The best restaurants in Notting Hill, London

Notting Hill’s reputation precedes it, famous for its pastel-painted stucco townhouses, world-renowned antique and vintage market and rich multicultural history. Today, it is one of London’s most expensive postcodes but still embodies a louche, rakish charm. Late-night revelry lingers in its pubs and basement cocktail bars, and independent retailers fuel a thriving creative scene. A new generation of chefs is also putting Notting Hill on the map from a culinary perspective, too.

From open kitchens grilling fiery skewers to vegetarian dishes served with a vinyl soundtrack, here’s our pick of the best restaurants in the neighbourhood. Staying in town? Check out our guide to London’s most stylish hotels.

Dove

Best for: Inventive British cooking; London’s best burger
Address: 31 Kensington Park Road, London W11 2EU
Price: £££

Jackson Boxer’s latest venture, Dove, opened in January 2025 on the site of his former restaurant, Orasay. It has since become one of London’s buzziest dining destinations, attracting crowds from near and far for plates of grilled courgette with black rice and hazelnut miso, roast chicken with Café De Paris butter and the signature Dove burger, limited to ten per service and made with 50-day aged rib cap. A neutral interior of linen, limewash walls, rattan chairs and plump terracotta banquettes create a laidback, unpretentious setting.

Dorian

Best for: Modern British food cooked over fire 
Location: 105-107 Talbot Rd, London, W11 2AT
Price: £££

This neighbourhood bistro has been the talk of west London since Aussie owner Chris D’Sylva billed it an “anti-Notting Hill” establishment at its launch in 2022. Max Coen steers the kitchen using produce sourced from top British suppliers, including Cornish butchers Phillip Warren and D’Sylva’s neighbouring Notting Hill Fish + Meat Shop, to create modern British sharing food cooked over a wood-fire grill. Dorian was awarded its first Michelin star in 2024 for its monthly changing menus featuring dishes like lobster salad with grilled sweetcorn and kohlrabi, and lamb ribs with a refreshing shiso relish, paired with an excellent wine list curated by the team at Noble Rot. Interiors are classic with white tablecloths, reclaimed wood panelling, chequered flooring and leather counter seating attracting a star-studded crowd (don’t be surprised if you rub shoulders with an A-lister or two during your visit).

Gold

Best for: Boho interiors, courtyard dining
Location: 95-97 Portobello Road, London, W11 2QB
Price: £££

It’s impossible to miss Gold’s striking white and gold mural, painted across its facade by Portuguese street artist Alexandre Farto. Inside, the decor is just as eccentric with interiors inspired by Notting Hill’s multicultural heritage, with plaster walls, dusty coral banquettes, potted plants and rattan chairs. Chef Theo Hill’s modern European menu centres on open-flame cooking, with dishes like wood-roasted aubergine with fresh goat’s curd or beef carpaccio and zucchini. Larger plates include chargrilled prawns in a fiery chilli sauce. The restaurant also lays claim to one of west London’s best courtyards for al fresco dining.

The Pelican

Best for: Elevated pub grub 
Location: 45 All Saints Road, London, W11 1HE
Price: £££

This buzzy gastropub occupies a prime position on the corner of All Saints Road in a historic building that has served as a neighbourhood boozer since 1870. Restaurateurs James Gummer and Phil Winser (also behind The Bull in the Cotswolds and The Hero in Maida Vale) reimagined the space with reclaimed wood, raw plastered walls, dried plants, tan leather banquettes and a roaring open fire. The kitchen works with regenerative farmers to elevate ordinary pub grub to soul-warming comfort dishes such as leek and potato soup and braised lamb with anchovy. Classic cocktails and an excellent bottle list feature skin-contact wines from Georgia and Italy, and brilliant bar snacks include pork scratchings, flaky sausage rolls and spider crab on toast. Don’t miss the dry, bubbly pilsners courtesy of neighbouring independent Portobello Brewery.

Holy Carrot

Best for: one of London’s best vegan restaurants
Location: 156 Portobello Road, London, W11 2EB
Price: £££ 

Irina Linovich’s Holy Carrot built a reputation for its plant-based pop-ups and intimate supper clubs before opening a permanent space on Portobello Road in 2024. Vegetable-led menus are devised by Daniel Watkins (co-founder of Acme Fire Cult), with a focus on open-fire cooking and fermentation. Bold plates like smoked beetroot, hazelnut cream and sweet and sour dill, and the grilled pineapple and miso butterscotch soft serve are bursting with flavour. Decor reflects the nature-rich menu with earth tones and tables decorated with custom ceramics from various independent UK ceramicists and Copenhagen-based studio The Table Project. Expect an edgy crowd and a blissed-out atmosphere thanks to the feel-good techno playlist hand-picked by Linovich.

