London Restaurants - West London

23-25 Lonsdale Rd, London NW6 6RA

Carmel sees the team behind Berber & Q head west to Queen's Park for a more traditional restaurant from what they've opened before. Expext the same great approach to Middle-Eastern cuisine and make sure to try the flatbreads.

Sheldon Square, Paddington Central, London W2 6HY

A restaurant that delivers exactly what it promises - cheese on a barge. This permanently moored boat serves up exclusively British and Irish cheeses in a range of small and large plates. As you might imagine, they also do a very good grilled cheese sandwich.

Television Centre, 8th Floor, The Helios, 101 Wood Ln, London W12 7FR

Previously executive sushi chef at Zuma, Endo Kazutoshi, leads this omakase sushi restaurant in the former Television Centre at White City. At the top floor with impressive views and even more impressive sushi, this has become one of West London's hottest tickets, with only 15 seats available.

95 Portobello Road, London W11 2QB

Notting Hill's food credentials are boosted by a restaurant and bar team that comes via the River Cafe and Soho House to take what was once a pub. They're serving up sharing plates, and food cooked over fire or in a wood-burning oven, all across four floors.

135 Petersham Rd, Richmond TW10 7AA

This family-run restaurant may technically be in London, but its buccolic charm and setting belies the urban address. Chef Kenneth Culhane and his team are all about providing a convivial experience with super food.

Sheldon Square, Paddington, London W2 6EP

Permanently moored on the Grand Union Canal, this barge-turned seafood restaurant allows you to watch boats motoring past whilst enjoying the best fish that the Cornish day boats have landed. There’s a decent amount of alfresco space and look out for their weekly oyster special deals.

139 Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London W10 6HJ

The KPH (Kensington Park Hotel) has been pretty legendary in Ladbroke Grove for a while, with a big music following and the place of Tom Jones first London gig. A recent-ish makeover and relaunch has won it popularity with a new crowd

95 Wood Lane, London W12 7FQ

They have restaurants in Bristol and Spain, and now Wellbourne have arrived in London. It's an all-day brasserie affair by chefs and management with an impressive pedigree.

184 Kensington Park Road, London W11 2ES

In the 80’s, Alex Giri opened West London’s Canal Brasserie. Now, 30 years later, she’s back with her son Oscar in tow to bring flexitarian food to Notting Hill’s Kensington Park Road, with a separate cocktail bar featuring sharing plates.

98 Lillie Road, London SW6 7SR

After a stint roving around London, Gerald and Ko of Bistro?s Mirey have decided to settle in Fulham, where they?ll be continuing to whip up seasonal dishes from a short menu that's big on French and Japanese flavours.

25 London St, London W2 1HH

Drawing on London inspiration from Borough Market, and not-so-local inspiration, The Pilgrm will be catering to the Paddington crowd with menus they're billing as ?journeys in themselves?, plus internationally acclaimed cocktails and a special late night menu laden with comfort food.

Tideway Yard, 125 Mortlake High Street, Barnes, London, SW14 8SN

He's been a mainstay of Padstow for many a year but this sees Rick Stein heading to Barnes for his London restaurant.

The Prince Regent, Moored off Sheldon Square, Paddington W2 6EP

Former pop-up, London Shell Company is launching a floating restaurant on the Regent’s Canal at Paddington with dinner either moored up or on the move. The menu focuses on seasonal seafood.

London Mertopole Hotel, 23rd Floor, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU

This sees Bjorn Van Der Horst (Eastside Inn) and Omar Romero (Rhodes Twenty Four, Rosewood) taking over the dining room on the 23rd floor of the Hilton Metropole. Expect a modernist Japanese pub with food to match. Plus Kirin beer K-slurpys and clay barrel aged cocktails served on airline trolleys.

93 Golborne Road, London W10 5NL

This is a combined Danish restaurant and deli in Notting Hill. Expect a very Danish all-day menu in very Danish surroundings.

16 All Saints Road, London W11 1HH

This Notting Hill restaurant is run by chef/patron Rabah Ourrad, an Algerian rapper in Paris who used his time there to hone his culinary skills. He worked at Sketch, the Ledbury and Momo before starting Wormwood with his brother Akli. The menu here "spans the Mediterranean, but stands alone in its conformist refusal" so expect mezze/tapas with a French cooking flair.

129-131 Brackenbury Rd, London W6 0BQ

This old favourite is now under the ownership of Ossie Gray, who used to be the General Manager of River Cafe. They're "cooking the food we love based on our experience of regional French & Italian with some other Mediterranean influences as well."

Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA

This is the restaurant housed in the Serpentine Sackler Gallery. Housed under the fancy new part attached to the grade II listed building, this has German chef Oliver Lange in charge who aims to mix Japanese food with European.

45 Moscow Road, London W2 4AH

This is the follow up to the diminutive Sushi of Shiori. The larger restaurant allows chef Takashi Takag to run a Kaiseki dining experience in an authentic Japanese setting.

304 Uxbridge Road, London W12 7LJ

Bush Hall Dining Rooms is described as "a true neighborhood restaurant". The 70 cover spot is an all day diner, open seven days a week. Family-style dishes will be available at breakfast and for Sunday lunch when they'll serve up roasts with all the trimmings for the head of the table to carve themselves.

51 Parsons Green Lane, London SW6 4JA

225 Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London W10 6HQ

17 Vanston Place, London SW6 1AY

Claude Bosi and his brother already have a pub in Wimbledon (the Fox and Grapes) and now they've opened their second in Fulham. This time, they'll be aiming for "modern British pub food" but Fulhamites can expect a stamp of quality as Bosi has enlisted Marcus McGuinness, the former Head Chef of Hibiscus (Bosi's two Michelin starred restaurant in Mayfair), to take over the revamped pub.

5 Regent Street, London NW10 5LG

He's had a big hit with the Mall Tavern and now Jesse Dunford Wood has expanded further to Kensal Green.

Walham Grove, Fulham, London, SW6 1QR

This Michelin-starred pub has The Ledbury's Brett Graham as its director and has built up a stellar reputation over the years as having some of the best pub food in London. They serve British food with a particular focus on game, which happens to come from Graham's farm. Don't miss out on their scotch egg.

314 Earl's Court Road, London SW5 9BQ

94 Church Road, Barnes, London SW13 0DQ

Following on from the success of Kitchen W8 - the last joint venture between restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas and chef Philip Howard - the pair have joined forces for a second venture. They've relaunched Sonny’s Restaurant in Barnes as Sonny's Kitchen.

Church Lane, Off Petersham Road, Richmond, Surrey TW10 7AG

Greg Malouf takes over the Michelin starred cafe in Richmond.

227 King Street, London W6 9JT

When the hugely popular pub The Engineer was taken over in Primrose Hill and destined to transform into a chain pub, the locals were up in arms. Primrose Hill's loss has been Hammersmith's gain as the team behind the Engineer has relocated to King Street. Expect well sourced British food, as well as larder products on the bar and a large range of biodynamic wines and real ales.

4 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3LQ

It looks like the trend for American country cooking is set to continue in London as chefs Michael Kirk and Jennifer Ryan - both US natives - are cooking up "simple, seasonal American low country cuisine which encompasses cuisine from the southern wilds of the US from the Carolinas to the Gulf Coast". Highlights include a pinot noir marinated burger.