Restaurants

J Sheekey

Josef Sheekey was a market stall holder given permission by one Lord Salisbury to serve fish and seafood in this 1896 property development, on the proviso that he...

Leicester Square: 28-32 St Martin's Court, WC2N 4AL

J Sheekey Oyster Bar

Famous fish restaurant spawns

Leicester Square: 33-34 St Martin’s Court, WC2N 4AL

Olivomare

How brave is this? A seafood restaurant that is perfectly content to be a seafood restaurant without the decorative fishing nets or token meat and poultry options for...

Belgravia: 10 Lower Belgrave Street, SW1W 0LJ

Scott's

Of all the celebrity hangouts in the capital, Scott’s is the one that most justifies the hype: from the greeting by Sean the doorman to the look-at-me contemporary...

Mayfair: 20 Mount Street, W1K 2HE

Applebee's

A great addition to the Wanstead eating scene, Applebee’s combines good food with charming service and keen prices. The Mediterranean-influenced interior is a...

Wanstead: 17 Cambridge Park, E11 2PU

Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill

London certainly knows how to revitalise and reinvent its historic fish restaurants: witness the rise and rise-again of J Sheekey and Scott’s. Ever since Irish-born...

Piccadilly: 11-15 Swallow Street, W1B 4DG

Bibendum Oyster Bar

This casual café in the lovely tiled foyer of the Michelin building is a consistently reliable operation, much loved by smartly dressed lunching ladies. Who can blame...

South Kensington: Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, SW3 6RD

Curve

Although housed in the Marriott’s sleek 32-storey tower, Curve doesn’t make the most of its location. It is stuck at street level, leaving diners not with dramatic...

Docklands: London Marriott, West India Quay, 22 Hertsmere Road, E14 4ED

Faulkner's

It’s clear that the more recent Turkish owners of Faulkners are attempting to appeal to old-school East Enders – this chippie’s original patrons – rather than...

Dalston: 424-426 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA

Fish & Grill

Not your usual surf-and-turf joint

Croydon: 48-50 South End, CR0 1DP

Fish Club

Clapham: 57 Clapham High Street, SW4 7TG

Fish House

The Fish House formula of retro-stylish takeaway chippie juxtaposed with table-service restaurant is mostly successful. The two elements are kept separate, physically...

Victoria Park: 126-128 Lauriston Road, E9 7LH

Geales

In step with its mewsy neighbourhood, Geales has marched upmarket. In 1939 it opened as a chippie, but in recent years – and especially since its 2006 takeover by...

Notting Hill: 2 Farmer Street, W8 7SN

Nautilus

A humble local takeaway and adjacent restaurant that’s popular with young groups and older couples, Nautilus makes little effort to attract custom by its decor...

West Hampstead: 27-29 Fortune Green Road, NW6 1DT

Olley's

Olley’s has a decent claim to the crown of south London’s best fish and chip restaurant, the main challenger being Masters in Waterloo . This place is best known...

Herne Hill: 65-69 Norwood Road, SE24 9AA

Sea Shell

Currently closed

Marylebone: 49-51 Lisson Grove, NW1 6UH

Sweetings

Get to Sweetings on the right day in April and you could arrive at the same time as the year’s first gull’s eggs, wild salmon, English asparagus, and Jersey Royal...

City: 39 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4SA

Two Brothers Fish Restaurant

Since Leon and Tony Manzi’s retirement in January 2008, Two Brothers has been run by two other brothers, Mal and Nari Atwul, and our research has found no drop in...

Finchley: 297-303 Regent's Park Road, N3 1DP

Applebee's Café

London Bridge: 5 Stoney Street, SE1 9AA

Ark Fish Restaurant

‘If it ain’t broke…’ might be the motto at this popular local. Every night (bar Monday and Sunday) the Ark starts to fill as soon as its doors open. There’s...

South Woodford: 142 Hermon Hill, E18 1QH

Back to Basics

This corner restaurant in the backstreets of Fitzrovia was abuzz with bonhomie on a Wednesday night. It’s a neighbourhood joint, with homely decor – blond wood...

Fitzrovia: 21A Foley Street, W1W 6DS

Booba's

This local Turkish and (unsupervised) Jewish takeaway and restaurant, named after a Yiddish grandma, serves no shellfish and, instead of batter, they dip the fish in...

Mill Hill: 151 Hale Lane, HA8 9QW

Brady's

The advertising at Brady’s depicts a gentleman with a battered cod for a tie. All around are hastily scribbled menus depicting the haul of the day, and the prices....

Wandsworth: 513 Old York Road, SW18 1TF

Chamberlain's

Credit crunch? What’s that? There was little sign of belt-tightening in the financial sector among the well-oiled crowds around the bars, shops and eating places...

City: 23-25 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR

Chez Liline

Owned by a Mauritian family, along with the fishmonger’s next door, Chez Liline takes classic seafood recipes then adds its own exotic twist. Bouillon of crab is...

Finsbury Park: 101 Stroud Green Road, N4 3PX

Coast Dining

Camden seafood restaurant

Camden: 108 Parkway, NW1 7AN

Costas Fish Restaurant

An antidote to Notting Hill flummery, this no-nonsense chippie has been deep-frying since 1981. It is cunningly disguised as a common-or-garden takeaway, but if you...

Notting Hill: 18 Hillgate Street, W8 7SR

Deep

Amid the characterless development of Fulham Wharf, Deep lies near the Thames. Yet even with its floor-to-ceiling windows, not a glimpse of water is visible from the...

Fulham: The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf, SW6 2UB

Fish Central

In 1968, when Fish Central opened, this corner of the city was hardly residential and the chippie took a unit in the shopping precinct. Now it spans four units –...

Barbican: 149-155 Central Street, EC1V 8AP