Caia

Best for: Feel-good vinyl, wild-card wines
Location: 46 Golborne Road, London, W10 5PR
Price: £££

Hip restaurant and wine bar Caia has two entirely different vibes across its two floors. At street level, limewash walls, marble tables and velvet seating set the tone, while chefs grill pork chops, Ibérico ribs and monkfish over flame behind an open kitchen. Downstairs, you’ll find a low-lit listening bar, where a retro vinyl soundtrack plays until late. There’s a strong veggie menu here, too, with crowd pleasers like coal-roasted beetroot, sweet potato agnolotti and chocolate toasted rice cake. Wine is the beating heart of Caia with a bottle list spotlighting coastal, classic and wild card wines carefully collated and rigorously updated by founders Tim Lang and Rishabh Vir.

The Ledbury, Notting Hill

Best for: A once-in-a-lifetime meal
Address: 127 Ledbury Road, London W11 2AQ
Price: ££££

The Ledbury has three Michelin stars – just one of six restaurants in London to earn this prestigious accolade. It may also be the only one in the world described as a neighbourhood favourite in the same breath. Chef and co-owner Aussie Brett Graham artfully blends impeccable fine dining with a warm and relaxed atmosphere. The British-meets-Japanese tasting menu (275 GBP) is boldly inventive, featuring dishes like veal sweetbread with popcorn, kanzuri and oxtail, or wild sea bass with chamomile, green peach and truffle. Expect to dine alongside W11’s smartest residents, and set aside at least three hours for the experience.

Sumi

Best for: Some of London’s best sushi and sake 
Location: 157 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RS
Price: £££

On a quiet stretch of Westbourne Grove, this slick sushi restaurant is mastermind by Endo Kazutoshi, who first made waves on London’s food scene for his fine-dining concept Endo at the Rotunda in White City. The à la carte menu is inspired by Kazutoshi’s storied family recipes and is split between nigiri, sashimi and a stellar selection of temaki (hand-rolled cone-shaped sushi) including minced fatty tuna with fermented radish, chives and soy and a diced red tuna marinated in soy and served with wasabi. The restaurant has a more casual vibe than its Michelin-starred sibling with exposed wood and rattan finishes, and a long bar decorated with paper lanterns and bottles of premium sake such as crisp, clear and difficult to source Dewazakura.

Akub

Best for: Modern Palestinian food 
Location: 27 Uxbridge Street, London, W8 7TQ
Price: £££

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan launched this restaurant as a love letter to his homeland in Bethlehem, something that is traced in everything from its name (Akub is a thistle-like Middle Eastern vegetable) to the Palestinian suppliers that he supports. The spiced and seeded breads are perfect for mopping up homemade shatta and baba ganoush, and larger plates such as slow-cooked fava beans in a tomato and garlic dressing and spiced dumplings filled with pine nut studded beetroot tahini are complemented by floral-toned cocktails. The fluffy hilbeh baba – a light cake spiced with fenugreek and cardamom and topped with cream and pistachio – is a great choice to round off the food. Smaller details like the handmade tableware by Jaffa-based ceramicist Nur Minawi and candlelit nooks flanked by potted olive trees make for a romantic atmosphere.

Mazi

Best for: Authentic Greek fare, outdoor dining
Location: 12-14 Hillgate Street, London, W8 7SR
Price: £££

Stepping inside this light-filled restaurant is like being transported to a family-run taverna in Greece – whitewashed brick walls are clad with canvas scribbled with daily specials and simple wooden tables and chairs spill onto a sunny courtyard (no surprise it is considered one of the best outdoor dining spaces in London). Mazi (meaning ‘together’ in Greek) revolutionised London’s Greek food scene when it opened in 2012 with small plates so delicious they remain almost the same over a decade later: feta tempura with lemon marmalade, tiger prawn risotto, spiced lamb rump and honey roasted tomatoes, we could go on. On weekdays, a three-course lunch menu sees fish roe mousse tarama, wild cod with artichokes and caramelised pineapple at reasonable 29.95 GBP per person. Mazi has outposts in Morocco and Abu Dhabi, and husband and wife team Adiren Carree and Christina Mouratoglou look after next door bistro and cocktail bar Suzi Tros, too.

