Guide for the Few

LondonDine

Private dining rooms in London

The table and the room: private rooms, chef's counters, and whom to ask.

Five recommendations, each checked every 7 days.

  • Table Lumière at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

    A single table for two to seven inside an oval curtain of 4,500 optical fibres in the middle of Alain Ducasse's three-star dining room at The Dorchester.

    Checked 7 November

  • The Chef's Table at Core

    A table for up to ten beside the kitchen at CORE by Clare Smyth, three Michelin stars, with the brigade behind a sheet of glass.

    Checked 7 November

  • The Chef's Table at Hélène Darroze

    A pink marble table for up to ten on a terrazzo dais above the pass at Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, three Michelin stars.

    Checked 7 November

  • The Lecture Room & Library at sketch

    The three-Michelin-star dining room of sketch, in a 1779 Mayfair townhouse, cooking to Pierre Gagnaire's menus.

    Checked 7 November

  • The Ledbury

    A table for the tasting menu in Brett Graham's three-star room of 45 seats in Notting Hill, at lunch or dinner, or the whole restaurant for a private dinner.

    Checked 8 November

About this list

The table and the room: private dining rooms for six to twenty, chef's counters, and the person to ask for when booking.