The Table
Gastronomy, reserved for you.
A short list of the rooms guests ask for by name — and a few they ought to. Held on our card, at the chef's counter where possible, at the good table where not. Booked ahead of your arrival; a car arranged either side.
Modern FrenchModern BritishModern EuropeanTasting menuWest-African-inflectedContemporary JapaneseItalianBritish — nose-to-tailTraditional British gameMulti-sensory tastingFarm-to-table BritishModern Scottish-French
- Mayfair, London·Modern French
Sketch — The Lecture Room & Library
Pierre Gagnaire · Three Michelin stars
A first-floor jewel box above Conduit Street, all velvet and colour, where Pierre Gagnaire's kitchen sends out several small plates per course rather than one.
Why book → - Notting Hill, London·Modern British
Core by Clare Smyth
Clare Smyth · Three Michelin stars
A calm, low-lit Kensington Park Road dining room built around British produce treated with real precision — and a kitchen counter for those who want to watch.
Why book → - Notting Hill, London·Modern European
The Ledbury
Brett Graham · Three Michelin stars
Brett Graham's long-established Notting Hill room, reopened and refined: a short menu, exceptional sourcing, and service that reads a table well.
Why book → - Fitzrovia, London·Tasting menu
Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs
James Knappett · Two Michelin stars
A single horseshoe counter behind a Charlotte Street hot-dog bar, seating nineteen, where the chefs plate and describe every course in front of you.
Why book → - St James's, London·West-African-inflected
Ikoyi
Jeremy Chan · Two Michelin stars
A spare, warm room at 180 Strand where Jeremy Chan cooks British produce through West African spice — unlike anything else in the city.
Why book → - Knightsbridge, London·Contemporary Japanese
Zuma
The definitive room
The Raphael Street original: robata grill, sushi counter and a bar that fills early, with a crowd that has kept coming for two decades.
Why book → - Hammersmith, London·Italian
River Café
One Michelin star
Ruth Rogers' Thames-side Italian in a converted Hammersmith warehouse, with a wood oven, a walled garden and a menu rewritten twice a day.
Why book → - Farringdon, London·British — nose-to-tail
St. JOHN Smithfield
Fergus Henderson · One Michelin star
A whitewashed former smokehouse by Smithfield Market: paper tablecloths, a bakery downstairs, and the nose-to-tail cooking that reset British food.
Why book → - Covent Garden, London·Traditional British game
Rules
London's oldest restaurant (1798)
Maiden Lane, since 1798: crimson banquettes, oil paintings to the ceiling, and a game menu that changes with the shooting season.
Why book → - Bray, Berkshire·Multi-sensory tasting
The Fat Duck
Heston Blumenthal · Three Michelin stars
A village cottage an hour west of London holding a long, theatrical tasting menu built as much on memory and playfulness as on technique.
Why book → - Cartmel, Cumbria·Farm-to-table British
L'Enclume
Simon Rogan · Three Michelin stars
A former smithy in a Lake District village, fed by Simon Rogan's own farm a few miles away and widely held to be the best cooking in Britain.
Why book → - Gleneagles, Perthshire·Modern Scottish-French
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie
Stephen McLaughlin · Two Michelin stars
A dark, intimate room within Gleneagles, carrying on Andrew Fairlie's French-trained cooking of Scottish shellfish, game and garden produce.
Why book →
Not exhaustive. If a room you want is not here — Alchemist, Sushi Kanesaka, a table at a private house — ask; we most likely have a way in.
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