british (modern) restaurants in london

Below is a list of the british (modern) restaurants in london - restaurants serving modern british food, rather than traditional (pie and mash). The list is in alphabetical order (by restaurant name, ignoring any 'the'). If you know of another, or you'd like to send us a (two or three sentence) quick review of any of these restaurants, please contact us.

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Restaurant name: Alastair Little
Address: 49 frith Street, Soho, W1D 4SQ
Nearest underground station: Leicester Square / Tottenham Court Road
Telephone number: 020 7734 5183

Restaurant name: Anglesea Arms (gastro pub)
Address: 35 Wingate Road, W6 0UR
Nearest underground station: Goldhawk Road / Ravenscourt Park
Telephone number: 020 7734 5183

Restaurant name: Annie’s - a small chain with 2 london restaurants
Address: 162 Thames Road, W4 3QS
Nearest underground station: Chiswick BR
Telephone number: 020 8994 6848

Restaurant name: Annie’s - a small chain with 2 london restaurants
Address: 36 - 38 White Hart Lane, SW13 0PZ
Nearest underground station: Barnes Bridge BR
Telephone number: 020 8878 2020

Restaurant name: Approach Tavern (gastro pub)
Address: 47 Approach Road, E2 9LY
Nearest underground station: Bethnal Green
Telephone number: 020 8980 2321

Restaurant name: Atlantic Bar & Grill
Address: 20 Glasshouse Street, Soho W1B 5DJ
Nearest underground station: Piccadilly Circus
Telephone number: 020 7734 4888

Restaurant name: Axis
Address: One Aldwych Hotel, 1 Aldwych , WC2B 4RH
Nearest underground station: Charring Cross / Covent Garden
Telephone number: 020 7300 0300

Restaurant name: Balans - a small chain with 3 london restaurants
Address: 60 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 4UG
Nearest underground station: Piccadilly Circus
Telephone number: 020 7437 5212

Restaurant name: Balans - a small chain with 3 london restaurants
Address: 187 Kensington High Street, W8 6SH
Nearest underground station: High Street Kensington
Telephone number: 020 7376 0115

Restaurant name: Bank Aldwych
Address: 1 Kingsway, WC2B 6XF
Nearest underground station: Holborn
Telephone number: 020 7379 9797

Restaurant name: Bankside
Address: 32 Southwark Bridge, SE1 9EU
Nearest underground station: London Bridge
Telephone number: 020 7633 0011

Restaurant name: Bank Westminster & Zander Bar
Address: 45 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6BS
Nearest underground station: St James Park
Telephone number: 020 7379 9797

Restaurant name: The Barnsbury (gastro pub)
Address: 208 - 211 Liverpool Road, N1 1LX
Nearest underground station: Angel
Telephone number: 020 7607 5519

Restaurant name: The Belvedere
Address: Holland Park, off Abbotosbury Road, W8 6LU
Nearest underground station: Holland Park
Telephone number: 020 7602 1238

Restaurant name: Bradley’s
Address: 25 Winchester Rd, NW3 3NR
Nearest underground station: Swiss Cottage
Telephone number: 020 7722 3457

Restaurant name: Brinkley’s
Address: 47 Hollywood Rd, SW10 9HX
Nearest underground station: Earl’s Court
Telephone number: 020 7351 1683

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: 82 - 84 St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 4AA
Nearest underground station: Leicester Square
Telephone number: 020 7497 5050

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: 47 Maddox Street, W1S 2PG
Nearest underground station: Bond St / Oxford Circus
Telephone number: 020 7491 4565

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: 8 Old Jewry, EC2R 8DN
Nearest underground station: Bank / Mansion House
Telephone number: 020 7606 6677

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: 9 Islington Green, N1 8DU
Nearest underground station: Angel
Telephone number: 020 7226 6677

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: Hertsmere Road, E14 8JJ
Nearest underground station: Canary Wharf / West India Quay
Telephone number: 020 7987 9777

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: 201 Castelnau, Barnes, SW13 9ER
Nearest underground station: Hammersmith / Ravenscourt Park
Telephone number: 020 8748 4486

