Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in London

Carbone

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Carbone brings New York Italian-American dining theatre to Grosvenor Square, with scarlet-and-cerulean rooms, tuxedoed service, a terrace facing Mayfair, and the familiar signatures: spicy rigatoni vodka, oversized meatballs, veal Parmesan, and dessert service from a silver platter. The appeal is less quiet trattoria than staged mid-century glamour, pitched at London’s appetite for high-production dining rooms.

Also recognized by Conde Nast, Prix Versailles

Charlie's

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Inside Brown's Hotel on Albemarle Street, Charlie's occupies one of Mayfair's most considered dining rooms, designed by Olga Polizzi with wood panelling, deep armchairs, and animal-adorned wallpaper that references Rudyard Kipling's time at the hotel. The kitchen, overseen by Adam Byatt, works a Modern British menu with a Mediterranean inflection — the homemade pasta is a reliable indicator of where the kitchen's attention sits. A Michelin Plate holder in both 2024 and 2025.

Chiltern Firehouse

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Chiltern Firehouse occupies a converted Victorian fire station in Marylebone, serving Modern European food in one of London's most closely watched dining rooms. Ranked #402 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list in 2024 and climbing to #599 in 2025, it draws a crowd that treats the room as destination as much as the plate. Reservations require planning.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining

Clos Maggiore

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Grand Award

A Covent Garden fixture with Michelin Plate recognition and one of London's most serious wine lists, Clos Maggiore occupies a particular niche in the city's French dining scene: seasonal, French-inspired cooking in a room that earns its reputation for atmosphere rather than spectacle. The conservatory with its retractable roof draws consistent demand; the 7,550-bottle cellar, strong in Burgundy and Bordeaux, does the rest.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes

Cooper’s Cut

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Cooper’s Cut belongs to the London dining conversation shaped by the City’s polished hotel rooms, corporate dining habits, and the heavier architecture around Trinity Square. With no public awards or price signals attached, it reads less as a trophy-table proposition than as a place to judge through setting, format, and location within a high-pressure part of the capital.

Cut at 45 Park Lane

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Cut at 45 Park Lane brings Wolfgang Puck's American steakhouse format to Mayfair, positioning prime beef at the upper end of London's formal dining tier. With a wine list of 690 selections and recognition from Opinionated About Dining's European Classical rankings, the restaurant sits within a small cohort of hotel dining rooms that compete on the same terms as standalone fine-dining destinations. Open daily for lunch and dinner.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Opinionated About Dining

Dinings SW3

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Dinings SW3 brings Japanese-European fusion cooking to a Chelsea mews address, earning consecutive placements in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe rankings (ranked 214th in 2024, 248th in 2025) alongside a Star Wine List White Star for its 965-bottle cellar. Chef-owner Masaki Sugisaki runs lunch and dinner service six days a week, with a wine program overseen by Wine Director Christopher Frayling-Cork that skews heavily toward Burgundy and Bordeaux.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Doppo

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Doppo is a 40-cover Tuscan-accented restaurant on Dean Street in Soho, operating permanently since March 2023 after launching as a pop-up. The kitchen and front-of-house teams carry Michelin-starred and private-members' club pedigree, while the wine programme — a Star Wine List highly ranked finalist with World of Fine Wine 3-Star accreditation — turns over roughly 30 new references each month.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Dovetale

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Inside 1 Hotel Mayfair, Dovetale applies the logic of European classics to ingredients with serious provenance credentials: Somerset chicken, Oxfordshire venison, and Dover sole given a sole véronique treatment. The wine list runs to 1,200 selections and holds two consecutive Star Wine List top rankings. This is Mayfair fine dining stripped of gimmicks but not of ambition.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, The Good Food Guide, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Empire Empire

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

From the Gunpowder group comes this Notting Hill neighbourhood restaurant focused on Punjab and Northwest India, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2024. Coloured tile floors, a vintage jukebox, and Indian disco artwork set the scene, while the kitchen delivers biryani, kebabs, and kadhai masala with evident confidence. Butter chicken is the house speciality, and the.

Also recognized by The Good Food Guide

Franco's

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

One of London's longest-standing Italian restaurants, Franco's on Jermyn Street has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and earned a White Star from Star Wine List for its 415-selection, Italy-focused cellar. The kitchen turns out classically grounded dishes — veal and beef lasagne, linguine with lobster — with a consistency that keeps a loyal crowd returning. The wine list leans hard into Tuscany and Piedmont, with serious Barolo representation across 2,500 bottles.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Jamavar

London, United Kingdom

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Jamavar on Mount Street brings the cooking traditions of India's royal kitchens to the centre of Mayfair, with a menu that spans regions from Old Delhi to Kerala. Ranked 199th among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it operates inside the Sheraton Grand Hotel under the ownership of Katara Hospitality, pairing an extensive wine list with precisely spiced cooking that holds its own against London's most serious dining rooms.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, The Good Food Guide

Kerridge's Bar & Grill

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Kerridge's Bar & Grill brings Tom Kerridge's signatures — premium British produce, steak-focused mains, and playful flourishes like salt cod Scotch egg — into the grand dining room of the Corinthia hotel on Northumberland Avenue. The wine list runs to 835 selections across 4,250 bottles, skewing toward France, Italy, and Iberia. A Michelin Plate holder ranked #490 in OAD Casual Europe 2024, it operates at the heavier end of London's hotel-dining bracket.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Opinionated About Dining

La Petite Maison

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Open since 2007, La Petite Maison transplants the spirit of Nice's celebrated restaurant of the same name to a Mayfair mews address where the crowd is well-heeled and the cooking leans hard into sun-drenched Provençal and Niçoise tradition. It sits in a different register from the neighbourhood's Michelin-heavy French houses, trading tasting-menu formality for shared plates, confident Mediterranean flavours, and a room that functions as much as a social occasion as a meal.

