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CuisineModern European
Price££
NeighborhoodSoho
HoursMon-Fri 12:00-15:30 and 17:30-22:30, Sat 12:30-15:30 and 17:30-22:30, Sun 13:00-16:00 and 18:00-22:30
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Why locals love it: A candlelit Georgian townhouse bistro hidden between the Soho tourist circuit and Carnaby Street since 1985, established by Londoners and missed by visitors.

Tip: Bar seats at the front are released as walk-ins after 21:30. The handwritten daily menu does not appear online.

Location

Address: 46 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LP

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The French House ★ 4.0

££ British gastropubSoho

Neil Borthwick's upstairs dining room above the historic French House pub on Dean Street in Soho London, opened 2017, the city's most-defended phone-free.

Why locals goAn upstairs Soho dining room above a historic pub that bans mobile phones and serves the Modern British canon to a hushed dining room of regulars.

TipNo mobile phones, no music. Tables book one week ahead. The downstairs pub still pours a proper half-pint of bitter for £2.50.

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Smoking Goat ★ 4.7

££ ThaiShoreditch

The Smoking Goat charcoal Thai BBQ kitchen on Shoreditch High Street in east London, opened 2014 in Soho then moved to a larger Shoreditch site in 2017.

Why locals goA charcoal-fuelled Thai canteen on the corner of Shoreditch High Street and Redchurch Street with wok-burners and smokers run by chefs who built the menu from northern Thai.

TipWalk-up at the bar; tables book a week ahead through their site. The fish-sauce wings and lardo-curry are the canonical orders.

Quality Wines ★ 4.2

££ Wine barClerkenwell

Will Lander's wine shop and bar next to Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road in Clerkenwell London, opened 2019, the city's smartest neighborhood wine-shop.

Why locals goA wine shop and bar tucked beside Quality Chop House on a Clerkenwell side street where every bottle pours for £15 corkage at the bar.

TipBuy a bottle off the shelf, then drink it at the bar for £15 corkage. The lunch sandwich menu comes from Quality Chop House.

Brawn ★ 4.1

££ Modern EuropeanShoreditch

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.

Why locals goA Columbia Road natural-wine room you can only easily walk to from the Sunday flower market, missed by anyone not in east-London for the morning.

TipBest on a Sunday after the Columbia Road flower market closes at 14:00. The kitchen runs to 17:00; counter takes walk-ups.

The French House ★ 4.0

££ British gastropubSoho

Neil Borthwick's upstairs dining room above the historic French House pub on Dean Street in Soho London, opened 2017, the city's most-defended phone-free.

Why locals goAn upstairs Soho dining room above a historic pub that bans mobile phones and serves the Modern British canon to a hushed dining room of regulars.

TipNo mobile phones, no music. Tables book one week ahead. The downstairs pub still pours a proper half-pint of bitter for £2.50.

Rochelle Canteen ★ 4.6

££ British gastropubShoreditch

Margot Henderson's daily-changing British canteen inside a converted bike shed off Arnold Circus in Shoreditch London, open since 2004 for lunch.

Why locals goA daily-changing British canteen inside a converted bike shed off Arnold Circus that opens only for lunch and Thu-Sat dinner since 2004.

TipOpen Mon-Sat for lunch and Thu-Sat dinner only. No music, no printed menu; the day's run is on the wall.

40 Maltby Street ★ 4.5

££ Wine barBorough Bermondsey

Gergovie Wines's importer-run wine bar and kitchen inside a Maltby Street railway arch in Bermondsey London, opened 2010, the home address of London chef.

Why locals goA natural-wine bar and kitchen inside a Bermondsey railway arch run by an importer, open Wed-Sat only and long-favored by London chefs who eat here on days off.

TipWed-Sat only; closed Sun-Tue. Walk-up at the counter from 12:00. The kitchen rewrites the chalkboard every service.

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