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16 Lively Restaurants For Eating At The Counter
The best spots for when you want to feel like you’re part of the action.
Agora
Agora, a Borough Market souvla bar, is a hot-ticket Greek spot, and as you stumble out from the dark, cave-like space, you’ll feel lucky to have been a part of this buzzing scene.
Funchal Bakery
Funchal Bakery in Brixton is the platonic ideal of a Portuguese cafe: equal parts bakery, deli, cafe, caff, bar, general hangout.
Arlington
Arlington is a European restaurant risen from the ashes of Le Caprice, and it feels like the good times of the 1980s never went away at the St. James's spot.
Naughty Piglets
Naughty Piglets is a natural wine bar in Brixton, with a rotating line-up of chef residences. But it's not pretentious at all.
Llama Inn
A sceney Shoreditch rooftop restaurant with Peruvian-influenced flavours, Llama Inn is a great summer spot.
Morchella
Morchella is a chic and airy restaurant and wine bar in Clerkenwell, serving modern Mediterranean food that's perfect for snacking on alongside a glass of cloudy Greek white.
Ducksoup
Ducksoup is a tiny spot in Soho serving natural wine and excellent modern European sharing plates.
Bao Borough
The Borough Market location of Bao is a handy spot when you need a quick fix. The buns are good, but the bigger Taiwanese plates are even better.
Kolae
Exciting and totally delicious, Kolae is a southern Thai restaurant in Borough Market that's best enjoyed at the counter.
Kiln
Kiln in Soho doesn't do wishy-washy takes on Thai food. It's brilliant, high-octane, hot stuff—especially when you're in front of open flames at the bar.
Bocca Di Lupo
A classic Soho restaurant for almost any occasion, Bocca Di Lupo makes wonderful regional Italian food in a room you'll want to settle down in.
Humble Chicken
Fancy eating 16 courses of inventive Japanese-European food? Then head to Humble Chicken, a casual-feeling Soho counter restaurant.
Scott’s
A Mayfair institution, Scott’s is an old-school seafood restaurant with excellent fish and a sometimes stuffy atmosphere.
The Abingdon
The Abingdon is a homely gastropub in Kensington where you'll find as much comfort in the British desserts as you will in the sofas.
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.
Ken's
Ken’s occupies a buzzy centre spot on Exmouth Market—and it’s easy to see why the wine bar and European restaurant is always packed out, even if the food is so-so.
Gibney’s London
Gibney's is an Old Street Irish bar that sits beneath sister restaurant, Daffodil Mulligan, and it’s definitely the messy younger sibling with a twinkle in its eye.
Zoilo
Zoilo is an NYC-feeling Argentinian steak restaurant in Marylebone that's perfect for a moody date night.
107 Wine Shop & Bar
A cosy Clapton wine bar, shop, and small plates restaurant, 107 Wine Shop & Bar is the perfect place for a drink, a lean, and something great to eat.
Kindling
There’s one word that comes to mind when we think of Kindling, a modern European small plates restaurant in Brighton, and that is ‘delightful’.
Bancone Borough Yards
Bancone in Borough Yards is quite simply a beautiful place to eat beautiful pasta.
St. John
St. John in Clerkenwell is a special place. It’s often referred to as an institution. And having a meal at this British restaurant is one of the best things you can do.
Bibi
Bibi is a modern Indian restaurant just off Oxford Street serving exciting takes on the classics.