Must-see restaurants in Kensington & Hyde Park

  • Rabbit

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Three brothers grew up on a farm. One became a farmer, another a butcher, while the third worked in hospitality. So they pooled their skills and came up…

  • Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    With two Michelin stars, sumptuously presented Dinner is a gastronomic tour de force, taking diners on a journey through British culinary history (with…

  • Gordon Ramsay

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    One of Britain’s finest restaurants and London’s longest-running with three Michelin stars (held since 2001), this is hallowed turf for those who worship…

  • Launceston Place

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    This exceptionally handsome, superchic Michelin-starred restaurant is almost anonymous on a picture-postcard Kensington street of Edwardian houses…

  • Five Fields

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    The inventive British prix fixe cuisine, consummate service and enticingly light and inviting decor are hard to resist at this triumphant Chelsea…

  • Pimlico Fresh

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    This chirpy two-room cafe will see you right, whether you need breakfast (French toast, bowls of porridge laced with honey, banana, maple syrup or yoghurt…

  • Market Hall Victoria

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Garrulous, buzzing, young and fun, this market hall ranges over three floors with a total of 11 top-name open kitchens and three bars (including a rooftop…

  • A Wong

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    With its relaxed, appealing vibe and busy open kitchen, Michelin-starred A Wong excels at lunchtime dim sum but also casts its net wide to haul in some…

  • V&A Cafe

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    There is plenty of hot and cold food to choose from at the V&A Cafe, and the setting is quite astonishingly beautiful: the extraordinarily decorated…

  • Bar Boulud

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Combining French gastronomy with American influences must have raised a few chef's eyebrows in Daniel Boulud's native France, but diners vote with their…

  • Exterior of Sophie's Steakhouse & Bar

    Sophie’s Steakhouse & Bar

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    A paradise for carnivores, Sophie's restaurant (there’s also a branch in Soho) serves up some seriously gourmet meat dishes. You can’t go wrong with the…

  • Wulf & Lamb

    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,…

  • Kensington Palace Pavilion

    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…

  • Comptoir Libanais

    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…

  • Rib Room

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Head chef Ian Rudge's faultless preparation is the cornerstone of the much-lauded carnivorous menu at the Rib Room, satiating Knightsbridge diners with…

  • Daquise

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Counting Roman Polanski among its diners, this popular South Kensington restaurant has been serving a heart-warming range of vodkas and wholesome Polish…

  • Cambio de Tercio

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    A Spanish dining fixture in South Kensington for over 25 years, this award-winning restaurant is notable for its fine tapas as well as affordable and…

  • Kazan

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Aromatic Kazan gets repeated thumbs up for its set Turkish meze, shish kebabs and kulbasti (rosemary-rubbed grilled fillet of lamb). Flavours are rich and…

  • Hunan

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    In business for over three decades, this understated Chinese restaurant imaginatively exercises a no-menu policy, so just present your preferences and let…

  • Medlar

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    With its uncontrived yet crisply modern and cool green-on-grey design, Medlar is a King's Rd sensation. With no à la carte menu and scant pretentiousness,…

  • Lots Road Pub & Dining Room

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Light floods through the windows into the high-ceilinged, wood-lined, curved dining area and onto the black-and-chrome bar, where choice wines are sold by…

  • Zuma

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Zuma oozes style – a modern-day take on the traditional Japanese izakaya (‘a place to stay and drink sake’), where drinking and eating harmonise. The…

  • Painted Heron

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    The rather formal setting – starched white tablecloths, cubby holes and leather banquettes – is softened by intimate lighting in the evenings and affable…

  • Ognisko

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Ognisko has been a stalwart of the Polish community in London since 1940 (it's part of the Polish Hearth Club). The grand dining room is stunning, bathed…

  • Enoteca Turi

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Stylish and serene, with charming service and an enticing menu, Enoteca Turi devotes equal attention to the grape as to the food, which means that each…

  • Min Jiang

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Min Jiang serves up seafood, excellent wood-fired Peking duck (běijīng kǎoyā; half/whole £35/65), dim sum (from £5) and sumptuously regal views over…

  • Orangery

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    The Orangery is currently closed for renovations and expected to re-open in 2021. In the meantime, a similar menu of excellent breakfasts, lunches and,…

  • Daylesford Organic

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    A chomping ground for the Chelsea and Pimlico set, with a deli counter, a farmhouse shop and a modernist cafe serving delicious breakfasts, light lunches…

  • L'Eto

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    With its all-day service, this upmarket cafe has found an excellent niche between the museum district of South Kensington and the shopping vortex of…