London Travel Guide

An insider’s guide featuring fabulous London restaurants, inventive bars, hotel picks and even an ice cream laboratory. Plus: recipes from England and its greatest chefs.

Top Picks

London Restaurants

Insider Picks
Splurge
- Hélène Darroze
- Quince at the May Fair
Classic
- Bombay Brasserie
- River Café
Best Value
Bakeries, Coffee Bars and Breakfast Spots
- Bill’s Produce Store
- Sketch: The Parlour
Bar
- Experimental Cocktail Club

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Editors’ Pick

45 Park Lane

At this new hotel, L.A. chef Wolfgang Puck operates the restaurant and bar and guests can summon a bartender to prepare drinks in their rooms. 45parklane.com.

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London Restaurants: River Café — River Café: The Italian restaurant opened by ingredient-obsessed Ruth Rogers and the late Rose Gray has been the training ground for renowned English chefs, including Jamie Oliver and April Bloomfield.

Editor’s Pick — River Café: The Italian restaurant opened by ingredient-obsessed Ruth Rogers and the late Rose Gray has been the training ground for renowned English chefs, including Jamie Oliver and April Bloomfield.

Neighborhood Guide

London’s East End

While visiting Nuno Mendes’ fantastic restaurant Viajante, don’t miss these art galleries, shops and restaurants.

Food + Design

Tom Dixon Shop

British design star Tom Dixon got one of the city’s hottest restaurants as his company canteen when his showroom became home to chef Stevie Parle’s Dock Kitchen.

Featured Recipes

Pimm’s Cup

The drink to order at polo matches, this fruity concoction gets its name and its alcohol content from Pimm’s No. 1, a British spirit.
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Simplest Chicken-and-Leek Stew

Before cooking the chicken for his lovely stew, English chef Jamie Oliver lightly coats the pieces in flour. Not only does that help the meat brown, it also thickens the tangy mustard sauce.
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Crumpets with Bacon

“We Brits consider this ‘pudding’” says cookbook author and TV star Nigella Lawson of her buttery, sweet dessert. “Think bread pudding, only so much more luxurious.”
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Limoncello Collins

The Collins was most likely named after 19th-century bartender John Collins of London’s Limmer’s Hotel. This version of the refreshing gin cocktail stars lemon-flavored liqueur.
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Coronation Chicken Salad with Mangoes and Almonds

This sweet-tangy curried chicken salad was invented to honor the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and served at her coronation luncheon.
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