The wine guide to 31 Michelin star restaurants in London 2024
It wasn't so long ago that British food was something of an international laughing stock. But in the past 30 years or so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that something of a foodie revolution has taken place in the UK, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the capital. London is now generally widely acknowledged as one of the best places in the world to enjoy a dizzying array of different cuisines across all price points.
But if you want to treat yourself to a blow-out meal and to hell with the expense, London also offers an impressive array of Michelin starred restaurants to choose from. Here are some of the very best, offering the most exceptional food with incredible wine lists:
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Phone: +44 20 3937 5086
Address: 92 Kensington Park Rd, London
Sparkling Wine List of the Year UK, presented by Nyetimber 2024
Core by Clare Smyth has achieved a lot after its opening in August 2017, including being awarded two stars from the Michelin Guide. The menu offers a la carte and a short and long tasting menu with optional wine pairings of 100ml per course. One of South Africa’s (and beyond) best sommeliers, Gareth Ferreira, is behind the wine list. It has more than 400 bins covering the most important wine regions around the World and a generous number of wines by the glass, allowing the sommeliers to offer varied and exciting options with your tasting menu. If you´re seeking a top fine-dining experience in...
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Phone: +44 20 7201 3833
Address: 66 Knightsbridge, London
California Wine List of the Year UK, presented by The California Wine Institute 2021
Dinner by Heston is the two Michelin starred restaurant in the luxurious Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge. The menu is a twist on the more common ’classic fine dining with a modern edge’ by being ‘modern fine dining with a historical edge’ – each dish annotated by the decade/century from which it originated, reinventing and updating food fashions from as far back as the 1700’s. The interior is slick and professional with plenty of 5-star warmth. The overall experience marries posh with playful; it’s original yet comfortingly accessible.
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Address: 70 Charlotte St, Fitzrovia, London
Sparkling Wine List of the Year UK, presented by Nyetimber 2023
Kitchen Table is 20 seat fine dining experience, where guests sit a horseshoe shaped counter around an open kitchen, encouraging full interaction with the chefs and showcasing all the action throughout the evening. They prepare, cook, and serve a tasting menu of meticulously sourced and foraged British ingredients, in two overlapping sittings. They were justly awarded their second star in 2018 which they have maintained ever since.
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Phone: +44 20 7729 6496
Address: Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, London
Best Long List of the Year UK, presented by Matteo Lupi Wines 2024
The list at the 2-Star The Clove Club (two-star) stetches close to 800 references, yet doesn’t feel remotely unwieldy, no bottle unnecessary. Wines from all over the world are given their chance to shine; the very best producers at all price points have been selected. Showcasing a mixture of classics with age and newcomers/rising stars, there is a focus on small growers and organic and biodynamic producers where possible, but not for their own sake. Wine pairings are offered (including one interspersed with ambient brewed rare teas). By the glass offers plenty of interest—fine wines and older...
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Phone: +44 20 7792 9090
Address: 127 Ledbury Rd, London
Austrian Wine List of the Year UK, presented by Austrian Wine 2024
The Ledbury has become one of the most iconic fine-dining restaurants in London. The wine list is accessible, balanced and with depth should you want to experiment or splurge on some of the finest bottles in town. It covers the classics from all over the world and more esoteric options, also demonstrated in their wine pairings. In traditional fashion, The Ledbury has been buying and storing their own wine for years, which has given them a deep reserve of older vintages to share. Their selection of whiskies and Madeira is also well worth a look.
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Phone: +44 20 3297 3799
Address: Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square, 10 Trinity Square, London
La Dame de Pic is Chef Anne-Sophie Pic’s London debut located in the luxurious Four Seasons hotel. The original three-generation-year-old Maison Pic is in Valence in the Rhône Valley, the selection of wines by the glass leans gently but not exclusively in this direction. The menu is upscale, refined and inventive French cuisine from one of the worlds top chefs. The full wine list has been put together by Wine Director Jan Konetzki and reflects the quality and elegance of the food. Gaining an award as the best mid-size format wine list in 2018, the wine list offers unique fine and rare wines wi...
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Address: 4 Redchurch St, London
Best Medium-Sized List of the Year UK, presented by Luigi Bosca 2024
New and rightfully popular Basque-inspired, wood-fired grill restaurant on the first floor above Smoking Goat (an equally excellent but separate entity – and Thai). Housed in a decommissioned East end strip club, it looks more like a smart old man’s London pub with wood panels and original features. Wine is obviously a focus – empty bottles sit above the front door and line the corridor to the stairs. The specialty is of course Turbot (Brat) alongside quality cuts of meat, whole game birds and clean, superlatively sourced sides – all simply but expertly cooked.