Also recognized by Harden's, Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Lady of the Grapes

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

A Covent Garden wine bar with 525 selections and nearly 2,000 bottles in inventory, Lady of the Grapes has climbed from a neighbourhood spot to an Opinionated About Dining-ranked address, moving from #827 in 2025 to #673 in 2024 on the Casual Europe list. French and small-plates cooking pairs with a Franco-Italian wine focus priced at mid-range markups, open Tuesday through Sunday on Maiden Lane.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Occupying the former Maze site on Grosvenor Square, Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay brings a moody, sharing-format approach to Asian cuisine in Mayfair. Japanese and Chinese influences combine with British ingredients across a menu built for the table rather than the individual. The wine list runs to 170 selections with a French-leaning bias and a Michelin Plate recognition that has been sustained across consecutive years.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Nobu

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Nobu Park Lane opened in 1997 as Nobu Matsuhisa's first European outpost, introducing London to Nikkei-fusion Japanese cooking and dishes like black cod with miso that have since become reference points for the genre. Holding a Michelin Plate and ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants, it sits at the £££ tier in Mayfair, with a 650-label wine list and a reputation that has outlasted its A-list heyday by several decades.

Also recognized by Harden's, Opinionated About Dining, World's 50 Best

Palomar

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2024 and ranked among Europe's top casual dining destinations by Opinionated About Dining, Palomar has been translating the flavours of modern Jerusalem for Soho since the mid-2010s. The zinc counter facing an open kitchen remains the place to sit, where fire-cooked meats, kubaneh bread, and vegetable-forward plates anchor a menu rooted in Levantine, North African, and Iberian crosscurrents. At the ££ price point, it represents one of central London's most credentialled Middle Eastern tables.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, The Good Food Guide, We're Smart World

Parlour

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Ranked #525 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list in 2024 and climbing to #818 in 2025, Parlour in Kensal Rise operates in the register of serious neighbourhood cooking without the formality of central London's dining rooms. Chef Jesse Dunford Wood leads a Modern European kitchen where French technique anchors a menu built for daily eating, backed by a wine list of 260 selections and 1,300 bottles in inventory.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Top 50 Gastropubs

Pavyllon London

London, United Kingdom

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Pavyllon London sits inside the Four Seasons Hotel on Hamilton Place, Mayfair, bringing Yannick Alléno's French contemporary cooking to the UK for the first time. Led in the kitchen by Chef Benjamin Ferra Y Castell, the counter-fronted dining room applies classic French foundations to ingredients from across the Mediterranean and beyond. Set menus represent one focused way to engage with the format.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Opinionated About Dining

Sushi Amamoto

London, United Kingdom

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Taku places Mayfair omakase in a tighter, more ingredient-led register: 16 seats around an English oak counter, French-Japanese framing, and seafood sourced largely from European waters. The format is disciplined rather than theatrical, with Chef Takuya Watanabe, Long Ng, and a 200-selection France-leaning wine list giving the room serious technical weight.

The Pelican

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

The Pelican in London reimagines a Victorian pub as a Modern British gastropub. Must-try plates include Mince on Toast, Spider Crab Toast and whole roasted turbot, each showcasing seasonal British produce. The kitchen focuses on direct techniques—slow roast, coastal steaming and precise pan-searing—while a 95-selection wine list (inventory ~1,150 bottles) and craft beer program provide exacting pairings. Included in the Michelin Guide and rooted in Notting Hill community life, The Pelican delivers warm, unpretentious service and bold, ingredient-first flavors in a high-ceilinged, pared-back setting.

Also recognized by The Good Food Guide, Top 50 Gastropubs

The Twenty Two

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

A Michelin Plate holder on Grosvenor Square, The Twenty Two pitches Mediterranean cooking at a price point that sits below Mayfair's top tier without conceding on address or seriousness. The room draws an evening crowd looking for something more considered than a neighbourhood brasserie, and the wine list runs to 1,850 selections with enough range to reward those who spend time with it.

Also recognized by World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Wilton’s

London, United Kingdom

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

One of London's oldest surviving restaurants, Wilton's on Jermyn Street has operated since its origins as an 18th-century shellfish stall. The menu pivots on British seafood and seasonal game, anchored by a carving trolley at lunch and a wine list that runs deep into Burgundy and Bordeaux. Dress code is enforced; the formality is the point.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, The Good Food Guide, World's Best Wine Lists Awards