The Café Edition

Whether you want a coffee to carry on a sunny Saturday walk or a corner table for a rainy morning.

1. Hjem — South Kensington
2. Tampopo — Putney
3. Kaffee – Putney
4. Watchhouse — multiple locations
5. Monocle — Marylebone
6. Miel – Marylebone
7. Layla — Notting Hill
8. Tom Tom Coffee House — Belgravia
9. Fortitude – Bloomsbury
10. Boxcar Baker & Deli — Marylebone (there’s a restaurant too — you want the café)
11. Hagen — multiple locations
12. Comptoir — Bermondsey
13. District — Battersea Park / Parsons Green / Nine Elms
14. Archetype — Fitzrovia
15. Monmouth Coffee — multiple locations
16. Guillman — multiple locations
17. Kuro Coffee — Notting Hill

The Dinner Edition

Hard to top, and the only real problem is narrowing it down. Split here by how dressed up you want to be.

For something a bit fancier

For a more casual bite

The Pub Edition

This should be the first word a Brit learns. There’s a pub everywhere you look here, but they’re not interchangeable: there’s the football pub, the gastropub with a beautiful room, the one with a proper garden, and the one with live music. You’ll find some you love and some you’ll never need again.

Belgravia & Marylebone

• The Orange — Belgravia
• The Alfred Tennyson — Belgravia
• Coach Makers Arms — Marylebone
• Grazing Goat — Marylebone
• The Hart — Marylebone

Kensington, Chelsea & Fulham

• Elephant & Castle — Kensington
• The Abingdon — Kensington
• Churchill Arms — Kensington
• The Hunter’s Moon — South Kensington
• The Crabtree — Fulham
• The Fox & Pheasant — Fulham
• The Cadogan Arms — Chelsea
• The Pig’s Ear — Chelsea
• The Grenadier — Knightsbridge

Notting Hill & west

• The Princess Royal — Notting Hill
• The Prince Bonaparte — Notting Hill
• The Hillgate — Notting Hill
• Windsor Castle — Notting Hill
• The Walmer Castle — Notting Hill
• Cock & Bottle — Notting Hill
• The Pelican — Notting Hill
• Hero of Maida Vale — Maida Vale
• Brook House — Little Venice

North & east

• The Spaniards Inn — Hampstead
• The Garden Gate — Hampstead
• Holly Bush — Hampstead
• The Albion — Islington
• The Culpeper — Shoreditch

South

• The Telegraph — Putney (lovely outdoor garden)
• Hare & Hounds — Putney (also a great garden)
• The Wandle — Earlsfield

The Wine Bar Edition

For the nights that call for a bottle and something to pick at rather than three courses (my favorite type of nights!)

1. The Italians — Marylebone
2. Sol’s — Bayswater
3. Franklin’s — Notting Hill
4. Frankie’s W10 — Notting Hill
5. Tappo Enoteca — Notting Hill
6. Amie Wine Studio — Belgravia
7. Gordon’s — Embankment (candlelit, cave-like, London’s oldest)
8. Noble Rot — Bloomsbury / Mayfair / Soho
9. Comptoir Café & Wine — Mayfair
10. Farm Shop — Mayfair
11. The Remedy — Fitzrovia
12. 10 Cases — Covent Garden
13. Antidote — Carnaby
14. Le Beaujolais — Soho
15. WC Wine & Charcuterie — Bloomsbury / Clapham
16. Passione Vino — Shoreditch
17. Sager + Wilde — Hackney
18. B. Street Deli — Bermondsey / London Bridge
19. Vine — Bermondsey / London Bridge
20. Bermondsey Corner — Bermondsey / London Bridge

The Brunch Edition

Full English, pancakes, avocado toast, açaí, or eggs in any configuration — there’s a spot for your order.

1. Eggbreak — Notting Hill
2. White Mulberries — St Katharine Docks
3. The Farmer’s Mistress — Battersea Park
4. Milk Beach — Soho
5. Flotsam & Jetsam — Wandsworth
6. Tashas — Battersea
7. The Tin Shed — Notting Hill
8. Where the Pancakes Are — Borough, Fitzrovia
9. Victoria House — Bloomsbury
10. Angie’s — Chiswick
11. Farm Girl — Notting Hill, Chelsea and more
12. Greenberry Café — Primrose Hill

The Bakery Edition

For the sweet tooth lover of cookies and cakes like me:

1. Crumbs & Doilies (cookies) — Carnaby
2. Le Choux (French) — Notting Hill
3. Hummingbird Bakery (cupcakes and cake) — multiple locations
4. Crème — Notting Hill, Soho