Top UK restaurants 2025

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Luna Omakase Dining Room
The immersive and intimate Japanese dining experience at Luna Omakase
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Town

I went to Town, a new restaurant in Covent Garden, having heard and read many good things about it, said Giles Coren in The Times. And I'm pleased to report that it did not disappoint. For a start, it looks "brilliant", thanks to its distinctive interior – a "kind of modern mid-century Space Age funky". And then there's the food, cooked by Stevie Parle, a chef "with a truly sophisticated palate". Our meal started with a showstopping appetiser: a small, warm loaf of potato sourdough, served with "Town house gravy" – a bowl of "beautifully seasoned" roasting juices intermingled with hot beef dripping. What followed was no less impressive: spears of East Kent asparagus "wrapped in a diaphanous sheath of mangalitsa lardo"; "100-acre radishes" served with a delicious miso dipping sauce. Best of all was bone marrow on Kashmiri saffron risotto – essentially "osso buco without all the boring shin meat". It cost £17, and would have "done me for a lunch or dinner on its own". While there's plenty on offer for carnivores here, the menu also includes "two very strong vegan mains". And the £32 three-course set lunch represents excellent value. In short, "bloody good".

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