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Expert Tips for London Restaurants
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Angler: "Keep your map to hand – Moorgate can be a bit of a labyrinth, but Angler is well worth the searching."
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Prawn On The Lawn: "Ask POTL's resident fishmongers for tips when you purchase any of their fresh fish and shellfish. They're a font of insight."
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Balthazar: "Try the Balthazar brunch on a Sunday – hazelnut waffles and escargot never made such a perfect pairing."
Best London Restaurants
The Scolt Head
The Scolt Head is a double-hitter: lively pub bringing together the fresh-faced inhabitants of both Islington and neighboring Dalston, and dreamy...
FM Mangal
When it comes to food, sometimes it's best to follow the crowd. And on a Friday night around 1am, Camberwell's art students and longtime residents will be...
China Tang
As if you needed more to fill your Wong Kar-wai post-colonial art deco fantasies, now you can spend an evening in London's most glamorous Chinese...
Duck and Waffle
Some dining experiences come with a side of vertigo, and if you can handle the breathtaking heights (almost clear to the top of Heron Tower, just above...
Hawksmoor
Hawksmoor brought the art of steak to London, and it did it with artful, wintery decadence – the type which was welcome off the back of the whole offal...
Dishoom
"Rich businessmen, sweaty taxi-wallas and courting couples. Fans turned slowly. Bentwood chairs were reflected in stained mirrors, next to sepia family...
Lyle's
On the ground floor of Shoreditch's Tea Building, the seven-storey start-up hub right across from the Overground, is a different kind of innovation hub:...
Bone Daddies
To even speak of Bone Daddies after having dined there is a sort of synesthetic exercise. Memories of chicken scratchings, miso, pork neck chashu, chicken...
Barrafina
Barrafina offers the kind of food you have to work for. It's virtually impossible to avoid an hour-long queue (the seats barely hit the double digits), and...
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About London Restaurants
London's come a long way since the post-war austerity which lent it its less-than-stellar culinary reputation. Gone are the days of boiled potatoes and beef Wellington (for the most part). The last decade has seen London rival Paris and New York for dining prestige, and partaking in London's continental classics and New World innovations could take up an entire visit – you'd be well advised to go in with a solid foodie game-plan. Splashing out in posh Mayfair? Diving into the edgy East End? Heading south for the most authentic Caribbean curry east of Port Elizabeth? From monkfish sashimi to late-night shawarma, there's a signature dining experience for each of the city's vibrant nooks. And don't forget the classics: eel and chips anyone?
About Arianna Reiche
Arianna Reiche is a London-based writer and publisher. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she studied at the University of Edinburgh before working with Vice, New Scientist, McSweeney's, and Gawker Media. She first fell in love with London running errands during London Fashion Week in 2009, careening through the streets in an microscopic G-Wiz stylemobile.