As of 2011, the legendary Michelin Guide has awarded a total of 143 Michelin Stars to restaurants in the United Kingdom. The red Michelin guide is the most well-known of the Michelin guides and awards stars to restaurants and hotels.
One star is for an unusual and worthwhile restaurant; two stars is for an excellent restaurant; the rarely awarded three stars denotes a truly exceptional restaurant worth a special trip in and of itself.
Reservations are recommended at all of these restaurants. For the more popular dining establishments, such as Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous restaurant in Claridge’s, booking quite far in advance may be required to secure a table.
A full list of the 52 London restaurants awarded any Michelin stars (based on the new Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2011):
THREE MICHELIN STARS (2 London Restaurants):
Gordon Ramsay, Kensington & Chelsea
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Mayfair
TWO MICHELIN STARS (8 London Restaurants):
Pied à Terre, Bloomsbury
The Ledbury, Kensington
Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, Belgravia
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, Mayfair
Le Gavroche, Mayfair
Hibiscus, Mayfair
Square, Mayfair
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Covent Garden
ONE MICHELIN STAR (42 London Restaurants):
Hakkasan, Bloomsbury
Club Gascon, City of London
Rhodes Twenty Four, City of London
Harwood Arms, Fulham
River Café, Fulham
La Trompette, Chiswick
St John, Clerkenwell
Rasoi, Kensington & Chelsea
Tom Aikens, Kensington & Chelsea
Kitchen W8, Kensington & Chelsea
The Glasshouse, Richmond-upon-Thames
Bingham Restaurant (at Bingham Hotel), Richmond-upon-Thames
Petersham Nurseries Café, Richmond-upon-Thames
Viajante, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green
Galvin La Chapelle, Tower Hamlets, Spitalfields
Chez Bruce, Wandsworth
Amaya, City of Westminster, Belgravia
Apsleys (at Lanesborough Hotel), Belgravia
Pétrus, Belgravia
Zafferano, Belgravia
Benares, Mayfair
Galvin at Windows (at Hilton Hotel), Mayfair
Greenhouse, Mayfair
Kai, Mayfair
Maze, Mayfair
Murano, Mayfair
Nobu (at The Metropolitan Hotel), Mayfair
Nobu Berkeley St, Mayfair
Semplice, Mayfair
Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library), Mayfair
Tamarind, Mayfair
Umu, Mayfair
Wild Honey, Mayfair
L’Autre Pied, Marylebone
Locanda Locatelli, Marylebone
Rhodes W1 (Restaurant), Marylebone
Texture, Marylebone
Seven Park Place (at St James’s Hotel and Club), St James’s
Arbutus, Soho
Gauthier-Soho, Soho
Yauatcha, Soho
Quilon, Victoria
