Leeds
This bar and music venue has two great kitchens. One serves artisan pizza (watch out for the napalm chilli sauce); the other offers brunch and probably…
Must-see restaurants in The United Kingdom
Leeds
This rooftop restaurant makes a big impression, with cool grey and black decor and huge picture windows overlooking the neighbouring church tower. The…
Edinburgh
Serving up Edinburgh’s most creative and beautiful bakes, Lovecrumbs is a shabby-chic cafe popular with students and hipsters. Cakes and tarts are…
Cardiff
This cool cafe, a series of rooms at the entrance to one of Cardiff's Victorian arcades, is good for coffee, indulgent pancake stacks, daily soups and…
Cardiff
Cuppas and cakes are served on delicate china at this atmospheric little tearoom within the crenellated confines of Bute Park's 1863 gatehouse. Cucumber…
Edinburgh
This chic patisserie is owned by a chef – Mademoiselle Macaron, no less – who trained at Alain Ducasse’s cookery school in Paris. French precision is…
Cardiff
One of Cardiff's best delicatessens, with a wide range of charcuterie and French and Welsh cheese, the Madame also has a cafe with tables spilling into…
Oxford
Stripped-down, dazzling-white cafe, with a scattering of light-wood Scandi-style tables, where you can enjoy a good cup of coffee in a relaxed ambience…
Cardiff
This family-run Portuguese bakery is famed for its pastel de nata – rich custard tarts with crisp pastry – but also serves freshly baked rolls, sourdough…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Cyclists and noncyclists alike adore this cafe-workshop, set in a light-filled space looking out onto Old St. Toasties and burgers are the savoury staples…
London
Hidden above the Rising Sun pub, the Fat Bear is a temple to soul food from the southern US. The huge burgers are some of the best in town, but regional…
Oxford
The original in a three-strong chain of Oxford ice-cream cafes, better known as G&Ds, this is where they actually make the stuff, with new flavours being…
North London
This lovely little pizzeria is run by two Italian guys – Nicola chefs and Matteo serves – who import most ingredients from their homeland. The pizzas are…
Cardiff
At the edge of the city's bustling student area, this cosy bakery and coffee shop is known for producing freshly baked sourdough, which you can indulge in…
London
This restaurant and bar is about as quirky as they come, with everything themed on fairy-tales, including the on-site wine shop, florist and library. Food…
Cardiff
What looks like an unassuming wooden stall is actually a treasure trove of vegetarian and vegan takeaway food, dairy-free sweet treats and pretty much…
Leith
This is the genuine article: a tiny, no-frills bar tucked off Leith Walk serving up the best dim sum in Edinburgh. The authentic menu includes silky-soft…
Notting Hill & West London
This quirky Moroccan eatery has a bit of an Aladdin’s Cave feel to it, cluttered as it is top-to-bottom with rugs, lanterns and various ceramic ornaments…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
This artsy cafe with windows overlooking Regent’s Canal is a great spot for a coffee (the chai lattes are excellent) and a quick bite to eat. It’s easy to…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
The first cereal-themed cafe in the country perfectly symbolises the hipster spirit – and gentrification, some might say – of its Shoreditch location…
Notting Hill & West London
This canal boat cafe, moored in picturesque Little Venice, serves basic hot drinks, breakfasts and snacks, though its location is the real draw. Its…
Cardiff
Wales' first 100% vegan restaurant, Anna-Loka offers cooked breakfasts, wholefood bowls, wraps, Sunday dinner, seitan burgers and desserts. Prices are…
Notting Hill & West London
This impressive cafe has brought fresh energy to the rather tired-looking Bayswater shopping centre in which it has set up shop. It sells artisan coffee …
Edinburgh
Light, bright and modern, Home mixes social purpose with quality food. The globe-spanning menu includes steaks, tagines, gumbo and posh mac ’n’ cheese…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Brick Lane in East London is world-famous for its abundance of curry houses, and Aladin is arguably the best of the lot. It serves dishes from India,…
Leeds
Often, the simple things in life are the best. This humble food stall amid the grandeur of the old Corn Exchange serves hummus with pitta bread (hence the…
Notting Hill & West London
Pricey and well in step with dining trends, Farmacy aims squarely at wholesome, organic, gluten-free, vegan detoxing. For breakfast (Monday to Friday,…
Notting Hill & West London
With its scattered pieces from Mumbai’s Thieves Market, Indian-market-kitchen/bazaar cuisine, homemade pickles and spice mixes, plus an accent on genuine…
Kensington & Hyde Park
Picture-perfect Pavilion Rd, a sidestreet tucked off Sloane Sq, has been redeveloped in recent years to create a village-like collection of independent,…
The Lake District
A sister pub to the marvellous Mason's Arms near Windermere, this classic pub near the Lyth Valley has a great reputation for its grub. Dishes are pubby…
The West End
Run by an outfit with broader catering experience, the Wallace Collection's cafe-restaurant is a notch above what you’d expect from a museum. Equally good…
The West End
This opulent restaurant and club south of Berkeley Sq serves refined dim sum and other Chinese fare daily in the glitzy ground-floor Salon de Chine. From…
Notting Hill & West London
With a perennial scrum around it thanks to its whiff of freshly baked pizza, Arancina sells Sicilian snacks and has half an orange Fiat Cinquecento (500;…
Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court
This stellar Venetian restaurant is generally crammed with eager gourmands. Rather audaciously, there’s neither menu nor wine list, but this adds…
Kensington & Hyde Park
Temporarily replacing the Orangery restaurant while it undergoes restoration until 2021, what the Kensington Palace Pavilion lacks in history it makes up…
Notting Hill & West London
Grandly restored, the roomy interior of this imposing former Victorian gin palace soaks up pretty much any hubbub thrown at it, with ample elbow space and…
Northumberland Coast
Always humming with local chatter, the traditional, wood-beamed Ship has all the comfort of your favourite armchair. Its walls are pleasingly cluttered…
Kensington & Hyde Park
If your battery is flat after touring the South Kensington museums, this colourful, good-looking and brisk restaurant just round the corner from the Tube…
The West End
This branch of a highly successful mini-chain takes the fast-disappearing Iranian cafe of Bombay and gives it new life. Distressed with a modern twist …
The West End
The high-level Japanese restaurant and DJ bar Mayfair never knew it needed, Sexy Fish is pure flamboyance, with art by Damien Hirst and Frank Gehry, a…
