Bayswater & Maida Vale Restaurant Guide

Island Restaurant & Bar

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With its chic and funky contemporary interior, Island Restaurant and Bar oozes style; floor to ceiling windows flood the restaurant with light, offering spectacular views across Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.

• Address: Lancaster Terrace, London, W2 2TY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £40.00

Frontline Restaurant

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The Frontline Club was founded in 2003 to provide a base in London for frontline journalists, diplomatic service, aid agencies and those who otherwise tend to meet each other in the hotspots of our modern world.

• Address: 13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £34.00

I-Thai at The Hempel

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One of the most outstanding recently opened hotels to hit London is without doubt The Hempel. Located in Hempel Garden Square many of the rooms and apartments look down into the leafy Square.

• Address: The Hempel Hotel, 31-35 Craven Hill Gardens, London, W2 3EA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Japanese, Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £50.00

Nipa Thai

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This is an authentic Thai restaurant, sister to Nipa Restaurant in The Landmark Bangkok Hotel. Teak panelled interior with furnishings and artefacts have been brought here from Thailand, and picture windows overlook Hyde Park.

• Address: First Floor, Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, London, W2 2TY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £40.00

Arturo

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A modern but cosy Italian restaurant with a fine dining menu at non-fine dining prices, with a good selection of regional Italian wine. Lunch represents especially good value with a two course menu at £12.

2 course fixed price menu for £13.95

• Address: 23 Connaught Street, Hyde Park, London, W2 2AY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £41.00

Urban Turban

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Fixed price menu (Lunch) for £9.95

• Address: 98 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London, W2 5RU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

Al San Vincenzo

There is no doubt that this comfortable and attractive Italian near Marble Arch serves some of the best food of its genre in the capital. Although it is a trifle expensive, you get what you pay for, with all organic meat and vegetables - partly accounting for the cost.

• Address: 30 Connaught Street, London, W2 2AF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £45.00

Al Waha Restaurant

This charmingly authentic Lebanese restaurant serves real home style cooking. The various options on the menu are all good value and offer an exciting range of flavours, though you really should start with their renowned mezze (starters/appetizers) including their specially prepared olives imported from around the world, their "light as air" falafel, savoury sambousek, the freshest salads, and their famous hummus, which has been described by various food writers as "a revelation, undeniably rich.

• Address: 75 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, W2 4UL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Lebanese, Middle Eastern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £32.00

Al-Dar 1

Come here to be transported straight to some Arabian sultanate! Order a number of dishes which appear in the form of hors d' oeuvres. Batta harra is a good accompaniment to anything - fried potatoes and vegetables! A good dish to try is chicken or lamb shawarma.

• Address: 61-63 Edgware Road, London, W2 2HZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Lebanese, Middle Eastern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £25.00

Alounak Restaurant - Bayswater

Alounak is not only one of the few places serving genuine Persian/Iranian food in London, but it is also distinguished by the superb quality of its dishes, and the cheapness of its prices; and, for those of you who like a drink with your meal, it is not licensed, so you can bring your own and not be charged for it.

• Address: 44 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, W2 5SH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Middle Eastern, Persian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £26.00