If you’re like us, you’re really missing London’s restaurant scene. We miss being able to slip off into the night and discovering the best of London’s international flavours and having these vibrant tastes dotted on every street corner.
But not all is lost, we can cherish the best of London’s foodie scene from the comfort of our living room and pjs thanks to the good ol’ invention of the takeaway.
Forget greasy noodles and oily curries in tins, we’re talking fine dining in our living room. From Michelin-star restaurants bringing their flavours to your sofa to health bars fuelling you through the pandemic with nourishing wellness bowls, here are 24 of our favourite restaurants opening their doors for delivery.
Hoppers
If you’re on the search for rich, fragrant and authentic Sri Lankan cuisine, it’s always going to be Hoppers that you venture to. While their restaurants are currently closed, elevate your date night at home by ordering in the Taste of Hoppers for two. It’s jam packed with everything you could wish for, from Lamb Kothu Roti to Chicken Kari, Dal Kari to Sambols, plus pilau rice and roti to wipe it all up with. Pair alongside the Mutton Rolls, think slow cooked mutton and potatoes rolled in panko bread crumbs and deep fried. Yum.
Order via Slerp
www.hopperslondon.com
Order via Slerp or Deliveroo
www.baolondon.com
Bao
Don’t think just because their flagship restaurants have had to close their doors that BAO is going to let you live without their irresistible fluffy steamed buns for too long.
Introducing Rice Error, the home delivery and click and collect service created by BAO to bring Londoners their signature Taiwanese inspired dishes to their front door. From Prawn Egg Fried Rice designed to be enjoyed in front of the telly to DIY Daikon BAO meal boxes that you can prepare at your own convenience, you’re going to want to give it a go no matter what you order.
Park Chinois
Redefining the traditional ‘Chinese takeaway’ experience is Park Chinois, the Mayfair restaurant hoping to elevate the food delivery experience to new, extremely delicious heights.
Tuck into everything from decadent dim sum selections, authentic Cantonese dishes or opt for a set menu. No order is complete without the iconic Duck de Chine, served with pancakes, baby cucumber, spring onion and duck sauce. Pair your dishes alongside fine wines, Champagnes and cocktails to really level up the experience.
Currently delivering with a 2.5 radius of the restaurant, covering Mayfair, Marylebone, Fitzrovia, St James on Deliveroo and Supper, and Chelsea and South Kensington through Supper. If your address sits outside these, you can order via Supper and arrange a courier for delivery.
Order via Deliveroo or Supper
www.parkchinois.com
Nobu London
Nobu London set on the iconic Old Park Lane was the first European venture for the world renowned Japanese Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and today remains one of the top restaurants in the thriving London culinary scene serving up a new style of Japanese cuisine, where traditional Japanese techniques meet Peruvian flavours. While their restaurant is temporarily closed, you can find Nobu delivering all of your menu favourites.
Nobu will be bringing all of the Nobu classics that their loyal customers love so we can all still tuck into salmon sashimi; crispy rice with spicy tuna; and their infamous black cod coated in a sweet den miso sauce during lockdown.
Order via Deliveroo or Supper
www.noburestaurants.com
Drake & Morgan at home
Missing your weekend brunch fix with your pals? Drake & Morgan are here to sort you out with their new At Home experience. Choose from brunch classics, including Eggs Royale and Smashed Avocado & Eggs on Toast, and pair it alongside some killer cocktails for a real bottomless brunch experience at home. All that’s left to do is set up a Zoom call with your friends and recreate the brunch playlist at home.
Casa Do Frango
If you like your takeaway experience filled with succulent chicken, rich flavours and a splash of spice, Casa Do Frango fulfills your desires in every sense. Portuguese grilled chicken connoisseurs, Casa Do Frango, can be found serving up their posh Nando’s antics to hunger Londoners. And, as they perfectly put it, it’s “a little slice of the Algarve, delivered to your door.”
Order via Deliveroo
www.casadofrango.co.uk
Mac & Wild
We can always count on you, Mac & Wild.
Hailing all of the way from the Scottish Highlands, Mac & Wild can be found bringing their beloved in-restaurant butcher counter onto the interweb and we couldn’t be more ecstatic. While you’re self-isolating indoors, you’ll be able to enjoy expertly cut meats, Scottish game and even Mac & Wild’s very own haggis in the comfort of your own home. If you’re looking to go all out and stock up on the good stuff for the next few months, there’s even the option to buy a ‘the big meat box’ bursting with all of your favourites, including 6 week dry age beef fillet steaks, Highland hill lamb chops, venison haggis, pork sausages and a wad of bacon rashers. Delicious.
