Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in London Westminster
Hardens guides have spent 25 years compiling reviews of the best Westminster restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 49 restaurants in Westminster and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Westminster restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Westminster Restaurants
1. Quilon
Indian, Southern restaurant in Westminster
41 Buckingham Gate - SW1
Sriram Aylur’s “glorious, creative, original take on Keralan cuisine, with great integrity to its origins, but enough latitude to feel very unusual and special” has long established Taj Group’s luxurious venue near Buckingham Palace as one of London’s top subcontinentals (“My Indian colleagues swear by it when they’re in the UK”). Staff “go out of their way to be polite and helpful too”, and the only reservation is that the “spacious” interior can seem “a bit sterile”.
2. The Cinnamon Club
Indian restaurant in Westminster
Old Westminster Library, Great Smith St - SW1
Vivek Singh’s “refined cuisine” served in the “magnificent” (slightly “cavernous”) setting of the old Westminster Public Library still creates a winning formula for London’s grandest nouvelle Indian, which is nowadays one of the Top-40 most-mentioned restaurants in town. If it were not quite so “expensive”, its ratings would reach even loftier heights.
3. Caxton Grill
British, Modern restaurant in Westminster
2 Caxton St - SW1
This hotel dining room, tucked away in Westminster, is still readjusting to Adam Handling’s departure in May 2016 and reports tend to include highs and lows. It’s a characterful space however, that’s worth remembering.
4. London Shell Co.
Fish & seafood restaurant in Paddington London
Sheldon Square - W2
“A highly original dining experience!” – a converted wide beam canal boat (‘The Prince Regent’) moored in the Paddington Central development, offering a simple, “very seasonal and carefully sourced menu of amazingly fresh and perfectly cooked fish”. “It’s fun and they’re very friendly.”
5. Roux at Parliament Square, RICS
British, Modern restaurant in Westminster
12 Great George St - SW1
“Perfection!” – “I enjoyed every single mouthful!” – “wonderful food and service in the Roux tradition” is the consistent accolade for this formal Parliament Square venue, where the kitchen is run by MasterChef winner Steve Groves. “It’s a bit quiet and sedate… but that’s not a criticism.”
6. Lorne
British, Modern restaurant in Westminster
76 Wilton Road - SW1V
“A triumph from the River Café/Chez Bruce/The Square’s Katie Exton and Peter Hall” – this “confident, new modern British kid on ever-more-interesting Pimlico culinary block” (on the same street as A Wong) is yet another reason to brave the “grimy streets surrounding Victoria station”. “The seasonal menu is expertly created and cooked” and matched with a “concise but astonishingly tempting wine list” in a “light”, simple space.
7. Bone Daddies
Japanese restaurant in Westminster
46-48 James St - W1U
“Good lord, that stock they use in the ramen!” – Aussie restaurateur, Ross Shonhan’s funky fusion chain offers “noodles served in lovely, rich broths, as well as some fantastic salads and small dishes” to create a “superb all-round experience”; branches are regularly “heaving”.
8. Strangers Dining Room, House of Commons
British, Traditional restaurant in Westminster
St Margarets St - SW1A
The House of Commons now opens this august chamber (created in 1867) to the public, and bookings must be made on the website (max 8) – expect rigorous security checks! “It’s a wonderful day out” and even if elements of the experience are a bit “clunky”, it’s worth it for the chance to dine in the hallowed halls of Westminster. Only a set menu formula (currently £75pp) is available; bookings currently only open up 90 days in advance.
9. Quirinale
Italian restaurant in Westminster
North Ct, 1 Gt Peter St - SW1
“Precise and elegant” Italian cuisine, “lovely wine”, “exemplary discreet service” and “a rarity – a quiet interior”, make this “airy” (“but dull”) basement a perfect venue for entertaining MPs or senior civil servants from nearby Westminster; hence “it’s great for parliamentarian-spotting”.
10. Eat Tokyo
Japanese restaurant in Westminster
16 Old Compton St - W1D
“The mostly Japanese clientele speaks volumes” for the virtues of these “busy and cramped” canteens (“like a typical Tokyo dive”), which serve “excellent sushi and have plenty of other dishes to choose from”: “portions are generous and the price is good for the quality”. Top Tip – a wide variety of “great value bento boxes”.
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