Restaurant name: Browns - a small chain with 7 london restaurants
Address: 3 - 5 Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AA
Nearest underground station: Kew Gardens
Telephone number: 020 8948 4838

Restaurant name: Builders Arms (gastro pub)
Address: 13 Britten St, SW3 3TY
Nearest underground station: Sloane Square / South Kensington
Telephone number: 020 7349 9040

Restaurant name: Cava Bar
Address: 11 Albion Road, N16 9PS
Nearest underground station: Cannonbury BR
Telephone number: 020 7923 9227

Restaurant name: Chez Bruce
Address: 2 Bellevue Road, SW17 7EG
Nearest underground station: Balam / Wandsworth Common BR
Telephone number: 020 8672 0114

Restaurant name: Clarke’s
Address: 124 Kensington Church Street, W8 4BH
Nearest underground station: Notting Hill Gate
Telephone number: 020 7221 9225

Restaurant name: The Collection
Address: 264 Brompton Road, SW3 2AS
Nearest underground station: South Kensington
Telephone number: 020 7225 1212

Restaurant name: Cotto
Address: 44 Blythe Road, W14 0HA
Nearest underground station: Olympia
Telephone number: 020 7602 9333

Restaurant name: Cow Dining Room
Address: 89 Westbourne Park Road, W2 5QH
Nearest underground station: Westbourne Park
Telephone number: 020 7221 0021

Restaurant name: Dibbens
Address: 2 - 3 Cross Street, EC1M 6DR
Nearest underground station: Farringdon
Telephone number: 020 7250 0035

Restaurant name: Duke of Cambridge (gastro pub)
Address: 30 St. Peters Street, N1 8JT
Nearest underground station: Angel
Telephone number: 020 7359 3066

Restaurant name: 1802
Address: 1 West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL
Nearest underground station: Canary Wharf / West India Quay
Telephone number: 0870 444 388

Restaurant name: The Engineer (gastro pub)
Address: 65 Gloucester Avenue, NW1 8JH
Nearest underground station: Chalk Farm
Telephone number: 020 7722 0950

Restaurant name: English Garden
Address: 10 Lincoln Street, SW3 2TS
Nearest underground station: Sloane Square
Telephone number: 020 7584 7272

Restaurant name: Fifth Floor (Harvey Nichols)
Address: Harvey Nichols, 109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RJ
Nearest underground station: Knightsbridge
Telephone number: 020 7235 5250

Restaurant name: First Floor
Address: 186 Portobello Road, London, W11 1LA
Nearest underground station: Ladbroke Grove / Notting Hill Gate
Telephone number: 020 7243 0072

Restaurant name: Fishmarket (Great Eastern Hotel) Fish / British
Address: Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, EC2M 7NH
Nearest underground station: Liverpool Street
Telephone number: 020 7618 7200

Restaurant name: Frederick’s
Address: 106 Camden Passage, N1 8EG
Nearest underground station: Angel
Telephone number: 020 7359 2888

Restaurant name: The Glasshouse
Address: 14 Station Parade, Kew, TW9 3PZ
Nearest underground station: Kew Gardens
Telephone number: 020 8940 6777

Restaurant name: Globe
Address: 100 Avenue Road, NW3 3HF
Nearest underground station: Swiss Cottage
Telephone number: 020 7722 7200

Restaurant name: The Greenhouse
Address: 27a Hayes Mews, W1J 5PY
Nearest underground station: Green Park
Telephone number: 020 7499 3331

Restaurant name: Havelock Tavern (gastro pub)
Address: 57 Masbro Road, W14 0LS
Nearest underground station: Olympia / Shepherd’s Bush
Telephone number: 020 7603 5374

Restaurant name: Hush
Address: 8 Lancashire Court, W1S 1EY
Nearest underground station: Bond Street
Telephone number: 020 7659 1500

Restaurant name: The lfield (gastro pub)
Address: 59 Ifield Rd, SW10 9AU
Nearest underground station: Earls Court
Telephone number: 020 7351 4900