Hide at Home
We couldn’t hide the fact that HIDE Restaurant is offering their showstopper of a menu for delivery now, could we?
The Mayfair hotspot is headed by Hedonism Wines and Ollie Dabbous, and you can now get your favourite bites off the menu delivered to your door. If you fancy hiding at your home, we’d recommend getting your hands on the Kohlrabi parcels with ripe pear, elderflower vinegar & perilla; Turbot roast in smoked butter, warm celeriac broth & sea truffle; and Yorkshire duck with ras el hanout, beetroot & plum, sausage of the leg. They’ve also got Set Menus coming up too, perfect for lockdown celebrations.
No. Fifty Cheyne
Head Chef Iain Smith will be bringing his signature dishes to your door this lockdown, including No. Fifty Cheyne’s mouth wateringly delicious Sunday Roasts.
Order in exceptional dishes including the Grilled Chateaubriand served with Marmite’n’Guinness butter and Padron peppers; Roast Sutton Hoo chicken with glazed veggies, stuffing Yorkshire pudding and gravy; and French Pumpkin Risotto with parmesan and sage beurre noisette, amaretto biscuit crumble and toasted pumpkin seeds. Yum.
Order via BBOT
www.fiftycheyne.com
Benares
Feast the right way with a delivery from fine-dining Indian restaurant, Benares. This lockdown enjoy Benares’ classics, including samosas, chaats and momos, spiced tandoor meats and seafood, and buttery naan and sharing biryanis in the comfort of your home.
If you’re celebrating a lockdown birthday or just need a little boost you get you through, try out the six-course tasting menu, home style, and enjoy pre-batched signature cocktails from Moore House Cocktail company too. It’s delivery done the right way.
Delivery is via the restaurant’s own service which covers Greater London within the M25, plus Supper, UberEats, Just Eat and Deliveroo.
Order via Deliveroo, Just Eat, UberEats and Supper
www.benaresrestaurant.com
Aqua Nueva
Holiday plans cancelled? Enjoy a fresh taste of Spain courtesy of Aqua Nueva. Choose from a selection of Northern Spanish small plates, including their award-winning croquetas; slow cooked chorizo with baby leek and cider; and classic Spanish tortilla with caramelised onion and truly relish in a Spanish fiesta at home.
Order via Deliveroo or call Aqua Nueva: 020 7478 0540
www.aquanueva.co.uk
Cocotte
Committed to the farm-to-table concept, Cocotte manages to add fresh and healthy alternatives to the brimming takeaway market available on Deliveroo. If you’re a local you’ll be able to order online and receive 10% off when you decide to click and collect your delicacies. Use your daily exercise the right way and head down to Cocotte.
Bubala
If you’re tired of the same old deliveries and want to refresh your taste buds, look to Bubala, the restaurant-delivery bringing the fragrant flavours of Tel Aviv to your door. Order in their mega Mixed Meze, packed full of vegetarian delights. Expect Laffa Bread, Labneh, confit garlic and za’atar, Hummus, chilli oil and chickpeas, Falafel and tahini, Confit carrot trimmed, whipped cauliflower and hawaji and apricot, Halloumi with black seed honey, and Potato latkes and toum. You won’t want to eat anything else.
Order via Dishpatch
www.bubala.co.uk
Jak’s Mayfair
Expresso delivery! Jak’s Mayfair have teamed up with Deliveroo to allow you lucky lot to continue enjoying their delicious grilled meats, fishes and tempting veggie selections too. Whether you’re looking for a breakfast classic or a lunch-time pizza, Jak’s Mayfair has you covered.
Order via Deliveroo
www.jakslondon.com
atis
Helping to ensure we all stay on our spring health kicks is atis, who you’ll find serving up salad bowls bursting with grains, nutrients and fresh produce. Relatively new to the restaurant scene, this healthy eatery is doing its bit by fuelling Londoners with the freshest ingredients, powerful proteins and on-tap kombucha.
Mao Chow / Dumplings 2000
While the restaurant may have closed its doors temporarily, you can still find this Hackney joint bringing you delicious frozen dumplings and other essentials straight to your door under their new branding ‘dumplings2000’. We’re itching to get our mitts on their tofu and ‘shroom dumplings and slather them with zhong dumpling sauce.
www.dumplings2000.com / www.mao-chow.com
12:51
While we’re used to working 9am until 5pm, James Cochran and his team at 12:51 are busy working around the cluck to keep us peckish Londoners fuelled and satisfied with exceptional bites to eat. Lucky for us we can still get our chops around dishes, including the Scotch Bonnet Jam Chicken Wings; Buttermilk Chicken American Burger; and Jerk Spiced French Fries.
