The Best Restaurants in London, England

Local Resources (London daily newspapers, alt-weeklies, monthlies, portals, blogs)

• Daily: Financial Times Food and Drink
  • Nicholas Lander (reviewer)
• Daily: Guardian Food and Drink
  • London Restaurants
  • Matthew Fort (Reviewer)
  • Jay Rayner (Reviewer)
  • London’s finest bloggers reveal some of the capital’s best-kept secrets 2008
  • A cabbie’s guide to eating in London 2009
  • The eccentric’s guide to London 2008
  • Ken Livingstone’s London top 10 2008
  • 10 top live music venues in London 2008
• Daily: The Independent Food and Drink
  • Reviews
  • IndyBest
  • The 50 best fish and chip shops 2011
  • The 50 best curry houses
  • Ten great London restaurants that every tourist should know about 2011
  • 48 Hours In: London 2009
• Daily: London Evening Standard Restaurants
  • Fay Maschler (reviewer)
  • Charles Campion (reviewer)
  • Toby Young (reviewer)
  • Visit London Awards
• Daily: Metro Restaurant Reviews
• Daily: Telegraph Food and Drink
  • Matthew Norman reveals the highs and lows of eating out and some of Britain’s best (and worst) tables
• Daily: The Times | The Sunday Times Food (Subscription Only)
  • Table Talk with AA Gill
  • London’s 10 best restaurants 2008
  • London’s top ten veggie restaurants 2006
• Daily: Wharf Food
• Weekly: Time Out London Restaurants
  • London’s top 50 restaurants 2009
  • Best restaurants in London for…
  • London’s best cheap eats 2010
• Weekly: Londonist Food and Drink
• Food Magazine: Delicious Magazine
  • Afternoon teas in London 2010
  • The capital’s top coffee haunts 2011
  • Child-friendly restaurants in London 2009
  • Dining with the Stars – the UK’s 10 best restaurants for celebrity spotting 2009
  • Great barbecue eateries in London 2010
  • Our favourite UK vegetarian restaurants 2009
• Food Magazine: Square Meal
  • BMW Square Meal Award – Hall Of Fame
  • Editor’s Picks
• Monthly: London Magazine Restaurants
• Portal: Hot Dinners
• Portal: iStarvin
• Portal: Itchy London Eat
  
• Portal: London 24 Food & Drink
• Portal: London Eating
  • Best for lists…
  • Top Ten
• Portal: LondonersList
• Portal: Londonist: Food and Drink
• Portal: Randomness Guide to London
• Portal: Thrillist London Food
• Portal: View London Restaurants
• Portal (Menus): Menu Pages London
• Food Blog: An American in London
• Food Blog: bellaphon
• Food Blog: Cheese and Biscuits
• Food Blog: The Epicurean
  • Best in London 2010 | 2009 | 2008
• Food Blog: Food Snob
• Food Blog: Food Stories — Food and drink from Peckham
• Food Blog: Gastroenophile
• Food Blog: gourmet traveller
• Food Blog: how not to do a food blog
• Food Blog: Hungry in London
• Food Blog: Intoxicating Prose
  • Top ten restaurants of 2010
• Food Blog: Laissez Fare
• Food Blog: London Eater
  • Living restaurant guide v2
• Food Blog: The London Foodie
• Food Blog: The London Review of Breakfasts
• Food Blog: thirtyoneseventyfive.com
• Food Blog: Passport Delicious
  • My Top 10 London Restaurant Recommendations
• Food Blog: The World in 202 Meals
• Food Awards: British Curry Awards

Pub Guides

• Fancyapint
  • Best London Pub Award winners 2010
  • Hall of Fame
• The Good Pub Guide: London
• Last Rounds Project
• Lonely Planet: The UK’s favourite winter pubs 2010

Review Sites – Critics

• Andy Hayler’s Restaurant Guide
• Backpackers’ Ultimate Guide: London Eating & drinking
• CNN Weissmann Travel Reports London Restaurant Review
• Conde Nast Traveller Where to Eat Out: London
• Dopplr: London Eat
• Fodor’s: London Restaurants
• Food & Wine Best Places to Eat: London | Go List 2011 | 2009
• Frommer’s: London Restaurant Overview
• Jan Moir Are You Ready to Order?
• Let’s Go: London Food
• Lonely Planet: Restaurants in London
• Michelin Guide: London
  • 2011 Stars Guide | 2010
  • 2011 Bib Gourmand
• National Geographic City Guide: London
• Travel + Leisure: London Restaurant Guide
• Sally’s Place: Top London Restaurants
• Spotted by Locals: London restaurants & dining
• Unlike: London Food
• Virtual GDBK: London

Review Sites – Crowdsource

• The Good Food Guide
  • Top 60 Restaurants 2011
• Harden’s: London
• Qype: London Restaurants
• TripAdvisor: London Restaurants
• Urbanspoon: London
• Tipped London Restaurants
• Yelp: London Restaurants
• Zagat: London

Articles

• Bloomberg: London’s Top 10 New Restaurants of the Year 2010 | 2009
• Bon Appetit: King’s Cross, London Travel Guide 2009
• Business Insider: The 10 Best Restaurants For A Business Lunch In London 2010
• Eater: London Heat Map: Where to Eat Right Now 2011
• epicurious: Top London Restaurants Serving British Cuisine
• Essential Travel (UK): 24 hours in London
• Goop (Gwyneth Paltrow): London | London Update
• Gourmet Traveller (Australia): Matt Skinner’s inside guide to London 2009
• Gourmet Traveller (Australia): Affordable London 2010
• Gridskipper: Cheap London Eats | Cheap Dates in London
• Gridskipper: London’s Best Hot Dogs 2008
• Gridskipper: London Bookshop Cafes 2009
• Gridskipper: London’s Most Authentic Fish & Chips 2008
• Gridskipper: Top-Notch Italian Eateries in London 2008
• NY Magazine: Glimpse a Disappearing London 2009
• NY Magazine: Go Beyond Snout-to-Tail Dining in London 2010
• NY Times: 36 Hours in London 2008
• NY Times: Where Indian Cuisine Reaches for the Stars 2007
• NY Times: London’s restaurant revolution 2003
• NY Post: 8 great ways to love London
• Pology: Impressions Of London
• Time: London: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours
• Travel + Leisure: Where to Eat in London Now 2008
• WSJ: The London Restaurant Revolution 2010

Television

• BBC Food and Drink
  • Olive Magazine
  • BBC: Insider’s guide to London 2011
• Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Episode: London and Edinburgh
• Bizarre Foods Episode: United Kingdom

Trade Organizations

• BigHospitality
• Eat Out Magazine
• The Guild of Fine Food

Discussion Boards

• Chowhound London (UK/Ireland)
• eGullet London (United Kingdom/Ireland)