Best Italian Restaurants in London (2026): The 5 Rooms We Book
A concierge-ranked guide to five of London's marquee Italian dining rooms for 2026, each bookable straight from its page.
Our 2026 shortlist runs to five of London's Italian dining rooms, ranked in the order we book them when the night calls for pasta, Bellinis, and a room with real buzz. It leans Mayfair, from Italian-American supper-club theatre to Venetian classics and coastal cooking, and the sequence below is our ranking. Every pick links through to its full page, where you will find the menu and current booking details. Tap through to reserve your own table on the venue's platform and we build the night around it.
Carbone
Carbone is Major Food Group's mid-century Italian-American room set inside the newly transformed Chancery Rosewood at 30 Grosvenor Square, the storied former US Embassy. It spreads over two levels, with a ground-floor terrace and bar feeding into a sweeping crimson staircase that descends to the main basement dining room. Designer Ken Fulk merged 1950s New York supper-club swagger with Mayfair restraint, and the spicy rigatoni vodka is the dish everyone orders.
Novikov
Novikov is two restaurants under one roof, a sprawling multi-level space at 50A Berkeley Street in Mayfair. Its Italian wing seats around 150 and runs warm and rustic, with a commanding wood-fired oven, suede-paneled walls, and wrought-iron chandeliers, while the Asian side turns sharp and contemporary. A central marble bar with velvet stools ties the two together, and it remains one of the most sought-after tables in Mayfair.
Cecconi's Mayfair
Cecconi's Mayfair has anchored 5A Burlington Gardens since 1978, a short walk from Bond Street and tucked between the private galleries and Savile Row tailors. It is the all-day Italian brasserie built for breakfast meetings, long Mayfair lunches, and a glamorous, buzzy dinner. Part of the Soho House group, it draws a stylish, cross-generational crowd without feeling members-only.
Sparrow Italia
Sparrow Italia occupies a multi-level Georgian townhouse at 1-3 Avery Row, climbing from a ground-floor bar and terrace through parlour dining rooms to a third-floor cigar lounge. The layout suits groups, dates, and pre-theatre drinks equally, so the building flexes to the night you are planning. It arrived in late 2022 as the European debut of the Los Angeles-based Noble 33 group, with a menu built on Italian coastal cooking.
Cipriani London
Cipriani London is the Mayfair chapter of a story that began at Harry's Bar in Venice, and its Davies Street dining room has spent two decades as the place where old-money regulars, fashion faces, and international guests end up at the same tables. It is a classic, buzzy, unmistakably grown-up Italian room, the kind you dress for, known for its Bellinis and carpaccio. The restaurant occupies a townhouse at 23-25 Davies Street.
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