Over the past 12 months, Time Out’s legion of expert food critics have eaten their way through the capital – trying gastropub roasts, sinking into sustainable menus, checking out exciting newcomers and discovering the best of its Vietnamese, Mexican, Italian and Chinese cuisine.
Now, all of that hard work has culminated in the creation of Time Out’s list of the 50 best restaurants in London for 2025. As Time Out’s food and drink editor Leonie Cooper puts it, this is ‘your indispensable guide to where you’ll find the best food right at this moment in one of the world’s most exciting places to eat’.
And after countless dishes and a lot of deliberation, one restaurant rose above the rest to be named the best of the best. Our new number one London restaurant for 2025 is Hackney’s modern Korean joint, Miga.
The restaurant moved to east London from New Malden in 2024 and has since become one of the city’s most in demand spots. Leonie said: ‘Miga is all about exhilarating dishes that smash your tastebuds with integrity and panache.’
She added: ‘Their landmark dish is yughwe, a ballsy beef tartare accessorised with skinny, crisp batons of Asian pear and a near-neon egg yolk. The soy braised short ribs and slices of pan-fried pork belly delivered in a glowing apple-and-mustard sauce are also must-orders.’
For obvious reasons, securing a table at Miga is no easy feat. If you don’t have a booking, your best bet is to turn up for lunch when walk-ins are more likely.
Or, in the meantime you can check out one Time Out’s other top 50 eateries. Our second best restaurant in the city for 2025 was Greek(ish) spot Oma in Borough Market and in third place was the UK’s first ever Michelin-star vegan restaurant, Plates.
See Time Out’s full list of London’s 50 best restaurants here.
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