Diners' Choice: Best Value restaurants in London

OpenTable

Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for the best value restaurants in London? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyses nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favourite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you book, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Bergamot Cafe

4.9

4.9 (86)

£25 and under

Café

Shepherd's Bush

About the restaurant

Welcome to our family-run cafe, where delicious home-style meals and warm hospitality are always on the menu.
Our exquisite foods is influenced by Persian cuisine and prepared by Shirin our chef.

Bergamot is a gorgeous new trendy boutique café that stands out with its elegant design and food.

We also offer a top-notch socializing experience with our supper clubs cooking classes and cultural events, starting with infused Persian food and expanding to other cuisines. Our classes will host renowned chefs and provide a break from the everyday routine. We are also environmentally conscious and strive to reduce waste by using recyclable materials as much as possible, even in our fit-out, mainly using reclaimed wooden furniture.

Top review

Chloe

Dined on 11 Dec 2024

Really lovely spot, with great food and helpful, friendly staff. Breakfast and coffees were delicious - will definitely return.

Zeret Kitchen

4.9

4.9 (538)

£25 and under

Ethiopian

Camberwell

About the restaurant

Lovers of Ethiopian cuisine and adventurous foodies will appreciate this bright, clean and modern restaurant in Camberwell that prides itself on its family recipes and dedication to authentic Ethiopian traditions. Zeret itself is a name that comes from a small village in northern Ethiopia, and the menu includes mostly chicken, lamb and beef stews made with butter, garlic and ginger served on pancake-like flatbread called enjera. All the food here is delicious, and the dining room is decorated with colourful placemats, potted palms and simple white walls. Perfect for communal/sharing meals with friends and family, the Zeret Kitchen has attentive staff and a relaxed atmosphere – don't miss the Ethiopian style chicken cooked with green chillies, herbs and spices.

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Abigail

Dined on 19 Dec 2024

Wonderful delicious food! We had such a great evening and enjoyed the sharing platters.

Augustine Kitchen

4.9

4.9 (326)

£26 to £40

French

Battersea

About the restaurant

Named after Franck Raymond’s grandmother, Augustine Kitchen showcases truly authentic French dishes, with a focus on produce from the Evian region where Franck was born.

Augustine Kitchen is a 45 cover restaurant and has got an intimate family feel with a focus on good quality produce and wine. The producers are handpicked, to ensure the very best quality, including charcuterie from Monsieur Colliard and fish from Mouchet Anythy sur Leman, a fourth generation fisherman.

Regional dishes feature Reblochon tarte, gratin of crozets and delicate smoked fera, whilst other highlights range from the sublime snails served with garlic mousse and parsley butter to pike quenelle or pork shank which has been slow cooked for 36 hours.

Behind the bar, the handpicked selection of wines are displayed in open racks, in a typical French charm, along with a fine selection of Armagnacs, Cognacs and other well known spirits.

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PhilipVIP

Dined 6 days ago

If venison is on the menu this time of year we always have it. We were not disappointed it was delicious. All three courses were superb backed up by excellent service and wine. We are very lucky to have Augustine’s Kitchen as one of our local restaurants.

Tomo Italian Kitchen

4.8

4.8 (889)

£25 and under

Italian

Hornsey

About the restaurant

We are a family run restaurant committed to the best freshly made Italian meals in the area. Our food is delicious: hand prepared with the finest Italian ingredients, by chefs as passionate about great food as you are - only with a little more experience! Enjoy a great variety of pizzas, pastas, meat, fish, salads and home made desserts created in our open kitchen, right before your eyes... Come savour the Jazzy music collection and fine Artwork on our walls while you enjoy your meal.

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Ruth

Dined 7 days ago

I ate from set menu which was excellent value, delicious food and service. A good honest Italian restaurant, everything was perfect. Great atmosphere, the restaurant was full but not noisy, so able to have conversation without shouting.

Roe

4.9

4.9 (52)

£41 and over

Contemporary British

Canary Wharf

About the restaurant

Roe is a modern and spacious restaurant in the heart of Wood Wharf from the trio behind the critically-acclaimed sister restaurant Fallow St James’s and FOWL.

