London by Cuisine

See the following link for the rationale on marking scheme: Explanation of rating system For exact directions to each restaurant, use the excellent website www.streetmap.co.uk. Additionally you could try Multimap.com or Google Maps UK.

Latest updates: Xich Lo,Berekely Suqare Café, Royal China Club, Tom’s Kitchen, High Road Brasserie, Atelier Robuchon, Oottupura, Sumosan, Eight Over Eight, Bentleys, Notting Hill Brasserie, Deya, Galvin at Windows on the World, Arbutus. Note that food hygiene scores are becoming available following a campaign by the Good Food Guide. I will add these scores to each review as they become available e.g. Hammersmith and Fulham’s scores are already on-line. By April 2007 all of London boroughs are supposed to have scores available.

Asian	E&O (4/10) Eight Over Eight (3/10) Gilgamesh (2/10)
British	Berkeley Square Café (4/10) Ledbury (6/10) Lindsay House (6/10) La Trompette (6/10) l’Escargot (6/10) Kensington Place (6/10) Bentleys (6/10) Orrery (5/10) Maze (5/10) Notting Hill Brasserie (5/10) Chez Bruce (5/10) Belvedere (5/10) Oxo Tower (5/10) Glasshouse (5/10) Prism (5/10) Windows on the World (5/10) Mirabelle (4/10) The Wolseley (4/10) Quo Vadis (4/10) Salisbury Tavern (4/10) Drones (4/10) Quaglinos (4/10) The Clerkenwell Dining Room (4/10) Brackenbury (4/10) High Road Brasserie (3/10) Sonny’s (3/10) Quality Chop House (3/10) Teatro (3/10) Criterion (3/10) Bradleys (3/10) Ealing Park Tavern (2/10) Bollo House (1/10) Eagle (2/10) Jaks (2/10) Sam’s (2/10)
Chinese	Royal China (4/10) Hakkasan (4/10) Yauatcha (4/10) Mandarin Kitchen (3/10) China City (3/10) Mr Kong (3/10) Fung Shing (3/10) Golden Dragon (2/10)
Fish and chips	The Fish Shop on St John Street (3/10) Toffs (2/10) Two Brothers (2/10)
French	Gordon Ramsay (9/10) Pied a Terre (8/10) Tom Aikens (8/10) Capital (8/10) The Square (8/10) Foliage (7/10) Pétrus (7/10) Atelier Robuchon (6/10) Tom’s Kitchen (6/10) 1 Lombard Street (6/10) Club Gascon (6/10) Monsieur Max (6/10) Morgan M (6/10) Putney Bridge (6/10) Roussillon (6/10) 1880 (5/10) Le Cercle (5/10) Aubergine (5/10) Incognico (4/10) Arbutus (3/10)
Greek	Sappho (1/10) The Real Greek (1/10)
Indonesian	Melati (1/10)
Italian	Zafferanos (7/10) Locanda Locatelli (6/10) Timo (5/10) Phoenix (5/10) Ibla (4/10) Assaggi (3/10) Red Pepper (3/10) Spiga (2/10)
Japanese	Nobu (5/10) Zuma (5/10) Roka (5/10) Umu (5/10) Miyama (4/10) Tatsuso (4/10) Sakana Tei (3/10) Café Japan (3/10) Sumosan (3/10) Wagamama (1/10)
Lebanese	Al Hamra (4/10)
Mexican	No good ones in London – see notes on the US
Modern Indian	Deya (4/10) Haandi (4/10) Mint Leaf (3/10) Zaika (3/10) Sarkhels (3/10) Café Spice Namaste (2/10) Chor Bizarre (1/10) Masala Zone (1/10)
North Indian	Brilliant (4/10) Madhu’s (3/10) Tandoor (2/10) Khans (1/10) Agni (1/10)
Pizza	Red Pepper (3/10) Spiga (2/10) Pizza Metro Pizza (1/10)
Singaporean	Singapore Garden (1/10)
South American	Fina Estampa (2/10)
Spanish	Salt Yard (4/10)
Thai	Patara (3/10) Mantanah (3/10) Thai Bistro (1/10)
Turkish	Iznik (2/10)
Vegetarian Indian	Sabras (4/10) Rasa (3/10) Kastoori (3/10) Oottupura (2/10) Diwana Bhel Poori (1/10) Radha Krishna Bhavan (1/10)
Vietnamese	Xich Lo (3/10) Huong Viet (1/10)

Reliable London Restaurants

For my personal favourites follow this link: My personal Top 10. However ten restaurants is a little limited, so here are some additional places that I can recommend.