Pasta perfect: Shoreditch’s Manteca is one of five new additions to the London list
(Picture: Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures Ltd)Each year, the Michelin Guide hands out its famous stars to restaurants around the world. Awarded in ones, twos and threes, they’re the best-known indicators of quality in the culinary sphere; the more stars, the better the food (and, more often than not, the higher the accompanying price tag).
But that’s not the only way Michelin gives praise for a decent plate of grub. Its Bib Gourmand award focuses more on value for money — or, in the Guide’s own words, a restaurant that “will leave you with a sense of satisfaction, at having eaten so well at such a reasonable price”.
Much like the stars, the exact criteria for Bib Gourmand-worthy restaurants are shrouded in secrecy, although Michelin has admitted it follows “no set formula for a Bib restaurant”. Even so, you can be pretty much assured of a quality meal at any of the chosen restaurants, making it a handy compass for hungry diners.
In 2022, five new London restaurants have been added to London’s Bib Gourmand selection, from a Tuscan trattoria in Clerkenwell to a Middle Eastern marvel in Soho. It brings the overall number of inclusions to 35. Happy eating.
London’s new Bib Gourmand restaurants for 2022...
- Brutto, Clerkenwell. Read the Evening Standard’s review
- Pahli Hill, Regent’s Park and Marylebone. Read our review
- Manteca, Shoreditch. Read our review
- Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, Soho. Read our review
- Humble Chicken, Soho
...and the rest of London’s Bib Gourmand restaurants
- Padella, London Bridge. Read our review
- Popolo, Shoreditch. Read our review
- St John Bread and Wine, Spitalfields. Read our review
- Smokestak, Shoreditch. Read our review
- Plaquemine Lock, Angel. Read our review
- José, Bermondsey. Read our review
- Legare, Tower Bridge. Read our review
- Brawn, Bethnal Green. Read our review
- The Barbary, Covent Garden. Read our review
- Bancone, Covent Garden. Read our review
- Berenjak, Soho. Read our review
- Hoppers, Soho. Read our review
- Palomar, Soho. Read our review
- Kricket, Soho. Read our review
- Brasserie Zédel, Piccadilly. Read our review
- Kiln, Soho. Read our review
- BAO, Soho. Read our review
- Trullo, Islington. Read our review
- Westerns Laundry, Highbury. Read our review
- Primeur, Newington Green. Read our review
- Farang, Highbury. Read our review
- Kudu, Peckham. Read our review
- Trinity Upstairs, Clapham. Read our review
- Hereford Road, Notting Hill. Read our review
- Provender, Wanstead
- Gunpowder Spitalfields
- Volta do Mar, Covent Garden
- Paradise, Soho
- Peckham Cellars
- Kateh, Warwick Avenue
