Throughout 2024 we’ve been asking Michelin-starred chefs across the UK to pick their favourite cheap eats – a meal for two for less than £40. Here, we have rounded up where London’s best chefs eat when they get a night off.
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Notto, Piccadilly Circus
Recommended by two Michelin-starred Alex Dilling, of Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal on Regent Street: “Great value and well-cooked pasta. Main courses are all under £20. Michelin-star chef Phil Howard is behind it and his cooking technique comes through even in these casual dishes. I also love Bancone for pasta.”
Kati Roll Company, Soho
Recommended by Sameer Taneja, executive chef at one-starred Indian restaurant Benares in Mayfair: “My go-to eatery for Kolkata-inspired meat and vegetable wraps that are absolutely delicious. My wife and I have been regular visitors since before our kids were born, and I have fond memories of this little place. It’s always a treat to enjoy their excellent spicy wraps, a bottle of beer, and good old Bollywood music.”
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Cheap eats across the UK as recommended by the nation’s favourite chefs
Bar Italia, Soho
Recommended by Benjamin Ferra Y Castell from one-starred Pavyllon at the Four Seasons Hotel: “They offer great Italian coffee with authentic products from different regions of Italy. You can try different sandwiches and they have an excellent burrata. They serve real coffee, how it should be made.”
Yauatcha, Soho
Recommended by Rob Chambers, executive chef at one Michelin-starred LUCA in Clerkenwell: “Although a normal meal there isn’t under £40, they’re currently running a £20 menu to celebrate their 20th anniversary which is a really good deal and a brilliant way to experience one of London’s most-loved dim sum restaurants.”
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