Discover new places to eat out with our London restaurant reviews. London is overflowing with great restaurants. Where do you start? We’re asked daily about which new restaurants have opened, which ones are worth seeking out and what’s not living up to the hype.
From the hustle of Shoreditch to the back streets of our local ‘hood, we scour the city so we can tell you what impresses us (so you can impress your mates). It could be a new street food craze, the next hottest vegan place, a swish Michelin-starred restaurant or a tiny little pop-up without a tablecloth in sight. We’ve got high-end places for those baller occasions, along with the bank-balance-friendly cheap eats.
We’re fair on what we tell you, though we only write London restaurant reviews on what we can truly recommend. Why waste your time telling you something you shouldn’t experience when we can tell you something you most definitely should? We’ve rated our reviews too, from three to five stars, depending on how much we love them to help you prioritise your own all-important hit list. Don’t forget to check out our curated maps of where to find the best burgers, brunch, and loads more all across town too.
So what actually makes a good restaurant? For us, it’s four things. The food itself obviously. Secondly the service – we expect it to be on point. Interiors count for a lot too. Everyone likes an aesthetically pleasing place but we do appreciate that not everyone has a design studio on the books, and sometimes a hole in the wall is fine too. Then there is the atmosphere, the gentle chitter chatter, the sound of laughter, of people having a good time.
Long story short, if you’re looking for London restaurant reviews, for any occasion imaginable – we can help with that.
LOTI EATS | THE CONNAUGHT GRILL
Originally opened in 1955, the Connaught Grill was once one of London’s most celebrated restaurants, but it eventually fell out of fashion and closed in…
Read moreLOTI EATS | LISBOETA
Nuno Mendes is back. After a few years spent working on various projects both in the UK and Portugal, Nuno now has his very own…
Read moreLOTI EATS | SUSHI ON JONES
Sushi on Jones started life in Bowery Market in NYC in 2016 (with two more branches in the city to its name) and it’s now…
Read moreLOTI EATS | YATAY
Ichibuns is out on Wardour Street and Japanese restaurant Yatay is in. The robatayaki restaurant, inspired by izakayas and street culture of Japan, has taken over…
Read moreLOTI EATS | NANDINE
Some restaurants win you over as soon as you walk in the door and Nandine in Camberwell is one of them. The homespun decor -…
Read moreLOTI EATS | PLAQUEMINE LOCK
Islington is blessed with many great pubs but there’s one that sticks out, in a good way, and that’s Plaquemine Lock. Run by Jacob Kenedy…
Read moreLOTI EATS | MONARCH THEATRE
It’s fair to say there’s nothing else really like Park Row in London. The huge, loosely DC Comics-themed venue, which opened last year in central…
Read moreLOTI EATS | FACING HEAVEN
Vegan Chinese spot Mao Chow has upped sticks and moved just around the corner – and become Facing Heaven in the process. Yes the tiny…
Read moreLOTI EATS | CARAVEL
London is no stranger to the ‘restaurants on converted barge boats’ sub-genre: you’ve got The Cheese Barge, Darcie Green, and London Shell Co’s The Grand…
Read moreLOTI EATS | THE CROSSING
We will travel anywhere for good food, but it’s not often we find ourselves in leafy Barnes, a long way from our local haunts of…
Read moreLOTI EATS | THE COMPASSES INN
If you find yourself taking a road trip to Devon or Cornwall or that neck of the woods and you’re looking for the ideal lunch…
Read moreLOTI EATS | HACKNEY COTERIE
Hackney Coterie, run by Lyon’s Seafood & Wine Bar founder Anthony Lyon and sommelier Kelvin McCabe, has been since last summer but they’ve just made…
Read moreLOTI EATS | SUSHISAMBA
Occupying the 38th & 39th floor of the Heron Tower, the City outpost of Sushisamba boasts some of the best views in all of London…
Read moreLOTI EATS | TOKLAS
Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the founders of Frieze Art Festival, opened their first restaurant, Toklas, at 180 The Strand to much fanfare late last…
Read moreLOTI EATS | YENI
Yeni, opened in Soho by Cem Bilge and chef Civan Er, the founders of Yeni Lokanta in Istanbul, opened on Beak Street in 2019. We…
Read moreLOTI EATS | EL NORTE
Dover Street is home to some of London’s fanciest spots and El Norte is the street’s latest addition. Owned by Spanish twins and entrepreneurs Arian…
Read moreLOTI EATS | ETCH BY STEVEN EDWARDS
Located in Hove, just outside of Brighton, Etch by Steven Edwards is anything but your standard British seaside restaurant. Firstly, the restaurant serves only a…
Read moreLOTI EATS | EM SHERIF
Beirut is one of our favourite cities in the world – and a big part of that is down to the incredible food. Now, one…
Read moreLOTI EATS | NOCI
Having worked at Locanda Locatelli and opened Bancone, Louis Korovilas certainly knows a thing or two about pasta and he’s showing it off at his…
Read moreLOTI EATS | NATIVE AT BROWNS
Native is a restaurant that has been around a few years now, in a number of different locations. We’ve been down to where it started…
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