The extensive a la carte menu is divided into nibbles and flatbreads, skewers and grilled options, with larger plates and sides also available. As well as championing modest, British ingredients, Roe’s dishes showcase underused and underappreciated produce. Rare breed meats and carefully sourced fish from the British Isles are central to the menu, as well as regenerative crops like Wildfarmed native grain.

Top review

Carolyn

Dined on 19 Dec 2024

We enjoyed our lunch very much, there was a very good range of choices and the steaks were particularly very good

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Blue Fig - Balham

4.6

4.6 (41)

£26 to £40

Mediterranean

Balham

About the restaurant

"NEW TO BALHAM!
Blue Fig, a British-Mediterranean restaurant serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner opens at 5-6 Balham Station Road, in the premises formerly occupied by Tongi.
Owner, Samer and the team will be serving a range of dishes that will appeal to meat-eaters, fish-lovers and vegetarians alike, using the freshest, natural ingredients."

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Teresa

Dined on 6 Dec 2024

Lovely restaurant with friendly staff. The food was gorgeous, I recommend the aubergine starter. I will definitely go back.

Oi Spaghetti

5.0

5 (354)

£41 and over

Contemporary Italian

Peckham

About the restaurant

My name is Francesco and I cook spaghetti in this cabin restaurant with 3 tables, since 2015. I work solo. I don't serve more than 15 diners a day, and I will take care of your dinner like I would for my mother.

You can watch me LIVE on Twitch under "Francescocooksspaghetti".

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Suzy

Dined on 6 Dec 2024

Fabulous experience! Delicious food in a very cosy setting, with a great host! Highly recommend!

B E H I N D

5.0

5 (61)

£41 and over

British

Hackney

About the restaurant

Welcome to BEHIND. We are an intimate 1 Michelin star fish-focused tasting menu restaurant run by chef Andy Beynon. Situated on the edge of London Fields, Hackney, BEHIND has 18 kitchen-table seats for lunch and dinner sittings, as well as a relaxed wine bar.

BEHIND is Andy Beynon’s first restaurant, opened in October 2020. After just 20 days’ trading it was awarded its first Michelin Star. Andy spent 15 years working in some of the best Michelin star restaurants in the country, including with chefs Claude Bosi, Phil Howard and Michael Wignall.

Top review

Sean

Dined 7 days ago

Simply outstanding! Wonderfully elegant cooking where flavors are allowed to shine and the fish cooking absolutely on point. Add a relaxed and engaging experience with the chefs serving you and explaining the dishes and it’s a dining experience I can heartily recommend.

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Experience

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INIS

4.9

4.9 (67)

£25 and under

Irish

Hackney Wick

About the restaurant

Relaxed and friendly local set on the canal towpath on Fish Island, East London. Serving a seasonal menu of British and Irish food, coffee and drinks. Dog friendly. Outdoor seating.

Open for breakfast, brunch, lunch and Sunday lunch. Evenings from Summer.

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julia

Dined 6 days ago

Perfect as always .. the clementine goblet not to be missed

Smoke & Salt

4.8

4.8 (63)

£26 to £40

Contemporary British

Tooting

About the restaurant

We love the simplicity of seasonal and local ingredients. Modern dining and ancient techniques such as smoking, curing and preserving are at the heart of our restaurant. These aspects motivate us as well as bringing in other global flavours, ingredients, and cuisines. In this way, we try to reflect the diversity and multiculturality of South London and the UK through our food. We are a Catey and Time Out Love London award-winning restaurant with mentions in the Good Food Guide and the esteemed Michelin Guide.

We are pleased to offer one of the cheapest tasting menu experiences in London too - so don't hesitate to book us for your next special occasion.

Guests will be offered our five OR seven course sharing menus only with options available for dietary requirements only.

If no tables are available do give us a call on 07421327556, we may have something extra available!

Top review

Kate

Dined on 14 Dec 2024

Absolutely incredible evening at Smoke & Salt. The food was so delicious, each and every dish cooked perfect with so many gorgeous flavours. The service was so great as well, everyone was so accommodating and attentive throughout. Could not recommend enough and we will definitely be back again and again! Thank you so much the Smoke & Salt team!

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