Celebrity favourite restaurants in London

From sashimi at Zuma to peppered steak at Isabel, we've rounded up celebrities’ and A-listers' favourite restaurants in London

Isabel, Mayfair

With a lemon yellow awning and a glittering, sumptuous locale, Albemarle Street's Isabel is a favoured and savoured spot amongst the fashion pack.


While it's renowned for brunch (which is served all day) when the sun goes down, the Dragon Room comes to life: a late-night dancing den frequented by the most famous faces.


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WHERE
26 Albemarle St, Mayfair, London W1S 4HY

Texture, Marylebone

With its light Euro-Scandinavian menu and Nordic flare for design, Marylebone's Michelin-starred Texture is a firm favourite amongst stars. Look out for Victoria Beckham at the champagne bar or sauntering towards the private dining area.


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WHERE
34 Portman St, Marylebone, London W1H 7BY

34 Mayfair, Grosvenor Square

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Moss, Pharrell Williams, Joe Jonas... The great and the good flock to this upscale fish and grill restaurant just off Park Lane. And is it any wonder, given its polished oak parquet interior, soft lighting and colourful contemporary art collection?


Make like the it crowd and opt for the steak tartare with Perigord truffle, or the Japanese Wagyu.


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WHERE
34 Grosvenor Square Entrance on, S Audley St, London W1K 2HD

The Swan, Shakespeare's Globe

With dazzling river views (in which a proud St Paul's takes centre stage) an upscale, cosy interior and locally sourced dishes dreamt up by Allan Pickett, The Swan at The Globe is a firm favourite amongst big-wig theatre-lovers.


Look out for Jude Law, Dame Judi Dench and Stephen Fry, who are all known to flock to the restaurant post-theatre.


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WHERE
21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT

Scott's Restaurant, Mayfair

The sophisticated Scott's, with its glamorous clientele and spectacular seafood bar, started life as an oyster warehouse back in 1851.


Now, it plays home away from home to the likes of Nigella Lawson, Kate Moss, David Walliams, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stielberg... Oh, the stories those tables could tell.


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WHERE
20 Mount St, Mayfair, London W1K 2HE

Mark's Club, Mayfair

The members-only Mark's Club plays host to a bevvy of distinguished faces. Victoria Beckham recently hosted a London Fashion Week party her, attended by all the usual suspects of the it crowd.


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WHERE
46 Charles St, Mayfair, London W1J 5EJ

Chiltern Firehouse, Marylebone

It may be five years old, but Chiltern Firehouse remains a glittering mecca for celebrities and well-heeled hopefuls. Its penchant for brutal door-staff (that have spawned a thousand memes) and a discreet side door through which the stars can slip, make it one of the most restricted and glamorous places to be seen.


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WHERE
1 Chiltern St, Marylebone, London W1U 7PA

Chucs, Notting Hill

Meghan Markle was recently spotted heading into Chucs for a meeting. Head there (or to any of the three other outposts in Harrods, the Serpentine and Dover St) for mouth watering Italian cuisine and cocktails served up in a stylish bistro and courtyard.


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WHERE
226 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RH

The Arts Club, Mayfair

Its home was founded by creatives in 1863, and hidden away on the lower-ground floor is the hottest new nightclub: Leo's, designed by Dinmore Studio. Jay-Z, Pippa Middleton and Prince Harry are all known to visit the establishment.


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WHERE
40 Dover St, Mayfair, London W1S 4NP

The Colony Grill Room at The Beaumont

The Beckham family headed straight to The Colony Grill Room at the Beaumont after the Victoria Beckham FW19 show, and shared a multitude of social media snaps from the destination. With many branding it 'London's best steak restaurant', head here for your next carnivorous fix.


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WHERE
The Beaumont 8 Balderton Street, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF

Soho House Group

It goes unsaid that celebrities love Soho House. It's whispered to be where Harry met Meghan, and its hallowed halls are trodden by celebrities, daily. From Robert Pattinson at Greek Street and a blue-haired Jared Leto at Shoreditch House, to Cara Delvigne & co at Soho Farmhouse, no solar system is more clustered with stars.


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WHERE
Various locations

The Garden at Annabels

An obvious choice, perhaps, but an integral one. While the members' club's rose-quartz, petal-splashed bathroom is the most Instagrammed, it's the Garden restaurant that is the most exclusive and star-spangled spot of all.


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WHERE
46 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1J 5AT

The Coal Office, King's Cross

Found in the trendy new Coal Drops Yard, and with exquisite Middle Eastern and Mediterranean-inspired dishes by The Barbary's Chef Assaf Granit, Tom Dixon's urban space has already played host to number of A-list faces.


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WHERE
2 Bagley Walk, Kings Cross, London N1C 4PQ

Kym's, Bloomberg Arcade

A-listers are flocking to the second restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Andrew Wong in a flurry. It is set to be the city's new dining destination with its pastel pink interior and deliciously good food.


Wong re-imagines Classic Chinese dishes to make for an innovative new menu (sweet and sour crispy duck, anyone?) while championing artisanal produce of Soho's Chinatown ingredients-wise.


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WHERE
19 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR

Zuma, Knightsbridge

Chef Rainer Becker was the very first to bring the idea of izakaya dining to London, opening Zuma in 2002: it was, and still is, swish, glitzy and wildly popular. Its celebrity clientele rivals that of (the frankly obvious) Nobu, and the food and sake are dazzling.


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WHERE
Zuma, 5 Raphael St, London, SW7 1DL
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