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The top London restaurants to have (temporarily) closed due to coronavirus

The coronavirus has plunged all of us into a world of uncertainty, with many of London's best restaurants having to temporarily close

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Many restaurants have temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Keep up to date below on our favourite places to dine out that have sadly had to shut up shop for now. 

The top London restaurants to have (temporarily) closed due to coronavirus

  • Taiwanese
  • Soho
  • price 1 of 4
Bao (all branches)
Bao (all branches)

A Taiwanese mini-chain serving bao buns.

This restaurant is setting up a delivery offering. 

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  • Grills
  • Haggerston
  • price 2 of 4
Berber & Q
Berber & Q

A hip Middle Eastern and North African grill house in Haggerston from former Ottolenghi and Galvin chef Josh Katz.

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  • Thai
  • Peckham
Begging Bowl
Begging Bowl

A trendy Thai restaurant in Peckham.

This restaurant has a takeaway offering. 

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  • Contemporary Global
  • London Fields
  • price 3 of 4
Bright
Bright

A restaurant from the same team as popular Dalston wine shop P Franco.

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  • British
  • Fitzrovia
  • price 2 of 4
Clipstone
Clipstone

A second Fitzrovia restaurant from the duo behind acclaimed Portland.

This restaurant has takeaways for delivery. 

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  • British
  • Old Street
Clove Club
Clove Club

In hippest Shoreditch, a no-choice, daily-changing menu of nine cutting-edge-modern dishes that look absolutely ravishing.

  • Contemporary European
  • Sloane Square
  • price 3 of 4
Colbert
Colbert

A buzzy French brasserie bang on Sloane Square.

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  • Contemporary Global
  • Hoxton
  • price 3 of 4
Cub
Cub

A sustainable no-choice restaurant from Ryan ‘Mr Lyan’ Chetiyawardana.

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  • Austrian
  • Marylebone
Fischer's
Fischer's

An old-fashioned Austrian restaurant in Marylebone from restaurateurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King.

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  • British
  • Borough
  • price 3 of 4
Flor
Flor

A more casual sibling to Shoreditch’s Lyle’s, this time in Borough Market.

  • French
  • Covent Garden
  • price 3 of 4
Frenchie
Frenchie

A Covent Garden outpost for the Paris restaurant of the same name, with similar dishes to the Parisian restaurant.

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  • Indian
  • Soho
  • price 2 of 4
Hoppers (all branches)
Hoppers (all branches)

A mini-chain with dishes inspired by Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.

This restaurant has takeaways for delivery. 

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  • Contemporary European
  • Mayfair
  • price 4 of 4
Kitty Fisher's
Kitty Fisher's

Pricey but fabulous food in an atmospheric Mayfair basement named after an eighteenth-century courtesan.

This restaurant is setting up a delivery offering. 

  • Thai
  • Soho
  • price 2 of 4
Kiln
Kiln

A Thai barbecue restaurant from the man who gave us Smoking Goat. 

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  • Contemporary European
  • Shoreditch
Leroy
Leroy

A small-plates restaurant from the team behind now-closed Ellory.

This restaurant is setting up a delivery offering. 

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  • Vegan
  • Hackney
  • price 1 of 4
Mao Chow
Mao Chow

A vegan, cash-only, Sichuan street food joint in Hackney.

This restaurant has takeaways for delivery. 

  • British
  • Old Street
  • price 3 of 4
Nest
Nest

A cosy neighbourhood restaurant serving a no-choice menu.

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  • Israeli
  • Chinatown
Palomar
Palomar

Fantastic modern-Israeli food, pulse-quickening dance music and a warm family atmosphere at the West End’s most unlikely bar-restaurant of the moment.

  • Contemporary European
  • Hackney
  • price 3 of 4
Pidgin
Pidgin

A modern British restaurant in Hackney, serving a weekly-changing, no-choice four-course menu.

This restaurant is setting up takeaways for delivery. 

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  • Italian
  • Hammersmith
  • price 4 of 4
River Café
River Café

A celebrated Italian restaurant set back from the Thames Path.

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  • Contemporary European
  • Marylebone
  • price 4 of 4
Roganic
Roganic

A London spin-off to Cumbria’s two-Michelin-starred L’Enclume.

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  • Thai
  • Shoreditch
  • price 2 of 4
Smoking Goat
Smoking Goat

A new Shoreditch spot taking over from Smoking Goat Soho.

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  • Thai
  • Spitalfields
  • price 3 of 4
Som Saa
Som Saa

A permanent E1 home for a former Thai residency.

This restaurant is setting up a takeaway offering. 

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  • Japanese
  • Clapton
  • price 2 of 4
Uchi
Uchi

A pretty-as-a-picture Japanese restaurant with twists on traditional, home-cooked dishes.

  • Brasseries
  • Piccadilly
The Wolseley
The Wolseley

Like its stablemate Delaunay, a ‘café-restaurant in the grand European tradition’ and much-loved for its all-day menu providing something for everyone.

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  • Contemporary Asian
  • Chinatown
  • price 2 of 4
Xu
Xu

A smart Taiwanese restaurant from the crew behind Bao, with a vintage feel.

This restaurant is setting up a delivery offering. 

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