11 Best BBQ Restaurants To Enjoy In London, Whatever The Weather

Berber and Q

Live fire and smokey cocktails – Berber and Q should be at the top of your list when it comes to a BBQ night out. Hidden underneath a Haggerston railway, this restaurant specialises in fire and smoke with the bold and beautiful flavours of the Middle East and North Africa.

Don’t be fooled into thinking this place is just for meat eaters though. They favour vegetables just as much as meat and fish – and they cook it all over live fire because it makes food taste better. That’s all we want: simple cooking, loud flavours.

Where: 338 Acton Mews, Haggerston, E8 4EA
Website: www.berberandq.com

Olle Korean Barbecue

Get ready for some fast-casual Korean BBQ dining at Olle. This place serves up modern and traditional Korean cuisine using quality ingredients, put together by a lively, bustling and hard-working team. The name comes from the Jeju Olle Trail, which is a small path on Jeju Island, one of the biggest and most beautiful islands off the coast of South Korea. And the restaurant has managed to capture that beauty in their cooking – from ox tail to tiger prawns. You even have your own BBQ at the table so your food can be cooked to perfection right in front of your eyes.

Where: 88 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6NH
Website: www.ollelondon.com

Brix

This New York-inspired restaurant in the heart of London Bridge is a great find for all things US barbeque. Start with a great choice of cocktails, like a watermelon jalapeñ0 margarita and cherry Manhattan, before sampling their extensive grill selection.

From tomahawk steak, tiger prawns, whole dorada, and chicken, you won’t be short of options that are full of flavour.

This New York-inspired restaurant in the heart of London Bridge is a great find for all things US barbeque

where: 16 Great Guildford St, London SE1 0HS
website: brixlondon.com

Sucre

Argentina loves its BBQ, and from Chef Fernando Trocca comes Sucre, which has been at the forefront of Argentinian cuisine since its first opening in Buenos Aires in 2001. It went international in 2021, with openings in both London and Dubai, its menus paying homage to its South American roots, as well as Trocca’s Spanish-Italian heritage. 

Open-fire cooking and the freshest of ingredients is the modus operandi here, with dishes including delica squash with harissa, Argentine striploin with chimichurri, and monkfish with braised spice butterbeans. 

WHERE: 47b Great Marlborough St, London W1F 7JP
WEBSITE: sucrerestaurant.com

Smokestak

Come to Smokestak for wood-smoked meats and charred pork belly rib – oh, and the brisket bun that basically got them famous. All the food is seriously meaty and smokey. To top it off, the interiors are a ‘chic rusty shed’. It’s sort of mood board for bachelors with a lot of money. But it works. And it’s so Shoreditch. The cocktails are pretty darn good, too – we’ll take a blackcurrant negroni, please.

Where: 35 Sclater Street, E1 6LB
Website: www.smokestak.co.uk

Hot Stone

For something a little unique, try Hot Stone, which brings to life ishiyaki, the ancient Japanese art of cooking on searing hot volcanic stones. This immersive experience will transport you straight to the islands of Japan.

Specialising in wagyu, this restaurant is just one of eight restaurants in the whole of the UK to serve certified Kobe beef. They take their food seriously – in fact, they serve freshly grated Japanese wasabi (instead of that horseradish stuff you normally get).

Where: 9 Chapel Market, Angel, N1 9EZ
Website: www.hotstonelondon.com

The Coal Rooms

For one of the best, fired-up roasts you’ll ever eat in your life, this is the place to come. Coal Rooms has an open kitchen that is fitted with a bespoke, coal-fired grill. They cook up a seasonal menu, serving dishes with a focus on quality and locality.

For your Sunday lunch, they have dry-aged beef Wellington, miso butter half chicken and grilled whole seabass.

Where: 11a Station Way, Peckham, SE15 4RX
Website: www.coalroomspeckham.com

Big Easy

There are some things in life that go so well together:  fish and chips, salt and pepper, cheese and crackers and… lobster and barbecue. This last pair has been rolled out across London by Big Easy, from Canary Wharf to Chelsea. 

If you like American, all-you-can-eat style BBQs, this is the one for you. Platters of juicy ribs are served up alongside platters of lobster, and there’s always some sort of deal going on.

If you like American, all-you-can-eat style BBQs, this is the one for you

Where: various locations
Website: www.bigeasy.co.uk

From The Ashes BBQ

From The Ashes works with some of the finest farmers up and down the country to ethically source meat. Their comforting menus are full of smokey flavour, from low-smoked pork shoulder to big, meaty beef ribs.

Their comforting menus are full of smokey flavour, from low-smoked pork shoulder to big, meaty beef ribs

Where: 61 Mare St, London E8 4RG
Website: www.fromtheashesbbq.co.uk

Temper

Temper is an ode to flame-grilled cooking and tacos. They cook on open fire pits in the middle of their restaurants so you can watch the chefs prepare and cook your food over fire. They also have extensive wine lists to choose from and some delicious cocktails too.

It’s basically the best kind of BBQ you could wish for. And they have a great selection of steaks. The steaks are butchered in-house and come from rare-breed British cattle, which is slow-reared and pasture-grazed.

Where: Covent Garden, Soho and City
Website: www.temperrestaurant.com