London’s best “local” restaurants for 2025 have been revealed. The Good Food Guide scoured Britain to find the country’s 100 best restaurants and a whopping 13 of these were in the capital.
Wine bars and old-school Italian dining were found to lead the way. Overall London winner, Ida, in Queen’s Park, offers up home-cooked Italian food which you might eat “at the house of your favourite aunt.”
It specialises in fresh pasta and gnocchi, as well as regional vegetarian, vegan and fish dishes. All of their food is made fresh every day in the venue’s pretty Grade II listed Queen’s Park venue.
The Good Food Guide said of the restaurant: “There’s a rare kind of magic to this homely little restaurant on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Kilburn Lane. Opened back in 2007 by novelist Simonetta Wenkert and IT engineer Avi Reichenbach, it has weathered the storms of financial crashes and pandemics to serve a grateful North London community (including the occasional celebrity).
“At the heart of it all is the restaurant’s namesake, Avi’s mother Ida, whose culinary traditions from her hometown of Cupramontana in the Marche region of Italy encompass a generosity of spirit that’s about more than just good food.”
All different cuisines being served up in different parts of London were acknowledged in the awards. Why not pick up some classic French cuisines in Maida Vale’s Paulette? Or try some modern Korean dining at Hackney ’s Miga?
For those who want to venture further afield, the awards overall winner is just an hour away by train. Lucky Lychee, in Winchester, serves up delicious Malaysian food such as Bao and currys.
Full list of London winners
- Ida, Queen’s Park (London winner)
- Brutto, Farringdon
- Chuku’s, Tottenham
- Cinder St John’s Wood, St John’s Wood
- Giulia, Shepherd’s Bush
- Home SW15, Putney
- Les 2 Garçons, Crouch End
- Lorne, Victoria
- Mambow, Clapton
- Miga, Hackney
- Paulette, Maida Vale
- Slowburn, Walthamstow
- The Lacy Nook, Walthamstow
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