London, United Kingdom
Where to eat near the British Museum
10 places within 15 minutes on foot of the British Museum. Start with Humble Crumble, 10 min walk: warm fruit crumbles served with thick sweet custard.
The trap to skip
The chains on Leicester Square and around the Covent Garden piazza. Chinatown and Soho are a few minutes' walk and much better.
Source: The Infatuation
Coffee and breakfast
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Monmouth Coffee
Get: A filter coffee and a pastry
The roaster that started London's coffee revolution.
From Near this hotel
A quick bite
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Lahpet
Get: Coconut noodles with chicken and shan tofu fritters
Burmese curries done fast, in Covent Garden.
From Before the curtain (from Hot Dinners)
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Quo Vadis
Get: The smoked eel sandwich, a pie
Jeremy Lee's Soho dining room; the sandwich is famous.
From Near this hotel
Sit down for a meal
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Humble Crumble
Get: Warm fruit crumbles served with thick sweet custard
From Chef Amazing's city guide
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Town
Get: The woodland pork collar
Stevie Parle's good-looking room on Drury Lane, cooking British produce.
From Before the curtain (from Hot Dinners)
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Bocca di Lupo
Get: Small plates of regional Italian pasta and fritti. Chefs bring their families here
Jacob Kenedy's seasonal Italian, the Shaftesbury Avenue theatres' favourite. Sit at the counter.
From Before the curtain (from Hot Dinners), Chef Amazing's lists, Near this hotel
A photo like itSomething sweet
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Bao Soho
Get: The classic pork bao, the fried chicken bao and the fried Horlicks ice cream bao
Taiwanese buns that started at a market stall and still draw a queue.
From Chef Amazing's lists, Near this hotel, Table for one
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Gelupo
Get: Ricotta sour cherry, blood orange sorbet, mint stracciatella, bitter chocolate
Bocca di Lupo's gelato bar across the street.
From Chef Amazing's lists, Near this hotel
More near the sights in London
Walking minutes are measured on the map from the British Museum at a city pace. Each place says where Chef got it. Checked November 7, 2026; places change, so if one has, tell us at hello@chefamazing.com. No place pays to be here.
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