Quirky and Unusual Restaurants In London You Must Try
London is renowned for its Michelin-starred restaurants and for having challenged Paris for the title of the gastronomic capital of Europe. But if you are looking for a dining experience that goes beyond simply excellent cuisine, then London also boasts an extraordinary restaurant subculture that celebrates eccentricity, zaniness, and the downright odd. Here’s our guide to London’s quirkiest and unusual restaurants.
Napoli on the Road is famous for its innovative, contemporary Neapolitan pizza, offering truly unique twists on the much loved dish. The pizzeria’s focus is on experimentation and innovation, utilizing high quality, locally sourced ingredients to create distinctively delicious flavour combinations. Napoli on the Road has built a cult following due to its creative seasonal inventions, which truly push the boundaries in terms of taste, and is regarded as one of the best places to get Neapolitan pizza in London. Head chef and founder Michele Pascarella has also been awarded Pizza Maker of the Year 2023, having started his business by wandering around with his three wheeler Ape Piaggio making wood fire pizzas all over London. Recognised as the first pizzaiolo to bring contemporary high crust pizza to the UK, Michele is now considered a “pioneer of the contemporary pizza”.
1. Sarastro
Pub, Restaurant, Mediterranean
2. Bunga Bunga
Bar, Restaurant, Pizzeria, Italian
3. Buona Sera
Restaurant, Italian
4. Dans le Noir?
Restaurant, Bar, European, Vegan, Vegetarian
Dans le Noir? is a concept that emerged in the late 1990s in France before the first restaurant opened in 2004. There are now Dans le Noir? restaurants in London, Paris, New York, Brussels, and Barcelona. The concept is simple – all of the food is served in total darkness, by waiting staff who are blind and from menus that are kept deliberately vague. The thinking behind this approach to dining is that by cutting off the sense of sight, the other senses, of smell and taste, will be heightened and excited to a greater extent. Diners must rely upon the blind waiting staff who are the only ones to know what is being served. Diners enter the bar area where they must remove all items that give off light and choose from one of four set menus – the Red, which offers meat dishes, the Blue, which is seafood, the White, which is exotic, and the Green vegetarian option. No more about the food is revealed until after the meal.
5. Powder Keg Diplomacy
Restaurant, Bar, British
6. Cats Cafe des Artistes
Cafe, Restaurant, Thai
7. Silk Restaurant
Bar, Boutique Hotel Restaurant, Asian
8. Archipelago
Restaurant, African
Still looking for an interesting dining experience? Check out our list of the best restaurants in Soho, London.
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