Restaurant name: Indigo (One Aldwych Hotel)
Address: One Aldwych Hotel, 1 Aldwych, WC2B 4BZ
Nearest underground station: Charing Cross / Covent Garden
Telephone number: 020 7300 0400

Restaurant name: The Ivy
Address: 1 West Street, WC2H 9NQ
Nearest underground station: Leicester Square
Telephone number: 020 7836 4751

Restaurant name: Joe’s
Address: 126 Draycott Ave, SW3 3AH
Nearest underground station: South Kensington
Telephone number: 020 7225 2217

Restaurant name: Julie’s Restaurant & Bar
Address: 135 Portland Rd, W11 4LW
Nearest underground station: Holland Park
Telephone number: 020 7229 8331

Restaurant name: Just Gladwins
Address: Minster Court, 1 Mark Lane, EC3R 7AA
Nearest underground station: Bank / Monumnet
Telephone number: 020 7444 0004

Restaurant name: Kensington Place
Address: 201 - 209 Kensington Church Street, W8 7LX
Nearest underground station: Notting Hill Gate
Telephone number: 020 7727 3184

Restaurant name: The Lansdowne (gastro pub)
Address: 90 Gloucester Avenue, NW1 8HX
Nearest underground station: Chalk Farm
Telephone number: 020 7483 0409

Restaurant name: Le Cafe du Jardin
Address: 28 Wellington Street, WC2E 7BD
Nearest underground station: Covent Garden
Telephone number: 020 7836 8760
Quick review: great for a pre-theatre meal. Low cost set menu. Tables are a little close together, but all in all a good restaurant.

Restaurant name: Le Caprice
Address: Arlington House, Arlington Street, SW1A 1RL
Nearest underground station: Green Park
Telephone number: 020 7629 2239

Restaurant name: L'Metro
Address: L’Hotel 28 Basil Street, SW3 1AS
Nearest underground station: Knightsbridge
Telephone number: 020 7591 1213

Restaurant name: Odette’s
Address: 130 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL
Nearest underground station: Chalk Farm
Telephone number: 020 7586 5486

Restaurant name: Oriel
Address: 51 Sloane Square, SW1W 8AX
Nearest underground station: Sloane Square
Telephone number: 020 7730 2804

Restaurant name: Oxo Tower Restaurant
Address: Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, SE1 9PH
Nearest underground station: Blackfriars / Waterloo
Telephone number: 020 7803 3888

Restaurant name: Phoenix Bar & Grill
Address: 162 - 164 Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1LY
Nearest underground station: Putney Bridge
Telephone number: 020 8780 3131

Restaurant name: Polygon Bar & Grill
Address: 4 The Polygon, Clapham Old Town, SW4 0JG
Nearest underground station: Clapham Common
Telephone number: 020 7622 1199

Restaurant name: Prince Bonaparte
Address: 80 Chepstow Road, W2 5BE
Nearest underground station: Bayswater / Notting Hill Gate
Telephone number: 020 7313 9491

Restaurant name: Prism
Address: 147 Leadenhall Street, EC3V 4QT
Nearest underground station: Bank / Monument
Telephone number: 020 7256 3888

Restaurant name: Pug
Address: 66 - 68 Chiswick High Road, W4 1SY
Nearest underground station: Stamford Brook / Turnham Green
Telephone number: 020 8987 9988

Restaurant name: Ransome’s Dock
Address: 35 - 37 Park Gate Road, Battersea, SW11 4NP
Nearest underground station: Clapham Junction BR / Sloane Square
Telephone number: 020 7223 1611

Restaurant name: Redmonds
Address: 170 Upper Richmond Road West, SW14 8AW
Nearest underground station: Mortlake BR
Telephone number: 020 8878 1922

Restaurant name: Richard Corrigan at Lindsay House
Address: 21b Romilly Street, W1V 5TG
Nearest underground station: Leicester Square / Piccadilly Circus
Telephone number: 020 7439 0450

Restaurant name: River Walk
Address: 2nd Floor, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, SE1 9PH
Nearest underground station: Blackfriars / Waterloo
Telephone number: 020 7928 2884

