Each year, the Michelin Guide hands out its famous stars to restaurants around the world. Awarded in ones, twos and threes, they’re the best-known indicators of quality in the culinary sphere; the more stars, the thinking goes, the better the food (and, more often than not, the higher the accompanying price tag).
But that’s not the only way Michelin gives praise for a decent plate of grub. Its Bib Gourmand award focuses more on value for money — or, in the Guide’s own words, a restaurant that “will leave you with a sense of satisfaction, at having eaten so well at such a reasonable price”.
Much like the stars, the exact criteria for Bib Gourmand-worthy restaurants are shrouded in secrecy, although Michelin has admitted it follows “no set formula for a Bib restaurant”. Even so, you can be pretty much assured of a quality meal at any of the chosen restaurants, making it a handy compass for hungry diners.
In 2023, four new restaurants have been added to London’s Bib Gourmand selection, from an achingly cool Japanese in Nine Elms to a scorching-hot Thai in Centrepoint. It brings the overall number of inclusions in the capital to 39. Happy eating.
London’s new Bib Gourmand restaurants for 2023...
- Evernight, Nine Elms. Read the Evening Standard’s review
- HÄm, West Hampstead. Read our review
- The Pelican, Notting Hill. Read our review
- Plaza Khao Gaeng, Oxford Circus. Read our review
...and the rest of London’s Bib Gourmand restaurants
- Brutto, Clerkenwell. Read the Evening Standard’s review
- Pahli Hill, Regent’s Park and Marylebone. Read our review
- Manteca, Shoreditch. Read our review
- Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, Soho. Read our review
- Humble Chicken, Soho.
- Padella, London Bridge. Read our review
- Popolo, Shoreditch. Read our review
- St John Bread and Wine, Spitalfields. Read our review
- Smokestak, Shoreditch. Read our review
- Plaquemine Lock, Angel. Read our review
- José, Bermondsey. Read our review
- Legare, Tower Bridge. Read our review
- Brawn, Bethnal Green. Read our review
- The Barbary, Covent Garden. Read our review
- Bancone, Covent Garden. Read our review
- Berenjak, Soho. Read our review
- Hoppers, Soho. Read our review
- Palomar, Soho. Read our review
- Kricket, Soho. Read our review
- Brasserie Zédel, Piccadilly. Read our review
- Kiln, Soho. Read our review
- BAO, Soho. Read our review
- Trullo, Islington. Read our review
- Westerns Laundry, Highbury. Read our review
- Primeur, Newington Green. Read our review
- Farang, Highbury. Read our review
- Kudu, Peckham. Read our review
- Trinity Upstairs, Clapham. Read our review
- Hereford Road, Notting Hill. Read our review
- Provender, Wanstead
- Gunpowder Spitalfields
- Volta do Mar, Covent Garden
- Paradise, Soho
- Peckham Cellars
- Kateh, Warwick Avenue
