Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in London Belgravia
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Belgravia restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 77 restaurants in Belgravia and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Belgravia restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Belgravia Restaurants
1. Belmond Cadogan Hotel (The Lounge)
restaurant in Knightsbridge
75 Sloane Street - SW1X
2022 Review: “Superb dishes, presented wonderfully” win praise for the afternoon tea served in the stylish lounge of this deluxe hotel on Sloane Street (where Oscar Wilde was arrested in 1895 after losing a libel case). Prices, though, are too “aggressive” for some tastes.
2. Caraffini
Italian restaurant in Pimlico
61-63 Lower Sloane Street - SW1
“They know their clientele” (most of whom are of a certain age), and “really look after them” at this “absolutely classic Italian” south of Sloane Square, founded 30 years ago by Paolo Caraffini. “The food feels like pure 1960s-style London/Italian and is very competently cooked”. “There’s always a great welcome (when they get to know you!), it’s not over-expensive and has a warm and bubbly atmosphere”.
3. Sale e Pepe
Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge
9-15 Pavilion Road - SW1
Changing the guard was always going to be a challenge at this Knightsbridge trattoria – an “institution” established in 1974 – where long-established staff sustained a madcap vibe for decades. Since it was taken over and refurbished in early 2023, some still applaud an “unchanging, noisy and crowded Italian”, but other old fans feel let down, saying: “what a disappointment! It’s deadly dull compared with when it was family-owned”; and with the odd incident of “pushy” service. New owners the Thesleff Group have other high-performing properties, so hopefully feedback will settle with time.
4. Hans’ Bar & Grill
British, Modern restaurant in Chelsea
164 Pavilion Road - SW1X
A very appealing looking spot, in one of Chelsea’s more chichi little enclaves – this café bar is part of nearby boutique hotel, 100 Cadogan Gardens. It’s not the cheapest venue, and service can lag, but for a breakfast or light shopping lunch it’s praised (albeit in limited feedback) as “a good all-rounder”.
5. Capital Hotel, The Restaurant at The Capital
British, Traditional restaurant in Knightsbridge
22-24 Basil Street - SW3
All shopped out at Harrods? Two minutes’ walk from the back doors, this small boutique hotel dining room has gone informal in recent years, replacing its former haute cuisine offering with bare table-tops and an all-day menu. It was most recommended this year for its afternoon tea, which is served from noon so can double for lunch. The current theme is Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
6. Enoteca Turi
Italian restaurant in Pimlico
87 Pimlico Road - SW1
“Despite the change of owners, still excellent” – under Dominic Ford & David Gleave, “Pam and Giuseppe’s tradition of authentic Italian food and wine pairings continues” at this Pimlico stalwart (which they sold on retirement in 2023). Inevitably, “it has lost some of the family-run charm” after the switch, but even if the famous Italian wine list “is not quite in Guiseppe’s league under the new owners, it’s still awesome!”. And overall, there is a feeling that the quality of the “refined”, “seasonal” Italian cuisine has held up well, albeit that it’s “quite pricey”. Top Menu Tips – “Cuttlefish and Pea Puree; Guinea Fowl breast and Sausage”.
7. La Poule au Pot
French restaurant in Pimlico
231 Ebury St - SW1
“Nothing changes, and it doesn’t need to” – at this “old-fashioned” French “hideaway” in Pimlico: “always a delightful experience” thanks to its “rustic” and “quirky” candle-lit setting (“you may need your phone torch to read the menu”), which every year ranks near the top of our annual diners’ poll as one of London’s top choices for a smoochy ‘dîner à deux’. Its “comforting, homely cooking” is “unashamedly French”, and essentially unchanged since circa 1964 (which is when it opened); service, similarly, is very Gallic and, for the most part, “utterly charming”. Top Tip – “particularly lovely in the summer: sitting outside, one could be in La Belle France”.
8. Il Pampero
Italian restaurant in Kensington and Chelsea
20 Chesham Place - SW1X
2022 Review: A short walk from Sloane Street, this elegantly panelled Belgravia dining room is part of a luxurious five-star hotel. Perhaps because it’s tucked away in such an expensive ’hood, it doesn’t generate a huge volume of survey feedback, but such as there is says it successfully sets a superior standard of Italian cuisine.
9. Boisdale of Belgravia
Scottish restaurant in Belgravia
13-15 Eccleston Street - SW1
“Simply a great night every time” – “a wonderfully club-like, somewhat masculine environment” characterises Ranald Macdonald’s red-walled Belgravian stalwart, which he started as a young man in 1986 shortly after a stint in the wine trade. The decorative theme is Scottish – the owner is after all the 24th chief and captain of Clanranald – and the menu features “top steaks” alongside haggis, lobster and burgers; plus a wide large variety of other, predominantly British dishes. Regular live music is a feature, as is “a great cocktail bar and lovely cigar terrace”. “Okay, the food’s nothing to write home about, but there’s nothing wrong with it either”.
10. Olivomare
Fish & seafood restaurant in Belgravia
10 Lower Belgrave Street - SW1
“Superb” cooking from a “precise seafood menu” means Mauro Sanno’s “busy” Sardinian spot is, to its many fans, “just perfect” – “you can go for business and pleasure”. “My favourite affordable Italian restaurant” may be the claim of a regular used to Belgravia prices, but “the house wine can’t be faulted at £25 a bottle”. “People criticise the decor, the table spacing and noise levels but I like the vibe, and it’s always busy!”
