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While Michelin’s prestigious stars are dished out to restaurants just once a year, new places are chosen for the almost-as-prestigious Michelin Guide all year round. Each month Michelin rounds up the latest batch of eateries that have been deemed worthy of the recommendation by its anonymous inspectors. Restaurants have to be in the guide before they can be considered for a star, so inclusion is a big deal.
Now, October’s additions have been announced. Twenty two UK restaurants made it into the Michelin Guide last month, and nine of them are here in London.
Michelin highlighted Chelsea pub The Chalk Freehouse in its announcement of the newly added restaurants. It said: ‘Any new opening backed by Tom Kerridge is sure to bring excitement and expectation, and The Chalk Freehouse doesn’t disappoint with its blend of elevated traditional dishes and classic pub surroundings.
‘Despite the clear focus on dining, the atmosphere still has the liveliness of a pub and the drinkers spilling out onto the pavement in summer are a welcome sight.’
Other newcomers last month include Peckham’s Lai Rai, which Time Out’s food and drink editor Leonie Cooper called a ‘sweetly chaotic little spot for Peckham’s fashion crowd’ with ‘Saigon-style street food brimming with full-on flavour’, and Town in Covent Garden, which Michelin said ‘encapsulates the dining zeitgeist’ with ‘playful snacks such as fried sage leaves drizzled in heather honey and chilli, followed by larger dishes that push quality British produce to the fore’.
The new London restaurants in the Michelin Guide, October 2025
- The Chalk Freehouse, Chelsea
- Don’t Tell Dad, Queen’s Park
- Il Gattopardo, Mayfair
- Eel Sushi, Notting Hill
- Lai Rai, Peckham
- Myrtos, South Kensington
- Pippin’s, South Kensington
- Rogues, Hackney
- TOWN, Covent Garden
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