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Where To Have Your Birthday Dinner In London
The best restaurants for your birthday meal, assuming that Hollywood Bowl is no longer an option.
Bar D4100
Bar D4100 is pink-tiled pizzeria in Nunhead that has the feel of a neighbourhood dinner party.
The Laundry
At some point, between eating comforting Antipodean dishes and admiring the mint green banquettes, you’ll realise you’ve been at The Laundry in Brixton for three blissful hours.
Darling's Eatery and Studio
Darling's Eatery and Studio, a Hackney Wick pasta restaurant, is a place for seductively twirling a noodle on your fork as your date admires you in the golden hour glow.
Lavo
Lavo is a huge Italian restaurant in Marylebone where the lively atmosphere, date night lighting, and delicious seafood make it perfect for special occasions.
Grasso
Grasso is a Soho restaurant that specialises in good-times energy and big plates of Italian-American food.
Madhu's Of Mayfair
A high-end Indian restaurant inside The Dilly hotel in Piccadilly, as well as serving traditional curry-filled dinners, Madhu's of Mayfair is also home to one of our favourite afternoon teas in London.
Fallow
Fallow is a sleek British restaurant in St James's that serves one of the best breakfasts in London.
Moko
Moko, an African-Caribbean music bar and restaurant in Tottenham, is the answer to pretty much every social dilemma.
Diddy's
If clubs are impersonal, sticky-floored sweatboxes, Diddy’s in London Fields is the anti-club. Plus it serves good coffee in the day.
The Dover
The Dover is a moody Italian restaurant in Mayfair where the lighting is dim and the bowls of great pasta are huge.
Kokum
Kokum is right up there with the best Indian restaurants in the city. The food at this East Dulwich spot is excellent and the service rivals the tender beef nihari for warmth.
Bob Bob Ricard
Bob Bob Ricard is a larger-than-life modern European spot in Soho that falls firmly into the category of ‘you should try everything once’.
CheeMc Soho
A Korean spot in Soho that’s all about excellently crispy KFC, beers, and karaoke, CheeMc is a fun place to be.
Donia
Donia is a modern Filipino restaurant in Soho that mixes friendly service with plenty of flavour and flair.
Blacklock
Blacklock is a steak restaurant and chop house, and somewhere you can fall back on when a central Soho location and crowd-pleasing meals are needed.
Milk Beach Soho
By day, Milk Beach's carefree staff and avocado-heavy Aussie brunch menu transports you from Soho to a Byron Bay beach club. At night, the lighting becomes dim and flirty—like us after a few negronis.
Polka Kitchen
Polka Kitchen, a Polish restaurant in Ealing, feels like a grand, European cafe on the cobbles of a historic city.
Rowley's Restaurant
If you like period dramas and have an affinity for thin, crispy fries, Rowley’s in St James's—a British restaurant specialising in steaks—is a useful spot to know about.
Bébé Bob
Loud, proud, and serving some of the best rotisserie chicken in town, Bébé Bob is a Soho restaurant that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Bistro Freddie
A sort of French and sort of British restaurant in Shoreditch, Bistro Freddie is a small, hearty spot for a chic long lunch or date.
Tendril
Tendril is a mostly vegan restaurant in a Mayfair townhouse, with a buzzy dining room and excellent dishes that roam from Europe to Asia, but never feel confused.
The Tiroler Hut
Yodelling since 1967, The Tiroler Hut, a cavernous Austrian restaurant in Notting Hill, is a go-to for big groups looking for a sing-song with a side of schnitzel.
Sumi
Sumi is an excellent, casual Japanese restaurant in Notting Hill from the same team behind London’s best sushi spot.
Spicy Grill
Spicy Grill is a Korean BBQ spot in Golders Green that’s a favourite for carnivores and lovers of big group get-togethers alike.