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1 week ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley |Jake Missing |Rianne Shlebak |Sinead Cranna
Crisp Pizza W6 paved the way for London’s New York-style pizza coup. Thanks to the gravity-defying slices served from Hammersmith pub The Chancellors, queues formed and W6 became home to London’s best pizza. The huge pies, covered in a rich tomato sauce, the perfect distribution of melted mozzarella, and a generous sprinkling of parmesan, are worth the WhatsApping, texting, or—every Brit’s worst nightmare—ringing to reserve the dough. You don’t reserve a table at Crisp Pizza—you pre-order dough.
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1 week ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
The Good Egg is a Middle Eastern-inspired brunch spot with easygoing restaurants in Margate and Stoke Newington. This Walthamstow location is tucked inside Eat 17. So you can pop to the deli and butcher after your slice of babka and za’atar fried chicken pita. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists.
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1 week ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
French Society is a restaurant from the team behind Patron. Think, a Parisian bistro by way of West Hampstead, with classics like escargot and steak tartare on the menu, as well as monkfish Brittany fish stew. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists.
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1 week ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
Market Place St Paul's—like the Peckham and Vauxhall food courts—has a collection of vendors serving things like South American asado, Caribbean patties, and Colombian empanadas. As well as wood-fired pizzas, gyros, and sushi. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
Pentolina is the definition of a charming, neighbourhood restaurant. Tutu-wearing children spread out on tables as if they’re at home, and suited business people arrive at this warm Italian spot in Hammersmith fresh from work for family meals that involve paper-fine pancetta and good-naturedly grilling their teenagers about test results.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
WA Cafe is a Japanese patisserie in Ealing that, were it a person, you’d declare “they’ve really got their lives together” as they drift past in something linen, a waft of Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia trailing in their wake. This chic little spot is where we come to feel elegant while eating overachiever cakes and comforting curry buns.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Jake Missing |Rianne Shlebak |Sinead Cranna
“The people that run it are incredible. Good people that run a restaurant are always going to add extra points for me. The fact that the guy who runs it has made a million rotis in his lifetime means that you're eating something that's really authentic to where they're from. I'll get the roti canai, curry chicken, and then I'll get the fried chicken as well, which is the one with mad sambal. I'm not gonna lie, I skip the queue now because of my affiliation with them.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
Such is the power of pasta empire Bancone, that silk handkerchief no longer refers to something you wear. Everybody knows it’s a sheet of pasta tossed in walnut butter and finished with a confit egg. Their Kensington spot has a similar menu to the others, focusing on pretty reasonably priced plates of fresh pasta. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Jake Missing |David Paw |Heidi Lauth Beasley |Sinead Cranna
Visibility level: A Victorian dungeonSupposedly the oldest wine bar in the city, this Charing Cross cave feels like the scene of a never-to-be-solved crime from the 1800s. The atmosphere is creaking and it should be somewhere an old thesp will regale you, but you’ll more likely overhear someone from Canary Wharf talking about their optimum number of reps. Visibility level: Like the glow of a red light in AmsterdamThe bric-a-brac Kurdish restaurant in Peckham is lit like a femme fatale.
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2 weeks ago | 
theinfatuation.com | Sinead Cranna
Notting Hill spot Sino is a Ukrainian restaurant with dishes like pork belly with blackened beetroot and vareniky dumplings on their menu. Plus, cocktails like Buckwheat Milk Punch created by a former A Bar With Shapes For A Name mixologist. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists.
