This stunning MICHELIN-starred restaurant by Gordon Ramsay‘s team blends French fine dining with smooth service. The experience unfurls in a gilded dining room in the heart of the iconic Savoy Hotel. Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay is a tribute to chef and restaurateur Georges Auguste Escoffier, who took the helm of the hotel’s kitchen in 1890. These days, executive head chef James Sharp combines seasonal ingredients with classical techniques.

Founder Alan Yau’s stylish Chinese restaurant created ripples in the capital when the original Hanway Place outpost opened in 2001 in Fitzrovia, and then Mayfair. Hakkasan’s refined Chinese dishes, sleek interiors, and inventive cocktails have since transformed it into a global nightlife brand. Expect a menu of Cantonese heavyweights featuring crispy roast Peking duck with Beluga caviar, delicate dim sum, and charcoal-grilled wagyu beef with sake and black truffle honey sauce.

Steered by chef Brett Graham, The Ledbury reclaimed its two MICHELIN stars in March 2023 after losing them due to closing during the Covid-19 pandemic, and was awarded 3 stars in 2024, becoming one of the six London restaurants to hold the most prestigious culinary award.

Get ready for chef Heston Blumenthal’s whimsical take on molecular gastronomy at his MICHELIN-starred Knightsbridge marvel Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. Expect surreal and iconic dishes such as meat fruit (a vibrant chicken liver parfait shaped like an orange) and sherried scallop tartare with cauliflower cream. Feast on it all in a sleek, grey-toned dining room at the Mandarin Oriental.

MICHELIN-starred Benares is a flagbearer for modern haute cuisine. The subterranean space feels refined yet relaxed and makes an ideal backdrop to explore chef Sameer Taneja’s playful India-inspired menu. The food here pairs traditional South Asian ingredients with cutting-edge techniques, such as oyster and cured sea-bream chaat and tandoori Ratan platter featuring chicken tikka, king prawns and lamb seekh kebab. Get the tasting menu for the ultimate subcontinental odyssey.

Californian sunshine comes to London at chef Victor Garvey’s elegant neighbourhood gem. SOLA SOHO’s plant-filled dining room evokes the natural beauty of the Pacific West Coast. Bright Californian flavours mirror the space with a tasting menu of colourful dishes such as oyster bake with caviar, crab cakes, hazelnut dumplings and langoustine served alongside seasonal flowers and vegetables.

The menu at Adam Handling’s Theatreland restaurant is a sophisticated ode to seasonal and local cuisine. Frog by Adam Handling’s interiors, all plaid and leather, are adorned with illustrated maps that show the provenance of its ingredients and underscore the MICHELIN-starred restaurant’s commitment to transparency. Begin your evening downstairs at the Eve Bar for a pre-dinner drink before tucking into Balmoral quail with herbs and garlic or wagyu beef with morel, and black truffle.

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester’s flagship restaurant has held three MICHELIN stars since 2010 and boldly challenges French cooking conventions. Chef and patron Jean-Philippe Blondet serves imaginative dishes such as lobster, artichoke, shiso and Périgord truffle or asparagus from Provence with kumquat and milk, plus unexpected sweet treats including apple and cider with smoked raw cream and sweet clover sorbet.

Chef Clare Smyth was part of the team that led Restaurant Gordon Ramsay to bag three MICHELIN stars in 2001. She brings that signature firepower to the seasonal British menu at CORE by Clare Smyth, one of her solo ventures. The restaurant is a rustic-chic space that keeps regulars returning for its homely atmosphere and joyful—yet technically sound—food. Cases in point: creamy scallop tartare and chicken, cockles, clams and caviar.

Acclaimed chef Alex Dilling started his career at Alain Ducasse’s Adour in New York before moving to ​​Caviar Russe, where he became known for his creative uses of caviar. His first standalone London restaurant, Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal, opened in Autumn 2022 and was awarded two MICHELIN stars. A hushed temple to French classics with just 34 seats, the chef’s eponymous restaurant is an intimate dining affair.

Hélène Darroze’s three MICHELIN-starred restaurant spotlights seasonal produce sourced from the farmers, makers, and growers with whom she has cultivated relationships. At Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, each picturesque small plate features a star ingredient, prepared with a variety of accompaniments. Onion is presented with Ibérico lomo (pork loin) and thyme, and skate comes with asparagus, clams, and seaweed.