Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Three Star Intimate Hélène Darroze at The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars in the panelled drawing room of Mayfair's most discreet hotel, the defining London fine-dining address. Similar vibe
Kioku by Endo Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant View Destination Kioku by Endo Whitehall $$$$ Endo Kazutoshi's rooftop Japanese inside Raffles at the OWO, the operating Endo room while Endo at the Rotunda rebuilds after the 2025 fire. Similar vibe
The Connaught Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Intimate The Connaught Mayfair $$$$ The Mayfair townhouse hotel, three Michelin stars in the dining room, the world's best bar downstairs, and the address that defines W1. Similar vibe
Gymkhana Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Elegant Iconic Gymkhana Mayfair $$$$ JKS Restaurants' two-Michelin-star Indian on Albemarle Street, Trishna's older Mayfair sister and the standard against which the rest measure themselves. Similar vibe
Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Destination Iconic Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library) Mayfair $$$$ Pierre Gagnaire's three-Michelin-star Mayfair drawing room, the most theatrical fine-dining address in W1. Similar vibe
Scott's Mayfair Restaurant Restaurant Compare See & Be Seen Iconic Seafood Scott's Mayfair Mayfair $$$$ Mount Street seafood and the city's most consequential lunch crowd, the Mayfair set-piece. Similar vibe
A. Wong Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Two Star Destination Chef Driven A. Wong Pimlico $$$$ Andrew Wong's two-Michelin-star pan-regional Chinese on Wilton Road, the first Chinese restaurant outside Asia to hold two stars. Similar vibe
Hutong Restaurant Restaurant Compare Destination View Elegant Hutong London Bridge $$$$ Northern Chinese on level 33 of The Shard, the view-room and the dish where guests in town for a single weekend take their out-of-town parents. Similar vibe
Claridge's Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Art Deco Elegant Claridge's Mayfair $$$$ The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame, afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London. Similar vibe
Raffles London at The OWO Hotel Hotel Compare New Iconic Elegant Raffles London at The OWO Whitehall $$$$ The 2023 conversion of the Old War Office on Whitehall, Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred Saison, a Guerlain spa, and the most ambitious new opening in the city. Similar vibe
The Beaumont Hotel Hotel Compare Intimate Elegant Art Deco The Beaumont Mayfair $$$$ Corbin and King's 1920s-styled Mayfair townhouse, a 73-room Art Deco hotel with an Antony Gormley sculpture you can sleep inside. Similar vibe
Brown's Hotel Hotel Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Traditional Brown's Hotel Mayfair $$$$ London's oldest luxury hotel, 13 connected Georgian townhouses on Albemarle Street, a Michelin-starred Charlie's by Adam Byatt, and Rocco Forte stewardship. Similar vibe
Veeraswamy Restaurant Restaurant Compare Iconic Elegant Historic Veeraswamy Mayfair $$$ Britain's oldest Indian restaurant, open on Regent Street since 1926 and now in its hundredth year. Similar vibe
Umu Restaurant Restaurant Compare Michelin One Star Intimate Elegant Umu Mayfair $$$$ Bruton Place Kyoto kaiseki, the discreet hidden door, the multi-course menu and the most considered Japanese dining in W1. Similar vibe
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Michelin Three Star Elegant Iconic Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester Mayfair $$$$ Three Michelin stars on Park Lane, Ducasse's London flagship since 2010, run by Jean-Philippe Blondet. Similar vibe
Wiltons Restaurant Restaurant Compare Iconic Institution Elegant Wiltons St James's $$$$ Since 1742, Jermyn Street oysters, game in season, and a clubland Britain that has stopped existing almost everywhere else. Similar vibe
Swift Soho Bar Bar Compare Chef Led Intimate Candlelit Swift Soho Soho $$$ Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below Same category
American Bar at The Savoy Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Classic Elegant See & Be Seen American Bar at The Savoy Strand $$$$ The 1893 hotel bar that wrote the cocktail manual the rest of London still reads Same category
The Berkeley Hotel Editor's Pick Hotel Compare Iconic Elegant Contemporary The Berkeley Knightsbridge $$$$ The Maybourne sister to Connaught and Claridge's, Wilton Place, a rooftop pool over Hyde Park, and a 2024 redesign that finally looks contemporary. Similar vibe
The Peninsula London Hotel Editor's Pick Hotel Compare New Elegant Destination The Peninsula London Belgravia $$$$ The billion-pound 2023 opening at Hyde Park Corner, Brooklands by Claude Bosi on the roof, and the most architecturally serious new hotel in W1 in decades. Similar vibe