The 14 best restaurants in England

Located in Shoreditch Town Hall, which was built in 1865, The Clove Club claims to serve "an ambitious five course menu and an extended menu, featuring interesting and often overlooked British ingredients and produce" — think Yorkshire Suckling Pig with south Indian Spices.

Inspired by Colonial Indian gymkhana clubs where members of high society socialise, dine, drink, and play sport, this elegant Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant serves classic and contemporary Indian cuisine with bold spices.

Through a discrete entrance at the back of Bubbledogs in Fitzrovia lies the 19 seat Kitchen Table, a relaxed and friendly dining theatre experience where head chef James Knappett interacts with guests as he prepares, cooks, and serves a daily changing menu of meticulously sourced and foraged British ingredients.

Named after the infamous 18th Century courtesan, Kitty Fisher’s is low-key yet elegant, serving Tomos Parry’s award-winning modern British food with a Spanish twist.

Based in Notting Hill, The Ledbury offers a full culinary experience thanks to chef Brett Graham, with the restaurant gaining many accolades including a second Michelin star.

Chef James Lowe celebrates the English seasons with a set dinner menu of complex dishes, prepared in a minimalistic environment with an open kitchen.

The Soho restaurant from Yotam Ottolenghi, known for four other eateries including locations in Notting Hill and Islington, serves up bold flavours in signature dishes like courgette and manouri fritters, coriander seed-crusted burrata with slices of blood orange and twice-cooked baby chicken with lemon myrtle salt and chilli jam.

Around since the Second World War when it was home to the Polish Hearth Club in South Kensington, a social hub for emigrés, this Polish restaurant serves up fine cuisine with a dinner party feel.

This restaurant, butchers, and shop on Farringdon Road opened in 1869 and serves predominantly British, locally sourced food with an ever-changing wine list in its Grade-II listed dining room.

Known for its terrace on the north bank of the Thames, this iconic Italian restaurant has been in London since 1987 and has had a number of famous chefs at its helm.

Converted from an old school bike shed with tables in the sun during nice weather, Rochelle Canteen is the perfect lunch spot with a simple English menu made from fresh ingredients. While the restaurant isn't licensed, you're welcome to bring your own wine with a corkage fee of £6.50 per bottle.

Found in a beautiful, bright dining space in the iconic Somerset House, chef Skye Gyngell delivers heartfelt and wholesome food at Spring which celebrates the sharing of seasonal produce.

The team at St. John in Smithfield is devoted to unique cuts of meat — expect pig ears and tails or duck hearts in the former bacon smokehouse, opened in 1994.