Dining in London restaurants costs a bomb – even if the food is a bit meh.
That’s why the Harden’s London Restaurants Guide has named and shamed the capital’s most-overpriced restaurants and ones which offer the most disappointing cooking.
Based on scores of more than 65,000 reviews posted by over 6,000 diners, the guide has named The River Café, Hammersmith as the most over-priced restaurant.
It was double whammy for Oxo Tower Restaurant, South Bank, which topped the list of the most disappointing cooking and came second on the most overpriced restaurants rankings.
The guide’s co-founder, Peter Harden said: ‘This exceptional level of growth is a fabulous achievement for the capital, but raises questions about its sustainability.
‘It underlines London’s continued emergence as the greatest restaurant city on the planet, but – in the 24 years in which we have tracked openings – such highpoints have also often heralded more competitive times ahead.’
Most overpriced London restaurants
1. The River Café, Hammersmith
2. Oxo Tower Restaurant, South Bank
3. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Mandarin Oriental, Knightsbridge
4. Royal Hospital Road Restaurant, Chelsea
5. Marcus, Knightsbridge
6. Alain Ducasse, Dorchester, Park Lane
7. Le Gavroche, Mayfair
8. Cut, Dorchester, Park Lane
9. Balthazar, Covent Garden
10. Pollen Street Social, Soho
London restaurants with most disappointing cooking
1. Oxo Tower Restaurant, South Bank
2. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Mandarin Oriental, Knightsbridge
3. Colbert, Sloane Square
4. The Ivy, West End
5. Royal Hospital Road Restaurant, Chelsea
6. Le Gavroche, Mayfair
7. Balthazar, Covent Garden
8. Marcus, Knightsbridge
9. Alain Ducasse, Dorchester, Park Lane
10. Dabbous, Fitzrovia
Top Gastronomic experience
1. The Ledbury, Notting Hill
2. Le Gavroche, Mayfair
3. Dinner, Knightsbridge
4. Chez Bruce, Wandsworth Common
5. Pollen Street Social, Soho
6. Pied à Terre, Charlotte Street
7. Royal Hospital Road restaurant, Chelsea
8. The Square, Mayfair
9. Marcus, Knightsbridge
10. Medlar, Chelsea
Best bar/ pub food
1. The Anchor & Hope, Waterloo
2. Bull & Last, Hampstead
3. Harwood Arms, Fulham
4. The Jugged Hare, City of London
5. Canton Arms, Vauxhall
6. The Gun, Docklands
7. Ladbroke Arms, Notting Hill
8. Pig & Butcher, Angel
9. Truscott Arms, Maida Vale
10.Thomas Cubitt, Belgravia
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