Restaurants

Located in East London’s Town Hall Hotel, built in 1910, this restaurant is named after the room in which all communications from the mayoral, council and judicial system were put to ink. Head Chef Lee Westcott uses the best of local and seasonal British ingredients to create innovative modern European dishes. His cooking has been described as pure, natural and honest, presented in a relaxed atmosphere.

Boasting exquisite Art Deco interior design throughout, this private dining space is located directly next to an impressive wine cellar with magnums on display through a beautiful floor to ceiling glass wall. If exclusivity is key, this is the space for you.

The premise is simple at this South London restaurant: the chef uses food to tell a story. Having opened in 2013, the restaurant gained a Michelin star after only five months and serves a menu inspired by memory or provenience of ingredients. Visitors are encouraged to bring a book with them when they dine, to leave with the restaurant’s ever-growing collection.

This Bethnal Green restaurant is found within a Georgian terrace apparently named in recognition of the occupation of streetwalkers who once plied their trade. Its head chef kicked off his career at La Stampa in Dublin, moved to Marco Pierre White’s Oak Room, then to Ristorante Don Alfonso on Italy’s Amalfi coast, followed by Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons and stages in Noma in Copenhagen and Frantzen in Stockholm — a galaxy of Michelin stars to gaze at.