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Casual in London

13 places to explore

BAO Soho Restaurant
BAO Soho - Restaurant in Soho, London
Restaurant
Chef Led Casual Counter Dining

BAO Soho

Soho

$$

Erchen Chang and the Chung siblings' original Lexington Street bun counter, Bib Gourmand Taiwanese, queue-only on the corner

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Barrafina Dean Street Restaurant
Barrafina Dean Street - Restaurant in Soho, London
Restaurant
Counter Dining Lively Casual

Sam and Eddie Hart's original walk-in tapas counter, relocated, the Spanish bar London learned the format from

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Dishoom Shoreditch Restaurant
Dishoom Shoreditch - Restaurant in Shoreditch, London
Restaurant
Classic Convivial Lively

Dishoom Shoreditch

Shoreditch

$$

Boundary Street's Bombay Irani café, the bacon naan roll Londoners queue for at breakfast

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Diyarbakır Restaurant Restaurant
Diyarbakır Restaurant - Restaurant in Harringay, London
Restaurant
Family Run Casual Diaspora
$$

Green Lanes' top-edged Southeastern Anatolian ocakbaşı, kuzu pirzola the Anatolian standard

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El Pastor Coal Drops Yard Restaurant
El Pastor Coal Drops Yard - Restaurant in King's Cross, London
Restaurant
Taqueria Casual Mezcal
$$

Coal Drops Yard sit-down taqueria, al pastor on a vertical spit, the rebranded Casa Pastor

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Kiln Restaurant
Kiln - Restaurant in Soho, London
Restaurant
Chef Led Fire Cooked Casual

Kiln

Soho

$$

Ben Chapman's Brewer Street counter, Thai grill cooking over wood and clay, no reservations, the Bib Gourmand argument

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Lina Stores Restaurant
Lina Stores - Restaurant in Soho, London
Restaurant
Deli Casual Pasta
$$

Pistachio-green Soho deli since 1944, pasta as Italian commute

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Maison Bertaux Cafe
Maison Bertaux - Cafe in Soho, London
Cafe
Classic Intimate Literary
$$

Greek Street's 1871 patisserie, London's oldest French pastry shop, still hand-laminated upstairs

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Mangal 1 Ocakbaşı Restaurant
Mangal 1 Ocakbaşı - Restaurant in Dalston, London
Restaurant
Family Run Casual Loud
$$

The original Ali Dirik ocakbaşı on Arcola Street since 1990, BYOB, walk-in only, untouched

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Padella Shoreditch Restaurant
Padella Shoreditch - Restaurant in Shoreditch, London
Restaurant
Casual Queue Only Loud

Padella Shoreditch

Shoreditch

$$

The fresh-pasta queue London actually accepts, Shoreditch sister of the Borough original

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Riding House Fitzrovia Cafe
Riding House Fitzrovia - Cafe in Fitzrovia, London
Cafe
Modern Convivial Lively
$$$

Great Titchfield Street's all-day brasserie, the Fitzrovia office and the Sunday brunch in one room

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Smokestak Restaurant
Smokestak - Restaurant in Shoreditch, London
Restaurant
Loud Industrial Casual

Smokestak

Shoreditch

$$$

David Carter's wood-and-oak smokehouse, the brisket Sunday lunch the chapter actually returns to

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Sumi Restaurant
Sumi - Restaurant in Notting Hill, London
Restaurant
Sushi Casual Neighbourhood

Sumi

Notting Hill

$$$

Endo Kazutoshi's Notting Hill casual, sushi without the omakase ceremony

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