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Phone: 020 3859 3000
Address: 88 Saint John Street, London
This slick Italian restaurant from two of the three founders of The Clove Club fuses quality with cool in Clerkenwell. With a Tardis-like quality, there’s an inviting bar up front, with the large dining room languishing behind, including three beautiful private dining spaces (the covered terrace for 20 is particularly special). Save for Champagne (grower and grand marque) their wine list is exclusively Italian, arranged per region and leaning towards classic producers. There’s a handful of esoteric options, whether that be natural or skin contact, but this is a list to delight traditionalists....
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Phone: +44 020 7636 1178
Address: 34 Charlotte Street, London
Pied a Terre is an enduring stalwart of classy, contemporary French fine dining – the longest standing independent Michelin-starred restaurant in the UK no less – yet one that has moved with the times and their global wine list is as sharp as you’d expect. Buying en primeur year on year coupled with meticulous storage affords them depth and to list wines only when ready – and there’s plenty at all price points with some age (a rarity of lists these days). Stylistically everything is covered with aplomb, with an unsurprising focus on French wines (not to mention a concise but top-drawer Cali...
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Phone: +44 20 3141 8670
Address: 36 Snowsfields, London
Best Medium-Sized List of the Year UK, presented by Luigi Bosca 2024
Trivet is in a beautiful, calm and minimalist space in Bermondsey, just over the river from the City of London. A joint venture between Isa Bal MS and chef Jonny Lake who met working at the Fat Duck, it’s creative and diverse fine dining with influences from all over. There is a bar space for drinking and snacking and a light-drenched, welcoming dining room. It’s a haven of cool, calm and quality in one of the capital’s most historic and urban neighbourhoods.
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Phone: +44 20 7436 3261
Address: 113 Great Portland Street, London
Best Short List of the Year UK 2021
The wine list at one-star Portland is given just as much attention as the menu and changes almost as frequently. The wine buying team scour old cellars, auctions and off the beaten-path wine merchants to create one of the best mid-sized lists in town (120-bins) celebrating wine in all its diversity. In the cellar you will find natural skin-contact wines mingling with red-trousered claret and everything in between. The food is innovative European, served with the buzzy vibe now commonplace amongst 21st century no-table-cloth-star-holders. As well as the textbook examples, they deliver value v...
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Phone: +44 20 7290 7600
Address: 8-10 Pollen St, Mayfair, London
New Zealand Wine List of the Year UK, presented by New Zealand wine 2023
Pollen Street Social is the flagship restaurant of the Social group in London, located in Mayfair. Pollen Street Social describes itself as a contemporary bistro with a relaxed fine dining atmosphere. The cuisine is modern and creative European and the wine list at Pollen Street Social follows suit. It’s extensive and offers an impressive by the glass selection – over 50 wines, sake, sweet, fortifies and sparkling all served in different measures between 75ml, 125ml and 175ml – so plenty to suit all budgets and taste buds.
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Phone: +44 20 7935 5624
Address: 15-17 Blandford St, Marylebone, London
Located in the heart of Marylebone in London, Trishna delivers a contemporary taste of Indian coastal cuisine, and an extensive wine list that focuses on emerging regions and fine wines from niche producers and boutique wineries from all over the world. The informal and pared back aesthetic of the interiors complete with antique mirrors, marble tabletops and original wooden paneling makes it a very welcoming space. In the summer the terrace doors open onto Blandford Street, creating an almost alfresco ambiance. They take wine seriously here, and have spent time and energy sourcing bottles to s...
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Phone: +44 20 7739 4443
Address: 18 Phipp St, London
Best Medium-Sized List of the Year UK, presented by Luigi Bosca 2024
Leroy is a wine bar & restaurant in London's Shoreditch from Sommeliers Ed Thaw and Jack Lewens. It opened shortly after their original venture Ellory in Hackney closed in March of 2018. As well as sharing a name with two great producers (Richard in the Loire, Lalou in Burgundy) Leroy was serendipitously one of their pet names for Ellory, since many people were unable to pronounce it correctly. Inside it’s light but cosy, simply decorated with some elegant wine prints on the wall. The menu aims for simplicity and flavour – food that is thoughtful but not showy. Leroy is a place to stop in for...
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Phone: +44 20 3011 5911
Address: Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High St, London
Lyle’s is a stylish ‘new British’ restaurant in Shoreditch, on the London City fringes. Housed in a converted factory that’s also home to a top ad agency, the room is a simple, clean and flooded with light toward the obviously high spec yet unshowy open kitchen. It has a functional but sleek interior (Ercol chairs, natural wood tables) with nothing unnecessary in sight, creating a calm space and puts the focus on the food and wine.
