October 2023: We're constantly keeping an eye on this list to make sure we're delivering you the very best restaurants London has to offer right now.
The Time Out team have spent the past month joyously eating our way around the city, and have reviewed Med Salleh Kopitiam, a Malaysian joint in Bayswater serving up chicken satay and roti canai, as well as Mallow's new vegan spot in Canary Wharf and Wonderland's garish Soho burger bar. We also checked in on Highbury's much-loved neighbourhood Thai joint Farang, and found it to be just as tasty as ever, and tried out the new menu at friendly Dalston boozer The Prince Arthur. Click the links to see which ones we rate the most.
Want something shiny and new? Here are some lovely restaurants opening this month in London, including a new outing from the team behind Som Saa, a small plates wine bar for the chin-stroking muso in your life, and a sister restaurant to Fitzrovia's outstanding Akoko.
We like to chop and change our Top 50 too, and the most recent additions are The Portrait by Richard Corrigan at the newly reopened National Portrait Gallery, and swish gastropub The Parakeet in Kentish Town.
From much-loved neighbourhood favourites through to city classics and searingly hot new openings, we have eaten our way through the very best that London has to offer and after much debate and degustation have compiled this definitive list of the capital’s current greatest spots.
All of edible life is here; fine-dining in Fitzrovia, hidden-away food hall delights in Peckham and the cream of Soho’s eating scene. We also have for your delectation a brand new Number 1 for 2023 in Hackney’s sublime Cafe Cecilia, as well as new entries from recently-opened Thai game-changers such as Chet’s, traditional curry houses such as Rasa and west African tasting menus at Akoko.
Everywhere on our list serves up incredible food you won’t forget. This is your guide to eating out in the capital in 2023. Don't forget to sign up to our free newsletter for unbeatable London restaurant news and tips. Tuck in.
Leonie Cooper is Time Out London’s Food and Drink Editor. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.
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