Best Italian Restaurants in London (2026): The 6 We Recommend
A concierge-ranked guide to six of London's marquee Italian dining rooms for 2026, each bookable straight from its page.
Our 2026 shortlist runs to six of London's Italian dining rooms, ranked in the order we would choose them when the night calls for pasta, Bellinis, and a room with real buzz. It leans Mayfair, from Italian-American supper-club theater 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.
Carbone
Carbone is a 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 bar feeding into a staircase down to the main dining room below. 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 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. 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-theater drinks equally, so the building flexes to the night you are planning. It arrived in late 2022 as a European debut for the brand, with executive chef AJ McCloud anchoring a menu of coastal Italian and Mediterranean classics.
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 long been 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.
Bocconcino Mayfair
Bocconcino Mayfair sits on Berkeley Street between Berkeley Square and Piccadilly, a short walk from most of Mayfair's late rooms. Tan leather, cast-iron columns and low pendant light make a warm room, not an austere one, and it runs at a conversational volume early and a livelier one after ten. The kitchen cooks Italian without much editorialising: hand-rolled pasta, Roman-style pizza from the open-fire oven, and a rotating seasonal antipasti selection that carries the room. It serves until 12:30 AM Monday to Saturday, which is what makes it useful here: it will take a table after a show or a nine o'clock drink and still cook properly.
Booking a table
Tap any restaurant above to reserve your own table on its booking platform. Each page has the menu and live availability, so you can book direct and let us know if you want help planning the rest of the evening around it.
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