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Phone: +44 20 7877 7703
Address: Tower 42, 25 Old Broad St, London
New Zealand Wine List of the Year UK, presented by New Zealand wine 2022
City Social is located on the 24th floor of Tower 42 with dramatic views over the City of London and boasts a smart decor, a buzzy, slick atmosphere and top notch cooking. City Social’s wine list has a fairly classic approach with a thorough range of producers and regions and bottles for all occasions.
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Phone: +44 20 8747 1836
Address: 5 - 7 Devonshire Rd, Chiswick, London
Since 2001 La Trompette has been a restaurant of warm yet polished fine dining in the leafy west London borough of Chiswick. From the same family as Chez Bruce, The Glasshouse and The Ledbury, La Trompette has managed to stay on the culinary map for some years now with consistently high levels of food and service. The La Trompette wine list has comprehensive selections of fine wines from Italy, Spain and Rest of Europe together with exciting new world bottles. Don´t forget to have a look at their producer of the month where you can spot some iconic growers. Their wine service is happy to offer...
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Phone: +44 20 8672 0114
Address: 2 Bellevue Rd, London
Austrian Wine List of the Year UK, presented by Austrian Wine 2024
A long-time favourite of Londoners, all of whom are very willing to make the journey out to leafy Wandsworth (not as far as you think) for the timeless and consistently excellent Chez Bruce. They say it best: “from the outset, it was our intention to serve the very best food and drink but within a relaxed, informal yet thoroughly professionally orchestrated environment”. Sharing a co-owner with La Trompette, The Glasshouse and The Ledbury the wine cellar is impressive. The list is extensive – classic French and Italian regions dominate but Portugal, Spain, Islands, Central Europe and the New W...
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Phone: +44 20 3146 8666
Address: 85 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London
New Zealand Wine List of the Year UK, presented by New Zealand wine 2024
Hide is a restaurant and bar by the awe-inspiring wine shop Hedonism and chef Ollie Dabbous. Set over three floors, flooded with natural daylight and enjoying views across Green Park, Hide serves creative, contemporary and seasonal food in a warm yet visually striking space. Open every day from breakfast through to dinner, including afternoon tea, the menu is accompanied by Hedonism’s incomparable wine list. The sommelier team has compiled a concise wine list of wines from all over the world, with a large selection of accessibly priced bottles and wines by the glass. Should you want to dig de...
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Phone: +44 20 7199 8370
Address: 34-35 Southampton St, London
Frog by Adam Handling is a fun, quirky and modern restaurant in the heart of London’s Covent Garden. The menu consists of la carte and tasting menus using seasonal British ingredients. The wine list follows an adventurous path, including options from Romania & Cyprus alongside classic well-known regions. Browsing through the wine list you’ll find the wines listed under creative categories (Mavericks, Celestial, Esoteric, Quintessential…) as well as some classic wines such as 1982 Cheval Blanc or 1961 Lafite Rothschild for the same price as the vintage.
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Phone: +44 20 7838 1082
Address: 8-9 Blacklands Terrace, Chelsea, London
By the Glass List of the Year UK 2024
The Five Fields restaurant is in the heart of Chelsea, London, with a classic and elegant decor. The menus offer prix fixe and tasting options for both lunch and dinner, and use seasonal ingredients sourced from their own kitchen gardens in East Sussex. The wine list at The Five Fields is extensive and classic, and includes large formats and back vintages from the 80’s and 90’s. Classic French regions are the main focus, but you can still find superb wines from further afield including Central Europe, the new world and even China.
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Phone: +44 20 7629 8866
Address: 53 Park Lane, London
Sparkling Wine List of the Year UK 2022
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Phone: 020 3147 7200
Address: Carlos Place, London
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Phone: +44 20 3583 4660
Address: 180 Strand, London
Best Short List of the Year UK 2024
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Phone: 020 3301 2903
Address: 38 Groom Place, London
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Phone: 020 7935 9088
Address: 8 Seymour Street, London
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Phone: +44 20 7251 0848
Address: 26 Saint John Street, London
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Phone: +44 20 7622 1199
Address: 4 The Polygon, London
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Phone: +44 020 4547 7985
Address: 63 Bartholomew Close, London
International Best Short List of the Year, presented by DAOU 2023
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Phone: +44 020 7300 2370
Address: 150 Piccadilly, London
Sparkling Wine List of the Year UK, presented by Nyetimber 2023
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Phone: 020 7828 8931
Address: 70 Wilton Road, London
Best Short List of the Year UK 2023