Order via Slerp
www.1251.co.uk
Love Triangle
Balham dwellers will already know about this little gem, but new kid of the block, Love Triangle is helping you combat those lockdown blues with fresh, woodfired pizzas delivered to your door.
Hero dishes include the Nduja and Fennel Pizza topped with pine nuts, honey, fennel tops, mozzarella and tomato; and The Banger, a mix of house sausage, caramelised onions, mozzarella, shallows and parsley on a no-tomato base. Yum.
Also, for every pizza ordered they donate a meal to their local food bank too, which is really lovely and all the more reason to order in one of their pizzas for yourself.
Aqua Kyoto
With a second lockdown upon us, enjoy your favourite Japanese dishes from the comfort of your own home.
Available for delivery or as a take-away option are a hand-picked selection of contemporary Japanese dishes. Choose from the signature omakase sashimi platter, mouth-watering tuna tataki, or indulge in wagyu sirloin served with Japanese pickle, black garlic teriyaki and foie gras sur miso.
Order directly from Deliveroo and an introductory offer, you will automatically receive 20% off when ordering before 30th November. Alternatively, you can call Aqua Kyoto directly to arrange delivery or collection.
Order via Deliveroo or call Aqua Kyoto: 020 7478 0540
www.aquakyoto.co.uk
Coya Mayfair
Fuel Lockdown 2.0 with traditional Peruvian delights courtesy of COYA’s delivery and collection service, COYA en Casa. This lockdown they’ve pimped their offering even further, offering new dishes including fresh ceviches, Josper ribeye with chimichurri, and the ‘Especial COYA en Casa’, which includes comfort food like a Wagyu bun with Manchego, Peruvian chilli, onion escabeche and chips. Plus, they’ve revived the La Bodga COYA too, bonus.
If you’re missing out on Taco Tuesdays, COYA is launching a brand new pick-me-up every Tuesday, offering eight tacos and four margaritas for £40 for two. Taco filling includes tuna, wasabi and green bean; salmon, avocado and aji amarillo; heritage beetroot, ponzu, wakame and lime; and two surprise tacos, filling changing every Tuesday.
Ormer
If it’s British classics with a refined twist you’re after, look no further than Ormer. Launched by Executive Chef and BBC Two’s Great British Menu 2020 Finalist, Kerth Gumbs and his team, Ormer at Home champions the best of seasonal British ingredients and elevates them into showstopping dishes.
Order in a few of our favourites, including the Jersey Crab, Granny Smith apple, daikon, gingerbread and peanut; Black Cod, pickled squash, orange, pak choi and sake dressing; and the Dorset Lamb Cutlets with spiced aubergine, pomegranate and pine nuts.
Order via Supper, Uber Eats and Deliveroo
www.flemings-mayfair.co.uk
Peardrop
You might recognise Peardrop as the catering team behind your last work-do or party, but they’ve turned their hand at fuelling Londoners through this difficult period.
With their next delivery date set for Thursday 23rd April, get your orders in now and you’ll be tucking into pork, prune and caramelised red onion sausage rolls, confit chicken and truffled parsnip puree and creamy fish pie before you know it.
website: www.peardroplondon.com
Bocconcino
Savour the best Italian food in London from the comfort of your living room, as Bocconcino is remaining opening for takeaway and delivery. Choose all of your favourite dishes, including the Risotto Ai Frutti Di Mare; Tartare Di Tonno; and a selection of Italian wood fired pizzas (yum) for you and your household.
Right now they’re offering some seriously great deals too, including the Dine for Two, where you can enjoy two starters and two pizzas or pasta for £65. Or, feast out and receive a complimentary bottle of wine when you spend over £100. Takeaway collections also receive an extra 10% off, cheeky.
The in-house delivery service will re-launch, after a successful run during the first lockdown, and will cover the following postcodes; W1, WC1, WC2, SW7, SW3, SW1, W2, NW1, NW8, W9, W11, W8, W14, SW5, SW10, SW6.
Order via Deliveroo or UberEats
www.bocconcinorestaurant.co.uk
The Stafford
Give The Game Bird’s delivery a try this weekend and delight in their famous Chicken Kiev or splash out on something truly sensational with their Beef Wellington for two. It’s fine dining delivered to your door.
It’s fine dining delivered to your door.
Order via Deliveroo or Supper
www.thestaffordlondon.com
Hakkasan
If you’re missing your fine dining escapades, Hakkasan brings you Michelin star cuisine to your living room. Expect to be munching your way through high class cantonese cuisine courtesy of Supper, the new food delivery service app. Dim sum? More like dim yum!
Order via Deliveroo
www.hakkasan.com
