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Our list of the best restaurants in Covent Garden has got a brand new number one.
Following the closure of former list-topper Tandoor Chop House last month, Time Out’s London food experts have crowned a new primo destination in the land of tourists and theatregoers. And the winner is... Twenty8 Nomad.
See past the slightly annoying name and you’ll find one of the best places to eat in this buzzy central London neighbourhood. You’ll find it at the NoMad hotel, and the newly revamped in-house restaurant (previously known as Atrium) is a high-octane tribute to the big, ballsy American brasserie.
Our 2025 review said of the restaurant: ‘The aesthetic... is all Manhattan-by-way-of-the-Marais, an extravagant Yank take on the French brassiere, complete with excessively high ceilings, balustrades and balconies.’
The grand space offers a lavish ‘raw bar’, supersized-steak frites and an entire cocktail offering devoted to the martini. Crispy artichoke, prawn cocktail, mussels in green curry sauce, and lobster pasta also make the menu.
Nomad is also home to a great bar, Side Hustle, which specialises in tequila and mezcal, and was named the best international hotel bar in the world in 2025. Read our review of Side Hustle here.
Covent Garden is home to many of the best restaurants in London, including French-styled Story Cellar, and The Portrait by Richard Corrigan, as well as old faves The Savoy Grill and J Sheekey.
The best restaurants in Covent Garden, according to Time Out.
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