. Paired with a runny duck egg and honey oil mustard sauce. Every bite makes my heart throb.
Duck Benedict｜I love everything about duck meat! In fact, this waffle is not inferior to the signature one. And the taste is richer. Poke the golden runny duck egg and let the egg liquid soak into the minced duck meat and the fluffy and crispy waffle at the bottom. Then dip it in the surrounding Hollandaise sauce and Sriracha chili sauce. The bold combination of creativity makes people shine~
Sweet Waffle｜The sweet waffle chooses a combination of blood orange and vanilla ice cream. The unique sweetness of blood orange makes the overall taste not too burdensome. Looking at the current menu, this dish should be removed due to different seasonal fruits. But there are other fruit combinations that are worth trying.
Greek Yogurt｜Greek yogurt with crispy granola, pine nuts and raisins. Then drizzle with date syrup. The taste is impeccable, but a small bowl is not enough to satisfy you. The price-performance ratio is not high.
The food, in general, was quite nice, though I was expecting it to be better than it was. There were only two bartenders making drinks who (as far as I am aware) catered not only for the bar area itself, but the entire restaurant as well. Unfortunately, this meant that the drinks took considerably long to arrive. I hate to say but the service was not good at all. The waiters are inattentive and forgetful. I patiently waited around 20 minutes to pay the bill. They also whack on a discretionary service charge which I do not quite think they have earnt. Nevertheless, the view was absolutely stunning at sunset, in particular, as the night sky started to draw over the city. Overall, I would say that you pay for the view (which does a make a trip to this restaurant worth it), but manage your expectations with regard to everything else.
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Hutong
4.6
/5
25 reviews
From AU$ 258.00
Bank | 3.2 km from downtown
Address: Level 33 The Shard, 31 St. Thomas Street SE1 5
Highlights:
Views of the Thames and London Bridge, classic Chinese style decor
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Hutong Peking Duck
The seafood in the red oil wonton is very chewy and fresh, and the juice is mixed with the spicy red oil, the sour vinegar and the fragrance of fried garlic. It is wonderful to eat it in one bite.
The garlic pork is quite standard, but it is worth praising that each piece of meat is served with a slice of cucumber, which is very refreshing and not greasy.
The lobster dumplings are very juicy and taste very good. The only drawback is that there is no special vinegar for the dumplings, just ordinary vinegar (we asked the waiter for it).
The shredded radish crisps are really crispy, and they will break if you don’t pick them up well with chopsticks. The shredded radish is also very flavorful, but it’s a bit greasy to eat two.
Roast duck is the signature dish here. I can’t say whether it is authentic or not. After all, the last time I ate roast duck was probably more than ten years ago at Quanjude. But this roast duck is really delicious, with crispy skin, a layer of fat, and firm meat. It’s very good to eat alone or with the skin rolled up! Roast duck is not sliced clean, so the parts without crispy skin will be used as the second dish, diced duck meat and diced green beans, served with lettuce, very refreshing.
Now I understand that the essence of dry-fried green beans is to add some minced meat. This is also a signature dish. I have always liked dry-fried green beans, but it is a little salty.
It is said to be the most authentic, busiest and tallest Chinese restaurant in London - Hutong Chinese Restaurant. Enjoy lunch at the Shard, which is also the highest floor in London. You can view the entire London city. By the way, you can pass by the Horse View of St. Thomas Street Market in London. flower!
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THE RITZ RESTAURANT
Diamond
4.9
/5
10 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 376.00
St James | 1.2 km from downtown
Address: 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR England
No.14 of Fine Dining in London
Highlights:
Celebrity chef's Western restaurant, a space of palatial splendor
Verified User Reviews
Sunday lunch at The Ritz was exceptional. First class service from charming staff, everything was perfect. The food was superb and in my opinion ranked alongside my favourite restaurant (The Waterside)
It is said that this is a restaurant run by a famous chef. The environment is very beautiful, very suitable for dating, and the dishes are exquisite and delicious.
