Diners' Choice: Best Overall restaurants in West London

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Updated July 05, 2025

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Assaggi

4.8

4.8 (99)

£41 and over

Italian

Notting Hill

About the restaurant

Assaggi Restaurant - Italian fine dining since 1996. Superb quality food in a welcoming and intimate surrounding.

Top review

MauerVIP

Dined on Jun 27, 2025

Assagi is a gem of a place tucked away on the first floor of a gorgeous townhouse. Service is very attentive and I appreciated the recommendations made. Food was impeccably fresh and deliciously prepared. And the room is charming with high ceilings and big windows. I would definitely visit again the next time I’m in London.

104 Restaurant by Richard Wilkins

5.0

5 (242)

£41 and over

French

Notting Hill

About the restaurant

The smallest fine dining Restaurant in London with just 12 seats.

104 Restaurant by Richard Wilkins is a stunning, intimate place to relax and enjoy the highest quality ingredients and service. We have been featured in the Michelin guide every year since opening in 2019.

104 Restaurant by Richard Wilkins is open Tuesday to Saturday and serves a three course a la carte menu, as well as a tasting menu for people who'd like to try everything we have to offer. Online reservations are available for up to Six guests, up to 3 months in advance.

Dishes include:

XL Scottish langoustine, Celeriac cream, Langoustine butter, satay sauce
French guinea fowl, Delica pumpkin puree, fondant potato and jus gras
Valrhona chocolate souffle, Madagascan vanilla ice cream

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AndrewVIP

Dined 7 days ago

Exquisitely presented and delicious dinner at this tiny but excellent restaurant.

Locanda Ottoemezzo

4.8

4.8 (359)

£41 and over

Italian

Kensington

About the restaurant

Pizza and lunch is ONLY served next door at our Cafe Ottomezzo. For evening bookings, please specify if you would like Cafe/Pizzaria or Restaurant seating.

The owners of Locanda Ottoemezzo Italian restaurant in London’s Kensington, just a few moments’ walk from the High Street, are film aficionados extraordinaire. In particular, their admiration of Federico Fellini’s masterpiece 8 ½ has inspired them to name their delightful restaurant after it and to decorate the interior with 8 1/2 – themed details. The general vibe of this charming and accomplished neighbourhood restaurant is vibrant and warm and full of colour with collectors’ details like rare LPs, books, instruments and a precious 1963 poster of the film. Yet there’s nothing gimmicky about Locanda Ottoemezzo. The perfect house risotto is always on the menu here served with a theatrical flourish from a rind of parmesan.

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Andy

Dined on Jun 20, 2025

Locanda Ottoemezzo, although located in a delightful area of South Kensington, is like stepping into a little corner of Italy; with the typically warm and friendly staff one would expect. The menu was superb, with just the right range of options, to avoid the agonising choices which one can face with an over-complicated bill of fare. The food was authentic and utterly delicious; not to mention the house speciality home-made focaccia bread, served with typical Italian generosity - and absolutely to die for! I can’t praise the staff at this restaurant highly enough. They made us welcome, they were warm and friendly, and looked after us like royalty. We will definitely be back to visit when we next come to London. Fabulous in every respect.

La Palombe

4.9

4.9 (189)

£26 to £40

French

Kensington

About the restaurant

La Palombe is a new neighbourhood bistro from restaurateur James Chiavarini (also of Il Portico) & chef patron Jake Leach (previously head chef at the three Michelin starred The Ledbury).

A large wood burning grill takes center stage where the majority of the dishes are cooked over live embers. James & Jake work together every shift to serve dishes with a real sense of terroir and provenance, including our speciality of wild foods foraged ourselves. Expect wild noisette venison, Wiltshire truffles (thanks to our house truffle dog Alba!), rare woodland mushrooms, and much wonderful produce from our small organic farm in Kent.

The wine list is sourced entirely from independent producers, and regularly updated with a specialised focus on low intervention and organic wines.

We are across the road to the Design Museum & Holland Park, a 10 minute walk from Kensington Olympia and a short distance to the Royal Albert Hall.

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Jan

Dined 2 days ago

Thank you to La Palombe for making our son's 21st birthday meal a special occasion. Personalised menus, extra entrees and dessert went down extremely well. The food was really excellent. He was relieved that there wasn't a collective sing-song, so thank for getting it right!

CORE by Clare Smyth

4.9

4.9 (3689)

£41 and over

British

Notting Hill

About the restaurant

Chef Clare Smyth’s first restaurant, Core by Clare Smyth, opened its doors August 2017.

Located in London’s Notting Hill at 92 Kensington Park Road, Core by Clare Smyth is a modern fine dining restaurant with a strong British ethos, in an elegant, relaxed interior.