Ria’s

Best for: Detroit-style pizza, natural wines 
Location: 29 All Saints Road, London, W11 1HE
Price: ££

At Ria’s, pizzas come Detroit-style:  pillowy, cheesy slices with crisp crusts made from dough which is fermented over three days before hitting the oven. The concise menu counts six pizzas, which can be ordered by the slice or whole. You won’t find the classic margarita here; instead, elite meat and veg combos like the pepperoni and soppressata with housemade marinara sauce, aged parmesan and hot honey, or the roasted king prawns with a parmesan crust and salsa macha are plate-licking delicious. There’s a selection of sides including fried potatoes with garlic-infused whipped feta and Ria’s haggis pops (a nod to Scottish-born owner Ria Morgan-Ratcliffe’s roots), plus a sweet and crunchy chocolate cookie dough crumble. Ria’s doubles up as a wine bar and has a rotating natural wine list starring silky reds, fresh oranges and fruity whites.

The Counter

Best for: Upscale Turkish food with a Levantine edge
Location: 108 Golborne Road, London, W10 5PS
Price: £££

This unassuming restaurant at the buzzy intersection of Golborne and Portobello Road is easy to miss with its dark exterior, but step inside and a buzzy space is filled with a crowd draped over leather banquettes and wishbone chairs. The upscale Turkish menu has a Levantine twist and is cooked over an open-fire grill and served mezze-style. Salty olives and za’atar flatbread is followed by white chocolate baba ganoush, while saffron and crab orzo and minty lamb skewers marry well with mashed fava beans. There’s a welcome selection of sorbets or a pistachio and chocolate sponge cake for something more indulgent. The bar and open kitchen have the same energy as a pub, where friends catch up over wines and house cocktails such as the kazandibi – an unconventional but extraordinary take on the classic Turkish dessert made with hazelnut fat-washed bourbon, salted caramel and cinnamon.

Empire Empire

Best for: A disco-style Indian 
Location: 16 All Saints Road, London, W11 1HH
Price: £££

You can smell the spice from this Indian restaurant well before you spot its illuminated exterior down All Saints Road. Empire Empire has the same approach to unfussy Indian food as founder Harneet Baweja’s Gunpowder restaurants, but with a 1970s disco-inspired setting: picture an old-school jukebox playing feel-good dance music and a vintage photo booth lined with polaroids. The crispy prawn fritters with chutney and lamp chops with a tandoori salad are a great place to start before checking out the curries and biryanis. The paneer makhani in a cream tomato sauce pairs perfectly with laccha paratha bread (a fried, layered flatbread), while the signature lobster biryani, served with the crustacean head sticking out is essential for larger groups. On the drinks menu there’s a couple of cocktails including a fermented rhubarb and rose vodka fizz and a crisp lager from Dalston-based 40ft brewery alongside a solid wine list. Be sure to leave room for the galub jamun (a sweet, sticky dessert) and meringue cheesecake laced with ginger biscuit crumble.

The Barbary

Best for: Spice-packed sharing plates, counter seating
Location: 112 Westbourne Grove, London, W2 5RU
Price: £££

The Barbary in Covent Garden has long been one of our favourite restaurants in London, so it was music to our ears when hospitality heavyweights Zoë and Layo Paskin opened a second location on Westbourne Grove in 2024. Light floors through Grade II-listed building boasts onto dark wood, woven willow ceilings and storm blue banquettes. The kitchen counter seats are the best in the house with undisturbed views of the chefs preparing food. The menu has a handful of staples from the Neal’s Yard flagship including the beloved chilli cauliflower, while new dishes honouring the cuisines and countries of The Barbary Coast are spice-packed, flavourful and incredibly moreish – we ordered an extra flatbread to clear up the whipped cod’s roe and grilled halloumi with jalapeño honey. As for the larger plates, the sea bass chermoula and seven spice lamb rib with onion tzatziki worked with the smoked pineapple paloma.

Marvee’s Food Shop

Best for: Casual Caribbean comfort cooking
Address: 3 Thorpe Cl, London W10 5TZ
Price: ££

Opened as a ‘tribute to the traditional Caribbean takeaway’, chef Dom Taylor’s restaurant majors on comforting Caribbean cooking, such as curry goat, jerk chicken and sweet and sticky glazed pork belly. Dishes are enhanced by nostril-flairing spicy sauce, plantain jam and sides such as cassava fries. Eschewing the trend for minimalist restaurant aesthetics, the airy restaurant features psychedelic orange-and-brown wallpaper and black leather chairs. It occupies Ladbroke Grove’s UNDR event space, which hosts club and comedy nights.

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