Top 50 spots (My Favourites)
Here are my top 50 personal favourite restaurants, cafes and anything food related for those new to the city. Or locals just like myself.
Food:
Ikoyi, Muse, Berenjak, Sohaila, Kol, Normahs, Kiln, Ibai, Flat Iron, Gracey's, Greggs, Black Bear, Vincenzo's, The Golden Chippy Of Hanwell, Lina's Grill, Cirrik 18, Aladin Kebabish, BiBi, Burnt, Panella, Angelina, Dough Hands, Morley's, Hoppers, Smash n Slide, Charsi Karahi, Pasa, Taste Of Pakistan, Nadine, Zeret, Mama's Kubo, Mirache Kitchen, Fisher's, Sumi, Endo At The Rotunda, Sushi Tetsu, Bao, Il Cavaliere, Park's Kitchen, BentoBab, Mexican Seoul, Pepe's, Chishuru, Bad Manner's, Cafe Palestina, Beirut By Bite, Hot Bird, Polanco, Sa7ra, The Italian Bakery, Azou, Babur.
My apologies for the unalphabetical order in which this list was compiled. I literally did it at the top of my head. Now onto cafes.
Cafes:
Lodestar Coffee, Profile, Day Trip, Brewed Online, Honey I'm Home, La Tostadora, Konveni, Riff's, Carbon Kopi, Batch Baby, The Rug Cafe, Moonstruck, Nostos, Urban Bottanica, Nola Coffee, Simmos Coffee, Algeria coffee stores, Qima, Nagare, Watchhouse, Rosslyn, Intermission, Scenery, Running Late, Arvhee, Float, Sevente, Well Street, Omotesando, Arabica, Lift, Kaffeine, Formative, Catalyst, Curious Yellow Kafe, Coffee & Friends, D1 Coffee, Urban Social, The Apple Blue, Crown, Back To Ours, Revival Cafe, Baghriet, Petit Blue, Regency Cafe, Dark Arts Coffee, Catch Up Cafe, Lytte's, The Italian Break, Cut The Mustard.
Would love to know in the comments what people have tried from this list.
These are a blend of my most critically acclaimed, all the way from my top rated to guilty pleasures to great environments.
Posted Jul 29, 2025, 6:28 AM UTC