Best Places for Sunday Lunch

Editor’s note: Possibly the best roast in Mayfair. Beef from the trolley, gravy in a jug, no shortcuts.

On Upper Grosvenor Street, Richard Corrigan's Mayfair flagship makes a confident case for the British larder. Game, seafood and seasonal produce are handled with skill and real generosity, and the modern British cooking never feels fussy. The room is warm and club-like, the sort of place you settle into rather than rush through.

Editor’s note: A Wolseley Sunday is a London institution. Book early, eat late.

Open since 2003 in a former car showroom on Piccadilly, the Wolseley borrows its sense of occasion from the grand Viennese cafe. The European menu runs all day, so it suits breakfast, lunch or dinner equally well. Come for the room as much as the cooking, and let the day's timing decide what you order.

Editor’s note: Bruton Place stalwart, fire-grilled chops, properly old-school.

On Bruton Place, in the mews behind Berkeley Square, the Guinea Grill is a Mayfair institution: a proper London pub with a serious grill attached. The British cooking is the point, and the thing to order is the house signature, a beef shin, Guinness and oyster pie.

Editor’s note: Just outside the gates at the Corinthia, but worth the cab - Tom Kerridge does the trolley Sunday.

Tom Kerridge's Modern British restaurant is at the Corinthia London on Northumberland Avenue in Whitehall, outside Mayfair. Relaunched in September 2026 as Kerridge's, it now has a smaller dining room, with a separate bar, Georgie's, alongside. Expect bold British flavours and the kind of cooking that makes you feel properly looked after.

Editor’s note: Argentinian grill, big roast, very civilised.

A classic Mayfair grill occupying a grand Grosvenor Square townhouse. The wood-fired grill produces exceptional steaks and seafood, while the room has the comfortable confidence of a club.