The Best Iftar Meals to Eat During Ramadan

Break your fast at these London restaurants

The holy month of Ramadan started on the evening of 10th March meaning Muslims across the city will be fasting, consuming no food or water until after the sun sets, for thirty days. Breaking the fast is traditionally done with dates, before iftar (the main evening meal) is shared with friends and fam. Here are the best iftar meals in London to eat during Ramadan.


Cue Point x The Gantry Stratford

Award-winning British Afghan smokehouse Cue Point is teaming up with The Gantry in Stratford to launch a series of iftar supper clubs every Saturday until the end of Ramadan. Cue Point will be taking over Union Social, the restaurant on the ground floor of the hotel, and serving up a menu of BBQ sharing plates. Expect the likes of oak-smoked beef ribs and chicken, as well as sides such as cheesy baked potato mash in saffron butter, smoked beets with sumac & lemon pickled red onion vinaigrette and cheesy smoked leeks with pomegranate & molasses dressing. There’ll also be Afghan naan with smoked aubergine and Afghan Dumplings with a twist.

Sat 23rd March, Sat 30th March & Sat 6th April 2024
40 Celebration Avenue, Stratford, London E20 1DB
cue-point.co.uk


InterContinental Park Lane

The Wellington Lounge at the InterContinental London Park Lane is running rotating iftar set menus during Ramadan, available every night from 6.30pm. You can expect dishes like fattoush chicken salad; hummus, vine leaves and labneh; roasted baby chicken tagine with couscous and sundried apricots; Arabian-style seafood grill with salmon, king prawns and haddock fillet; Arabian rice pudding with rose water; and Persian almond cake.

Available from Sun 10th March – Thurs 11th April 2024
One Park Lane, London, W1J 7QY
parklane.intercontinental.com


Spice Village

The Southall branch of Spice Village is putting on a mega iftar buffet, costing just £21.99 Monday – Friday and £24.99 on weekends, which also includes a round of complimentary dates, pakoras and Rooh Afza. Or you can push the boat out a bit more and go for the iftar set menu for £34.99 a head, featuring aloo papri chaat, chicken tikka, lamb karahi, Lahori chana masala, gajar halwa and lassi.

Available from Mon 11th March 2024
185-189 The Broadway, Southall UB1 1LX
spicevillagerestaurants.co.uk


Guanabana

Caribbean smokehouse Guanabana is already fully halal but for Ramadan, the restaurant is doing its Island Roast every day for iftar as the Ramadan Roast. The roast includes Guanabana’s oak-smoked jerk chicken, jerk roast beef or jerk mushroom, with fried plantain, Yorkshire pudding, grilled veggies and jerk gravy. For every Ramadan Roast sold, £1 will also be donated to relief efforts in Gaza.

Available from Sun 10th March 2024
85 Kentish Town Rd, London NW1 8NY
guanabanarestaurant.com


Meet Bros

Asian fusion steakhouse Meet Bros is putting on a big iftar offering this year, with the set menu coming in at £65 per person for a fully halal buffet of starters, a main course dish, a dessert buffer and alcohol-free drinks. The first floor of the restaurant is also being turned into a prayer room with separate areas for men and women to pray.

Available from Mon 11th March – Weds 10th April 2024
29-31 Craven Road, London W2 3BX
meetbros.co.uk


The Great Chase

If you’re looking to push the boat out for iftar, then head to fully halal and alcohol-free restaurant The Great Chase in Islington, which also has a prayer space available. The ‘Great Iftar’ menu starts with dates and homemade honey & rosemary bread and includes spiced harissa soup, main plates including rolled sirloin, confit chicken and slow-cooked lamb (plus the option to upgrade to wagyu) with beef dripping fries and spiced roasted veg, and choux buns for dessert. If you’re in a group you can swap the individual mains for sharing centrepieces such as beef or veggie wellingtons and 1kg bone-in ribeye steaks.

316 St John Street, London, EC1V 4NT
thegreatchase.co.uk

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