Ranked: all the Michelin star restaurants in London that Time Out’s food editor has been to

With a bunch of new Michelin stars dished out this month (and a few taken away), there are now a whopping 85 restaurants in London that have been deemed worthy of Michelin star status. 

I’ve been lucky enough to eat at 27 of them and I’ve definitely got some favourites. What makes a good Michelin star restaurant? For me it’s a little bit of everything. Not just incredible flavours and special service (coming back to a folded napkin after you’ve nipped to the loo never gets old), but old-fashioned value for money – which is pretty important seeing as these are some of the most expensive restaurants in London, and possibly the world. 

My all-time Michelin star restaurant in London is that don of British dining; St John. The celebrated, ever-chic Smithfield restaurant won its star in 2012 and has kept hold of it ever since. I love it not just because you can have a blow-out meal in the main dining room, but also swing by without a booking and eat – or simply drink martinis – in the roomy bar area. One chunky, cheesy slice of rarebit (£12) and a glass of St John Rouge (£8.75) is the city’s finest Michelin star dinner for one and I won’t hear anyone say otherwise.

My second favourite Michelin star spot in London is Akoko in Fitzrovia. I haven’t been back since head chef Ayo Adeyemi left last autumn, but their £120 a head tasting menu was one of London’s best when I went; a west African-inspired spread that spanned scotch-bonnet pepper soup, cod with shoestring plantain fries and black pepper shito sauce, and Ghanaian bofrot doughnuts. 

In third place for me is Restaurant St Barts, a slick Scandi-style spot where dinner lasts well over three hours. This is the kind of Michelin star restaurant you imagine when people talk about Michelin star restaurants. Mouthfuls of food you eat so much faster than it takes for the elegant explanation that’s delivered alongside it, lamb served five ways on one plate and a seven glass wine pairing that’ll leave you incapable of passing the Lime bike ‘safe to ride’ test.

Here’s my ranking of every Michelin star (and two star) restaurant in London that I’ve been to.

London’s best Michelin star restaurants, according to Time Out food editor Leonie Cooper

1.  St John
2.  Akoko
3.  Restaurant St Barts
4.  Lyle’s
5.  The Clove Club (2*)
6.  Oma
7.  Chishuru
8.  The Ritz (2*)
9.  Evelyn’s Table
10.  Lita
11.  Murano
12.  Humo
13.  Umu
14.  Luca
15.  Sollip
16.  Pavyllon
17.  Brat
18.  AngloThai
19.  Humble Chicken (2*)
20.  Petrus
21.  The Ninth
22.  Muse
23.  Trivet (2*)
24.  Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (2*)
25.  Jamavar
26.  Taku
27.  Dosa

All the London restaurants that won a prestigious Bib Gourmand award in the 2025 Michelin Guide.

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