London's 14 Best New Restaurants Of 2022

" Bringing a restaurant from overseas can be a tricky ordeal. Will the quality remain? How will the menu translate—both figuratively and literally? And most importantly, does kibbeh travel well? For Em Sherif, the first UK outpost of the Beirut-based Lebanese fine dining restaurant group, the answer to all of those questions is yes. Located inside Harrods, the relaxed dining room is filled with shoppers offloading heavy bags, and non-shoppers who have travelled to Knightsbridge to try the best Lebanese food in London. From the thick, nutty hummus covered in sautéed lamb to the refreshingly yoghurt-heavy chickpea fatteh, the food is unlike anything we’ve eaten at other Lebanese spots in the city. And the mezze is well worth forking out some serious money for." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak