The best restaurants for groups in London await: for large group bookings with friends and family, here are the top 11 for dining out.
LessDiscover a unique fusion of Japanese and Mexican flavours at the vibrant Los Mochis London City. Throw in rooftop views over the cityscape and a cocktail menu featuring premium Mexican spirits blended using sophisticated Japanese techniques, and you’ll have yourself a fabulous night out. Celebrate with a sunshine margarita with rhubarb and lemon, or try a Japanese whisky sour with buckwheat tea and egg white.
A 15th-century coffee house reincarnated into a Victorian public house and lovingly refurbished for the modern age, The George, Pub & Restaurant retains many original features with some new elegant touches. Hire the private dining room that seats up to 16 people, the upstairs dining room for parties of up to 60 seated diners, or the entire venue for larger events with up to 200 guests.
Creative California-inspired cuisine with a MICHELIN star as testament to the quality, SOLA SOHO is chef Victor Garvey’s masterpiece. Elegant and intimate with an outdoor/indoor feel, this Soho hotspot is packed with lush greenery offset with sculptural lighting to invoke a sunny Californian vibe at any time of day or night. Book the private dining room for up to 16 guests, the main restaurant area for up to 32, or the entire venue for a 50+ person event.
Inspired by and made with ingredients from Greece, OPSO modernises Greek cuisine for the UK market. The name literally translates to “delicacy”, which is what every item on the menu strives to be. Delve into the sensory highlights of contemporary Greek food with that famous Mediterranean hospitality to ensure your evening goes with a swing.
Chef’s Table at Lucky Cat comes from celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and showcases some of the finest food served in one of the greatest cities in the world. Intimate yet theatrical, the chef’s table seats 10 guests and surrounds the open kitchen, where you can watch some of the world’s most talented and renowned chefs creating your meal from scratch. Exclusive, inspiring and something you will talk about for weeks to come.
A neighbourhood favourite since the 1960s, Daphne’s specialises in creating hearty traditional Italian dishes with panache. Seasonal examples include veal carpaccio with capers, seared scallops with creamed sweetcorn and pork guanciale, and roast Hereford beef with white truffle and polenta. Vibrant yet elegant, the interior draws on upscale Italian design inspiration, with modern art from Europe, vintage Murano chandeliers and plush leather upholstery.
A spectacular Grade II listed building on Threadneedle, Street, once the home of the British Linen Bank, is now the location of Piazza Italiana. Take in the surroundings while enjoying a hearty Italian meal from the kitchen of executive chef Remo Mazzucato – popular choices include the baked oyster with garlic breadcrumbs and spinach and the slow-roasted, thinly sliced veal silverside with capers and a creamy tuna sauce.
One of Mayfair’s only venues to offer free entry and live music into the early hours, Quaglino’s is the perfect hotspot for partying the night away. Begin your evening with two or three courses from the set menu – perhaps the citrus cured salmon with whipped mascarpone to start, corn-fed chicken with a savoury blue cheesecake for the main, and a white chocolate and pistachio fondant to finish.
Smith & Wollensky has been a New York favourite since the flagship venue opened back in 1977. Since 2015, Londoners have been the first outside of the US to be able to experience this iconic steakhouse, which serves only USDA prime cuts of meat, dry-aged and butchered in-house. Perhaps start with a seafood platter for the table, then choose your cut – from bone-in ribeye to premium Irish chateaubriand, cooked exactly as you like it.