Spitalfields
11 rooms on the London list
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Restaurants9
GunpowderBib
Destination · Modern Indian · Spitalfields · $$
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The chettinad pulled duck is what the MICHELIN inspector singles out, and the venison and vermicelli doughnut is what he says to start with, off ten tables on White's Row.
Bleecker Burger
Solid · Burgers · Spitalfields · $
walk-in
Zan Kaufman's cheeseburger is a whole-muscle blend of 40-day aged Aubrey Allen beef cooked pink under orange American cheese in a toasted seeded bun, and in June 2026 the World's 101 Best Burger Places ranked it first in the world (Time Out, Hot Dinners).
Bubala Spitalfields
Destination · Vegetarian Middle Eastern · Spitalfields · $$
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A slab of halloumi drenched in black seed honey is the one dish Time Out calls non-negotiable here, and nothing on the menu has meat in it.
Noodle & Beer2◆
Solid · Chongqing and Sichuan noodles · Spitalfields · $
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A head chef with a day off crosses London for the pigs' ear salad, because "the texture just doesn't exist in British food, and I can't understand why" (SL.Man).
St John Bread and WineBib2◆
Solid · British nose-to-tail · Spitalfields · $$
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The bacon sandwich this room was famous for is not served here any more: since July 2026 it is a bacon bun at St John Neal's Yard in Covent Garden, from 9am to 11.45am (Time Out).
Som Saa Restaurant
Solid · Regional Thai · Spitalfields · $$$
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Andy Oliver and Mark Dobbie met working at Nahm under David Thompson, and the heat on this menu is the direct consequence.
Ottolenghi Spitalfields
Solid · Middle Eastern deli and restaurant · Spitalfields · $$$
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Brunch is the send, and the vegetable list is longer than most restaurants that call themselves vegetarian.
Crispin
Listed · Modern European / wine · Spitalfields · $$$
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The restaurant sits in a purpose-built glass and zinc pavilion on a Spitalfields backstreet, put up for the job rather than converted from a shopfront.
Xi'an BiangBiang Noodles (Aldgate East)
Listed · Xi'an (Shaanxi) Chinese · Spitalfields · $
walk-in
The belt noodles are pulled by hand in the open kitchen and come out so long that Time Out's reviewer dared anyone to pick up a whole one with chopsticks without cutting it first (Time Out).
Street food1
Dumpling Shack
Solid · Shengjianbao dumplings · Spitalfields · $
walk-in
The shengjianbao go into the pan raw and are never steamed first, so the leavened dough proves in its own steam while the base fries hard.
Wine1
Funky Cellar
Listed · Wine & cheese bar · Spitalfields · $$
walk-in
The tastings are run by Geoffrey Nivard, who grew up in the Loire Valley and did a stint at Paxton & Whitfield, cheesemonger to the royal family, before starting his own cheese-and-wine business.
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