Unique Restaurants & Bars in London

Discover 18 unique restaurants & bars in London.

London, England

Dirty Dick's

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

London, England

The Champion

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

London, England

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

London, England

Rules

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

London, England

Supper Club Tube

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

London, England

The Attendant, Fitzrovia

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

London, England

Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

London, England

The Blind Beggar

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

London, England

Cabmen’s Shelter in Russell Square

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

Permanently Closed

London, England

Time for Tea

A five-story homage to tea times past.

London, England

Premises Studio Music Studios and Cafe

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

Permanently Closed

London, England

Old Shoreditch Station

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

London, England

Tea Building

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

London, England

Village Underground

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

London, England

London's Original and All-Inspiring Coffee House

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

London, England

Rochelle School

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.