11. Chucs Belgravia
Italian restaurant in Belgravia
25 Eccleston Street - SW1W
The Mayfair original of this small group is celebrating its tenth year, with a Belgravia sibling and café-style offshoots in similarly chichi Chelsea and Kensington. It channels a retro ‘dolce vita’ vibe, with an Italian menu that “delivers on the brief if nothing more”. The latest addition is an all-day café, which opened in December 2023 next door to the Dover Street flagship.
12. Muse
British, Modern restaurant in Belgravia
38 Groom Place - SW1X
Tom Aikens’s “intimate townhouse restaurant in Belgravia” has a “pleasant location away from the busy streets” where you eat on two floors, with some of the seating perched counter-style and with other diners sat at tables. “The concept of the menu is that it is based on Tom’s upbringing” and the result of the multi-course offering is “truly world-class cuisine” with “amazing depth of flavour” all provided with “exceptional service”. There is a trade-off that was more evident in feedback this year, however: it’s “great… but very expensive!”
13. Santini
Italian restaurant in Belgravia
29 Ebury St - SW1
This chic Belgravia Italian hosted the likes of Frank Sinatra and Bill Clinton in its 20th-century heyday under founder Gino Santini, and is now run by his daughter Laura. Ratings have been up-and-down over many years, though, and these days a common reaction is that “it’s fine, but...” “pretty unexciting”, while the prices are steep – “hard to believe people are paying for themselves: feels like the expense account is taking the pain”.
14. The Thomas Cubitt
British, Modern restaurant in Belgravia
44 Elizabeth St - SW1
This smart and fashionable (sometimes “extremely loud”) Belgravia gastropub is the original flagship of the upmarket Cubitt House group and named after the Georgian developer who built the area. Given the address, no surprise that its posh gastropub menu – which stretches to oysters, plus steak and chops – can seem “expensive” for what it is.
15. Olivo
Italian restaurant in Belgravia
21 Eccleston Street - SW1W
After 35 years, Mauro Sanna’s “buzzy local haunt” in Belgravia “continues to deliver excellent traditional Italian/Sardinian cuisine” to an often “packed house”. For all the “high gastronomic standards and buzzy atmosphere” though, even some of its most ardent fans recognise that “it is rather expensive” (even allowing for the well-heeled nature of the locality).
16. Oliveto
Pizza restaurant in Belgravia
61 Elizabeth Street - SW1
“Inspirational Sardinian food” and “wonderful pizza” (with 21 different toppings) are on the menu at Mauro Sanna’s smart Belgravia haunt (formerly occupied by its stablemate Olivocarne), which has a distinctive and chic (chilly?) monochrome design. There’s an all-Italian wine list showcasing small producers from Sardinia.
17. Abd El Wahab
Lebanese restaurant in Knightsbridge
1-3 Pont Street - SW1X
2021 Review: Surprisingly little feedback on this posh Lebanese, swankily located near Belgrave Square – the London outpost of a well-known, Beirut-based chain with 18 branches in the Arab world. Such as we have suggests it’s good all-round, but doesn’t set the world on fire.
18. Morena
South American restaurant in Pimlico
10-11 Eccleston Yards - SW1W
2022 Review: Caffeine aficionados should truffle out this all-day dining spot and coffee house from sisters Juliana and Valentina Beleno, who import green beans from their native Colombia and roast ’em themselves. It’s a pleasant spot, too – for a snack or brunch on the likes of poke bowls and Latino-inspired salads – located in the attractive Eccleston Yards development.
19. Ganymede
British, Modern restaurant in Belgravia
139 Ebury Street - SW1W
This “consistently reliable” venture (part of the small Lunar Pub Company group) took over the site of Belgravia’s long-serving Ebury Wine Bar (long RIP) in 2021. The website terms it a ‘Bar & Dining Room’ and neither the brasserie-style menu nor the stylish contemporary decor are particularly pub-like. In any case, it works equally well “for a family get-together or business”. Top Menu Tip – “it stands out for its pithiviers and its cocktails”.
20. The Goring Hotel, Dining Room
British, Traditional restaurant in Belgravia
15 Beeston Pl - SW1
“A wonderful room that’s very light and with well-spaced tables” – this “quintessential” traditional hotel dining room, just around the corner from Buckingham Palace, is well-suited to a special occasion and is popular for business, romance or “a pricey family treat”. Opened in 1910 by Otto Goring, it is part of the only five star hotel in London still to be run by the family who opened it (Jeremy Goring is the current CEO), which has always lent the whole establishment a more personal style than its corporate competitors. Historically, the dining room’s British fare has been more notable for its traditional values than its finesse, and diners in our survey acclaim it as “reliable” if rather “undemanding”: perfect for traditionalists, but less ‘haute’ than its Michelin star might suggest. Breakfast, for example, is a big attraction here, as is one of the “best afternoon teas in the UK”. When it comes to lunch and dinner service, dishes like “first class lobster” excel. The old school service is well-rated but “not what it was” a few years ago, in the opinion of some regular guests. In May 2024 the space reopened, complete with an opulent new interior, care of Russell Sage Studio and a new kitchen for Executive Chef Graham Squire: hopefully all the new kit for the kitchen will mean this year’s food rating is on the cautious side.
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