The Resy Guide to The Women-Owned Restaurants of London

Chantelle Nicholson puts sustainability top of the agenda at her newly opened Mayfair restaurant promising ‘conscious cooking, joyful dining’.

Expect island food and carnival vibes at Caribe’ in Pop Brixton, where Keshia Sakarah celebrates the diversity of West Indian cuisine.

A major success story, Adejoké Bakare’s debut restaurant Chishuru in Brixton shines a light on West African culinary traditions.

Loyal fans will cross town to slurp noodles at Mandy Yin’s widely adored Malaysian laksa bar, Sambal Shiok.

At their magnetic sites in Hackney and Borough Market, Samantha Lim and partner Brett Redman put the focus on wood-fired cooking and those hard-to-find natural wines.

At their magnetic sites in Hackney and Borough Market, Samantha Lim and partner Brett Redman put the focus on wood-fired cooking and those hard-to-find natural wines.

Husband-and-wife team Z He and Alex Peffly’s Chinatown modern classic does a great line in steamed buns and Cantonese small plates.

For great wines and delicious seasonal small plates, hit this Peckham neighbourhood joint co-founded by Helen Hall.

This breezy all-day spot from Alex Hely-Hutchinson by Borough Market serves seasonal, sustainable food to warm the soul.

The stylish city outpost of the three-strong Koya group serves hand-crafted udon noodles and stellar small plates from chef and co-founder Shuko Oda.

A favourite of both the fashion and food sets, Margot Henderson and Melanie Arnold’s modern European restaurant and dreamy al fresco situation is a Shoreditch institution.

Gaia Enria’s fresh pasta shop, trattoria and wine bar has been keeping Redchurch Street in burrata, tagliolini and fresh agnolotti since 2012.

Parisian Carole Bryone set up her petite Covent Garden restaurant and wine bar as a showcase for the best natural wines made by female winemakers.

An essential neighbourhood bistro and natural wine bar in Brixton from Margaux Aubry and chef Joe Sharratt.

Ducksoup co-founder Clare Lattin has been pouring natural wines at this postage stamp-sized Soho restaurant and wine bar since 2011.

Second only to the Connaught on the World’s 50 Best Bars list in 2021, Monica Berg and Alex Kratena’s two-in-one Old Street concept combines casual cocktail bar and experimental kitchen.

Freddie Janssen’s sunshine yellow café in Dalston is the place to go for great coffee, brunch and the most comforting of comfort food from around the world.

At their Bermondsey restaurant Kin + Deum, siblings Roselyn, Shakris and Bank Inngern serve from-scratch Thai food and cocktails inspired by Bangkok.

Former Murano head chef Pip Lacey cooks modern British fare over fire at Hicce in King’s Cross.

The Peckham flagship of Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams’ Kudu Collective gives modern British a uniquely South African spin.

Find us a prettier place to sip coffee and savour Latin-inspired plates than at Eccleston Yards’ Morena, the all-day Colombian café from sisters Juliana and Valentina Beleno.

The cult bakery, café and social enterprise founded by trio Rebecca Oliver, Daisy Terry and Max Tobias, now has two sites in Dalston and on Green Lanes, with bookable pizza nights at the latter.

New York, Paris, Tokyo, now London, chef Jody Williams’ hip homage to the Parisian bistro brings classic French café fare to Notting Hill.

Missy Flynn and Gabriel Pryce’s category-defying modern American bar and restaurant has grown from a Dalston pop-up into the new Soho destination it is today.

Anna Tobias’ pretty little bistro in bookish Bloomsbury matches her intelligent European cookery with an enlightened wine list by Gergovie Wines (the folk behind 40 Maltby Street).

Camilla Al Fayed’s seriously stylish Farmacy flagship in Notting Hill is a destination for food that is plant-based and chemical-free.

Co-founder Sarah Maddox’s Silver Lining in Hackney is the UK’s first dedicated orange and skin contact wine bar.

For a morning bun or a lovely light lunch, look no further than Lindsay Elder’s pretty café and patio garden near the River Thames at Hammersmith.

A cool and casual Vietnamese kitchen from the Nguyen sisters (and brothers) in Peckham.

Sophie Bathgate’s glamorous theatreland steakhouse does showstopping cocktails and dry aged British beef cooked over live fire.

Restaurateur Florence Mae Maglanoc plays with preconceptions at her inspired Filipino-Japanese ramen bar and at long-established pan-Asian Bintang in Camden.

Rose Carrarini’s Rose Bakery, established in Paris in 2002, is so cool, it’s the in-store café at London’s leading-edge concept store Dover Street Market.

Good looks and good values characterise this delightful new daytime spot, a partnership between Social Pantry’s Alex Head and Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.

Samantha Newman offers what might just be London’s finest plant-based brunch at her cosy Kiwi-style café in Brixton.

Emma Murphy and Deano Moncrieffe’s dedicated tequila and mezcal bar in Brixton, sister to the Dalston original, is the home of the Mirror Margarita.

Bec Wharton and Kristian Leontiou dispense sake and dumplings from their pair of restaurants in Clapton and Victoria Park.

At her hip little neighbourhood restaurant in Clapton, chef Ellen Parr serves regional and mostly vegan and vegetarian Chinese cuisine inspired by her travels.

SpiceBox founder Grace Regan has built a loyal local following for her Indian curry house that just so happens to be vegan.