Restaurant name: Rivington Bar & Grill
Address: 28 - 30 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DZ
Nearest underground station: Old Street
Telephone number: 020 7729 7053

Restaurant name: RSJ
Address: 33 Coin Street, SE1 8YQ
Nearest underground station: Waterloo
Telephone number: 020 7928 4554

Restaurant name: Savoy Grill
Address: Savoy Hotel, The Strand, WC2R 0BP
Nearest underground station: Charing Cross / Embankment
Telephone number: 020 7420 2450

Restaurant name: Scotts (british / fish)
Address: 20 Mount Street, W1K 2HE
Nearest underground station: Bond Street / Green Park
Telephone number: 020 7629 5248

Restaurant name: Smith’s of Smithfield Dining Room
Address: 67-77 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ
Nearest underground station: Farringdon
Telephone number: 020 7251 7950

Restaurant name: Snows on the Green
Address: 166 Shepherd’s Bush Road, W6 7PB
Nearest underground station: Hammersmith / Goldhawk Road
Telephone number: 020 7603 2142

Restaurant name: Sonny’s
Address: 94 Church Road, Barnes SW13 0DQ
Nearest underground station: Barnes Bridge BR
Telephone number: 020 8748 0393

Restaurant name: The Stepping Stone
Address: 123 Queenstown Road, SW8 3RH
Nearest underground station: Clapham Common
Telephone number: 020 7622 0555

Restaurant name (food type) St. John (modern and traditional british food)
Address: 26 St John Street, EC1M 4AY
Nearest underground station: Farringdon
Telephone number: 020 7251 0848
Quick Review: number 16 in the prestigious restaurant magazines 2004 top 50 and it's most imrpoved restaurant too. The restaurant is ' famed for its signature dishes of Roasted bone marrow and 'Squirrel with offal on toast' too.

Restaurant name: St. John Bread & Wine
Address: 94-96 Commercial Street, E1 6LZ
Nearest underground station: Liverpool Street
Telephone number: 020 7247 8724

Restaurant name: The Terrace
Address: 33c Holland Street, W8 4LX
Nearest underground station: High Street Kensington
Telephone number: 020 7937 3224

Restaurant name: The Troubadour
Address: 265 Old Brompton Road, SW5 9JA
Nearest underground station: Earls Court
Telephone number: 020 7370 1434

Restaurant name: Tuttons Brasserie
Address: 11 - 12 Russell Street, WC2B 5HZ
Nearest underground station: Covent Garden
Telephone number: 020 7836 4141

Restaurant name: Union Cafe
Address: 96 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2QA
Nearest underground station: Bond Street
Telephone number: 020 7486 4860

Restaurant name: The Vale
Address: 99 Chippenham Road, W9 2AB
Nearest underground station: Maida Vale
Telephone number: 020 7266 0990

Restaurant name: Villandry
Address: 170 Great Portland St, W1W 5QD
Nearest underground station: Great Portland Street
Telephone number: 020 7631 3131

Restaurant name: The Vine
Address: 86 Highgate Road, NW5 1PB
Nearest underground station: Kentish Town BR
Telephone number: 020 7209 0038

Restaurant name: Waterloo Fire Station
Address: 150 Waterloo Road, SE1 8SB
Nearest underground station: Waterloo
Telephone number: 020 7620 2226

Restaurant name: West Street
Address: 13-15 West Street, WC2 9NE
Nearest underground station: Leicester Square
Telephone number: 020 7010 8600

Restaurant name: Wheeler’s (fish / british)
Address: 12a Duke of York Street, SW1Y 6LB
Nearest underground station: Piccadilly Circus
Telephone number: 020 7930 2460

Restaurant name: Zinc Bar & Grill - a small chain with 2 london restaurants
Address: 21 Heddon Street, W1B 4BG
Nearest underground station: Oxford Circus / Piccadilly Circus
Telephone number: 020 7255 8899

Restaurant name: Zinc Bar & Grill - a small chain with 2 london restaurants
Address: 11 Jerdan Place, SW6 1BE
Nearest underground station: Fulham Broadway
Telephone number: 020 7386 2250