Modern European cooking is London's house style for the wine-led bistro, a borderless approach that mixes French, Italian and British ideas across a short, seasonal menu. Noble Rot in Fitzrovia pairs that food with a serious wine list, while rooms like Brawn in Shoreditch and Andrew Edmunds in Soho keep the format intimate and ingredient-driven.

Modern European restaurants in London

8 modern european places in London we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in London · Modern European across every city.

  • Levan

    Order Smoked eel with beetroot and creme fraiche, plus whatever's on the wood-fired grill.

    Nicholas Balfe's small-plates room on Blenheim Grove in Peckham London, opened 2018 and Michelin-recognised, runs Modern European cooking with a long.

  • Noble Rot

    Order Slip sole in seaweed butter, plus a glass of mature white Burgundy off their by-the-glass list.

    The wine-led dining room on Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury London, opened 2015 by Daniel Keeling and Mark Andrew of the wine magazine, runs a serious.

  • Andrew Edmunds

    Order Whatever seasonal main is on the handwritten menu, and the sticky toffee pudding for dessert.

    The candlelit Lexington Street bistro in Soho London, opened 1985 by print-dealer Andrew Edmunds, still runs a daily-handwritten Modern European menu.

  • Brawn

    Order House charcuterie board, then whatever offal main is on the night.

    Owen Kenworthy's Modern European dining room on Columbia Road in Shoreditch London, opened 2010, runs a daily-changing menu of small plates.

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  • Cafe Cecilia

    Order Whatever fish course is on, with the Guinness bread to start and a bottle from the natural-wine list.

    Max Rocha's solo Cafe Cecilia by Regent's Canal in Hackney London opened 2021.

  • Spring

    Order Whatever the spring or autumn vegetable opener is, and the brown butter custard tart for pudding.

    Skye Gyngell's Modern European dining room inside the New Wing of Somerset House in central London, opened 2014, runs vegetable-led seasonal cooking.

  • Andrew Edmunds

    Andrew Edmunds's candlelit Lexington Street bistro in Soho London, opened 1985 by the print-dealer Edmunds, still the city's preferred Soho dining-room.

  • Brawn

    Owen Kenworthy's Columbia Road dining room in east London, opened 2010, runs Modern European small plates and a natural-wine list at a residential street.

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