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5
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Bacchanalia Mayfair
5.0
/5
2 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 229.00
Mayfair | 1.6 km from downtown
Address: 1-3 Mount St, London W1K 3NB
Featured in Fine Dining
Highlights:
Savor a Mediterranean feast in a restaurant with ancient Greek mythological sculptures.
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The decoration and atmosphere are excellent, and the service attitude is also very satisfactory
The most beautiful art restaurant in the UK🍴, you will feel the eye-opening and super spectacular decoration style as soon as you enter🔥Every corner is super suitable for punching📸
🍴Restaurant name: BACCHANALIA
📍Address: 1-3 Mount St, London W1K 3NA
🍽About the restaurant
🔹Mayfair's Bacchanalia restaurant opened grandly on December 1st. The fascinating interior space design is full of mysterious retro atmosphere, which is amazing.
🔹Whether it is charming mosaics, gorgeous marble statues, exquisite hand-painted murals, or creative ceiling depictions, from the dining table to every corner, every detail is ingenious, and you can even see classical people using modern technology equipment.
🔹The main restaurant displays five angel images created by artist Damien Hirst, including winged lions, unicorns, angels, and images of Medusa and Bacchus.
🔹This space is decorated with 79 2,000-year-old statues and three murals by Gary Myatt, with different rooms paying tribute to Greek gods.
🔹The restaurant features Mediterranean cuisine, the dishes are exquisite and delicious, and the staff is warm and friendly. Even the restaurant's restrooms are beautifully designed, and every corner is a great place to take photos and check in.
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6
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Scarfes Bar
5.0
/5
1 reviews
Bars/Bistros
From AU$ 76.00
Theatreland | 1.1 km from downtown
Address: Rosewood London, 252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN
No.3 of Bars in London
Highlights:
Personality-matched cocktails with flavors that hit home
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One of our favourite cocktail bars in London! The atmosphere is super classy but not over the top and the cocktails are creative and well made.
No.
7
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VU from The Tower
5.0
/5
1 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 105.00
3.6 km from downtown
Address: St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1LD, United Kingdom
Highlights:
Enjoy stunning views of the Thames, Tower Bridge, and the City of London
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We had a blast! Sweta was awesome, super friendly, helped with our allergies, and was happy to take photos for us.
The food was great, the drinks were great, and the view was amazing!
No.
8
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Madison
5.0
/5
1 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 97.00
2.8 km from downtown
Address: 1 New Change,St Pauls,The City,London EC4M 9AF,UK
Highlights:
Rooftop terrace offering spectacular views of the London skyline
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The view was great, the weekend brunch set menu was great, all the choices were lovely, especially the chicken and waffles and croquettes for starters which were very tasty and well seasoned. Good value for money.
No.
9
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Clos Maggiore
4.6
/5
52 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 162.00
Theatreland | 358m from downtown
Address: 33 King St, London WC2E 8JD, United Kingdom
Highlights:
Trending floral restaurant with an open fireplace and flower decor
73% positive reviews
Verified User Reviews
I ordered beef offal mixed with rice noodles, which was so fragrant. It should be added with a little shacha sauce, peanut butter or something like that. The freshly boiled beef offal was added immediately and then some spices were added and mixed. It was served immediately with a fragrant aroma.
Chicken Caesar salad, super large portion, the chicken has a bit of smoky flavor, very chewy ~ A healthy big pot of grass shrimp asparagus wide noodles | It is creamy tomato sauce, with three large shrimps in it, so solid! The wide noodles are very chewy, I like this taste so much ~
No.
10
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Blacklock Soho
4.8
/5
8 reviews
Western-style
From AU$ 87.00
Theatreland | 728m from downtown
Address: 24 Great Windmill Street W1D 7LG
No.19 of Local Restaurants in London
Highlights:
Avant-garde British steakhouse - tender steaks bursting with juice and aroma
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10/10 food and family friendly luvley food and service was so attentive to me and my family taking time to talk to the children aswel they even gave us a free starter which was a very nice touch would absolutely return just for top notch service
If I were to say which steak house in London is worth recommending, I would say the one in Blacklock Soho. Their steaks are really crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and super delicious.
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