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Nick

Dined 7 days ago

Absolutely fantastic in every way the food the service the welcome. Thank you !

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4.9

4.9 (98)

£41 and over

Japanese

Notting Hill

About the restaurant

Embracing the idea of "I leave it up to you"

Juno invites you to trust our chef's expertise for a dining experience like no other.

Imagine a place where there's no fixed menu, inspired by the best of Japanese tradition with an innovative Mexican twist, truly pushing the boundaries of what an omakase can be.

With only six seats, Juno transports guests into a magical stage that is as much a performance as it is a meal. Indulge in 15 creative courses crafted by our talented Executive Chef, Leonard Tanyag, with a dedicated sommelier offering exquisite wine, sake, and agave pairings.

Our menu, built daily with fresh seasonal ingredients, is a feast for the senses, while our décor emulates the delicate Japanese artistry, with subtle hints evoking the vibrancy of Mexico.

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zahavaVIP

Dined on Jun 12, 2025

Absolutely exceptional experience! The service, food and atmosphere were just perfect!

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Experience

Juno Omakase

Park's Kitchen - Hammersmith

4.8

4.8 (20)

£26 to £40

Korean

Hammersmith

About the restaurant

Welcome to Park's Kitchen, a family-owned Korean restaurant where we have been serving traditional homemade Korean food since 2018. Our dishes are made with the freshest ingredients and authentic recipes passed down through generations. We take pride in providing a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for our customers to enjoy their dining experience. Come visit us and taste the flavours of Korea at Park's Kitchen!

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David

Dined on Jul 5, 2025

Nicely located just a short walk from Ravenscourt Park tube and 10 minutes from Hammersmith Apollo. Clean, modern interior with attentive and helpful staff. Food was tastey and good value. We were a group of four and all of us enjoyed the meal and would return again.

Clarke's Restaurant London

4.9

4.9 (415)

£41 and over

Modern European

Notting Hill

About the restaurant

Opened in 1984 by passionate chef Sally Clarke, this local legend on Kensington Church Street has become a firm favourite with professional critics and amateur gourmets alike. For 21 years, Sally served a four-course ‘no choice’ set dinner, but now there is a daily-changing menu that showcases her passion for high quality seasonal produce. Herbs and vegetables come from organic suppliers in South East England; buffalo mozzarella is flown in from Naples twice a week; and shellfish is sent overnight by rail from Scotland. Popular dishes include loin of Balmoral roe deer with apple and sage sauce; baked fillet of Cornish brill with datterini tomatoes and flowering thyme; dark chocolate and chestnut tart. Clarke’s is quite simply an unforgettable experience.

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Natalie

Dined 7 days ago

Always a fabulous meal at Clarke’s! Been coming here for years. Sally and the team look after you as if you’re old friends and it always has a lovely atmosphere. Food delicious; consistent quality and standard. Highly recommended.

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Experience

Set Lunch Menu

Grilandia Chiswick

4.8

4.8 (393)

£25 and under

Lebanese

Chiswick

About the restaurant

It started with a seed, an idea to create a secret garden of food and drink.

The Grilandia in Westbourne Grove is our first branch founded in 2018 by men of vision in order to provide a haven for those people who love the feel of nature around them.
In 2019 We Opened Grilandia no2. in Wimbledon and in 2021 Grilandia Chiswick and Richmond.

Designed by Award winning interior design studio ACCANTO INTERIORS.

Top review

Kathleen

Dined on Jul 7, 2025

The food was superb and they accommodated our large party of 10 with ease.

Ffiona's Restaurant Kensington Church Street

4.9

4.9 (304)

£26 to £40

British

Kensington

About the restaurant

Welcome to 2025 in Kennington's favourite Restaurant.

Voted 'Best Restaurant in Kensington Chelsea and Westminster' 2024.

Top 100 Restaurants in the UK on Open Table 2024.

Home of the best Chicken Kyiv in the world! Established since 1993.
Owned and run by sisters, Ffiona and Althea, who are always on hand to welcome you in.

Traditional British classics and modern seasonal dishes and we insist you leave room for our world-class desserts…

The weekend brunch is Anglo-American and the atmosphere is buzzing.

At Ffiona’s there is truly something for everyone.

We are smack bang in the centre of everything.
Turn left and you’re in Notting Hill and Portobello Market. Turn right and it is Kensington Palace and The Royal Albert Hall. The Design Museum and the museums’ of South Kensington are all close by.

Ffiona’s is an iconic neighbourhood restaurant loved by locals and visitors alike.
We can’t wait to meet you!

Top review

OpenTable Diner

Dined on Jul 8, 2025

Amazing food and very quaint atmosphere. Great service. Opened and let us in early.

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