8 restaurants open right now
Seafood restaurant · Mayfair
Indian restaurant · Marylebone / West End
British restaurant · Mayfair
Greek restaurant · Mayfair
French restaurant · Mayfair
Chinese restaurant · Pimlico / Belgravia
Japanese restaurant · South Kensington
Italian restaurant · Knightsbridge
An upscale dining experience, typically with a tasting or set menu and formal service. We list London's fine dining restaurants above.
London's fine dining seafood scene tends to centre on a small, changing daily catch presented as a tasting menu, which is a very different experience from a casual fish and chip shop even though both are built around the same core ingredient.
Fine dining generally means a more formal experience: multi-course tasting or set menus, higher prices, and a level of service and presentation beyond a casual restaurant. Dress codes and reservation requirements are common at this tier.
Among the 8 restaurants we list with fine dining, the highest concentration is in Westminster (7), Kensington and Chelsea (3). By cuisine, it's most common among Seafood restaurant (2), Fine dining restaurant (1), Italian restaurant (1).
Check the dress code and whether the venue runs a fixed tasting menu rather than an à la carte one before booking, since fine dining seafood restaurants often set menu structure and pricing around a set number of courses.
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Often yes, check the dress code and whether the venue runs a fixed tasting menu rather than an à la carte one before booking.
Fine dining tends to centre on a small, changing daily catch presented as a tasting menu, a very different experience from a chippy, even though both are built around the same core ingredient.
8, based on our current directory, with the largest concentration in Westminster (7).