The 27 Best Restaurants in London

"Right on the canal in post-industrial hipsterville Hackney Wick, and above popular brewery, bar and pizza joint Crate, sits one of the most unique spots in the city. This is the only restaurant we’ve ever heard of that has no garbage bin. Yes, Silo takes the idea of zero waste to the ultimate conclusion, reusing everything they can in unique and delicious ways, composting all food waste and creating an entire restaurant out of upcycled materials. The menu is projected onto the large wall and available via QR code (no wasted paper here), and it’s a 10 course voyage of discovery costing £65 per person. It all goes totally wild: a sweet and sour miso crisp covered in treacle made from vegetable peelings, grilled garlic scapes (the shoots that grow from the top of the bulb) with cuttlefish garum, and a rainbow chard dumpling with a sourdough wrapper and a ‘meta dairy’ sauce made from all the old bits of milk and cheese. It’s brave, bonkers, and very original." - Elizabeth Winding, Sonya Barber