Famous from the movies and loved for Portobello Road, leafy Notting Hill is one of the capital’s most picturesque neighbourhoods. When it comes to restaurant options it’s certainly no Soho, with endless options and constant arrivals, but it does boast an impressive and diverse array of serious dining destinations

Here are the best restaurants in Notting Hill, and the immediately surrounding areas.

108 Garage

108 Golborne Road, W10 5PS

Lunch is a carpaccio of scallop and Spartan apple, sweet and celestial, fragranced with lovage and the gentle buzz of horseradish. The star dish of this particular day is the squab pigeon in all its parts. read more
Notting Hill Romantic
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Lunch is a carpaccio of scallop and Spartan apple, sweet and celestial, fragranced with lovage and the gentle buzz of horseradish. The star dish of this particular day is the squab pigeon in all its parts. read more

Core by Clare Smyth

92 Kensington Park Road, W11 2PN

A canapé tart of exquisite brittleness holding a confection of smoked tomato tartare with macadamia nuts and black olive seeds, as much a work of art as desserts of pain perdu inside a glassy sugar shell. read more
Notting Hill High-end
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A canapé tart of exquisite brittleness holding a confection of smoked tomato tartare with macadamia nuts and black olive seeds, as much a work of art as desserts of pain perdu inside a glassy sugar shell. read more

Farmacy

76 Westbourne Grove, W2 5SH

It’s a ‘veggan’ restaurant for the sort of vegans who still eat eggs, selling novelty syringes of life-enhancing potions and ‘earth bowls’ of buckwheat with baba ganoush. read more
Notting Hill Trendy
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It’s a ‘veggan’ restaurant for the sort of vegans who still eat eggs, selling novelty syringes of life-enhancing potions and ‘earth bowls’ of buckwheat with baba ganoush. read more

Hereford Road

3 Hereford Road, W2 4AB

In summer, tables outside and the skylight at the back come into their own. In winter sitting opposite the open kitchen is snug and rather romantic. read more
Bayswater Casual
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In summer, tables outside and the skylight at the back come into their own. In winter sitting opposite the open kitchen is snug and rather romantic. read more

The Ledbury

127 Ledbury Road, W11 2AQ

Here are a first and main course that give a taste of the wizardry: clay-baked candy beetroot, English caviar, smoked and dried eel; jowl of pork, carrot & gooseberry juice, crackling and girolles. read more
Notting Hill High-end
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Here are a first and main course that give a taste of the wizardry: clay-baked candy beetroot, English caviar, smoked and dried eel; jowl of pork, carrot & gooseberry juice, crackling and girolles. read more

Pomona's

47 Hereford Road, W2 5AH

Highlights include a zingy steak tartare laced with shredded kimchi and served with lardo toast, and wonderfully smoky-scented charred squid that comes with punchy salsa verde and lentils made delicious through being cooked in a rich stock. read more
Notting Hill Casual
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Highlights include a zingy steak tartare laced with shredded kimchi and served with lardo toast, and wonderfully smoky-scented charred squid that comes with punchy salsa verde and lentils made delicious through being cooked in a rich stock. read more

Six Portland Road

Portland Road, W11 4LA

Pork and pistachio terrine, a bold, juicy, forcefully seasoned slice sitting proudly unadorned on a white plate, come cornichons in a tall brown salt-glaze jar built to hold safely the wooden serving tongs. read more
Holland Park Casual
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Pork and pistachio terrine, a bold, juicy, forcefully seasoned slice sitting proudly unadorned on a white plate, come cornichons in a tall brown salt-glaze jar built to hold safely the wooden serving tongs. read more

The Shed

122 Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 4RT

The Shed serves British sharing dishes, so you can try a considerable amount of fauna and flora from the Gladwins’ patch, on a menu that changes regularly. In autumn, pumpkin gnocchi comes in a silken coat of creamy Tunworth cheese. read more
Notting Hill Casual
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The Shed serves British sharing dishes, so you can try a considerable amount of fauna and flora from the Gladwins’ patch, on a menu that changes regularly. In autumn, pumpkin gnocchi comes in a silken coat of creamy Tunworth cheese. read more