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(menu)We found 13 restaurants in Best cool & trendy restaurants in London.
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A welcome find down a jazzy old passageway between Berwick Street & Brewer Street, natty-looking Yalla Yalla serves ‘Beirut street food’ from… more »
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Having taken Soho by storm, Yalla Yalla is now peddling its funky Beirut street food to the frenetic hordes of tourists & shoppers mingling around… more »
‘It's loud and it's brash – but it's meant to be', approves one happy customer of this diminutive take on a Venetian bácaro. Closely packed… more »
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Riding with the trend for vintage Britannia, this fashion-conscious brasserie revels in its own quirkiness – frilly, granny-chic lampshades are… more »
Serial restaurateur Russell Norman's cool, New York-style dive still knows how to draw the crowds – not only hardnosed foodies and locals, but… more »
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What was da Polpo is now nominally aligned with its siblings in Soho and Smithfield; otherwise, little else has changed in this Covent Garden eatery… more »
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The Parlour serves breakfast, afternoon tea and comfort food during the day, but morphs into a lively metrosexy members' bar by night. But… more »
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Following its refit by Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed, Sketch's flamboyant Gallery has ditched the trippy futuristic funland look… more »
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‘Superlative', ‘unbelievably excellent', ‘not a bad bite anywhere' – just some of the praise lavished on Jason Atherton's sought-after… more »
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Be prepared for plenty of ‘fuss and bluster' as you enter Hakkasan's exclusive Mayfair sibling. This bullish venue is custom-built for Brioni… more »
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A cross between an edgy, black-suited nightclub and a moody restaurant (think John Travolta's Swordfish, says a movie buff), Hakkasan's brand… more »
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His nickname is ‘viajante' (‘the traveller'), but Portuguese-born Nuno Mendes spends most of his time these days in the East End, helming one… more »
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Sketch's gilded Lecture Room & Library remains a grander-than-grand one-off – an opulent pleasure palace where anything goes and deep pockets… more »
Want to know where’s hot to dine in London right now? Check out Square Meal’s fantastic list of the best cool & trendy restaurants in London. Hang out with London’s hip crowds at these fashionable restaurants, currently rated London’s coolest restaurants, and dine in absolute style. With fabulously styled dining rooms and a hot reputation amongst London’s foodies, every restaurant featured in Square Meal’s selection of the best cool & trendy restaurants in London thoroughly deserve their title.
Swanky lounge bars, cutting edge dining rooms and ground breaking menus have given these London restaurants their label as London’s most hip and trendy restaurants. From Thai restaurants in London to French restaurants in London and British restaurants in London to Pan Asian restaurants in London, there’s no denying that London is one fashionable city when it comes to eating out.
Every one of the Cool & Trendy restaurants featured in Square Meal’s list of London’s top Cool & Trendy restaurants have been tried and tested by food critics and our own customers so check out the reviews and book a table online with Square Meal today. Each Square Meal listing features an independent review, as well as reviews from diners, together with unique special offers such as free drinks and discounts.