Brinkley's

You'll find Brinkley's tucked away on Hollywood Road in Chelsea, a neighbourhood that's all manicured gardens and serious money—so it's fitting that this place doesn't shout about itself. The dining room is the opposite of trendy: cream walls, proper tablecloths, the kind of place where your nan feels genuinely welcome alongside City types. The kitchen takes European cooking seriously without the pretension, moving between France and Italy with ease. This is somewhere you book for an anniversary or when someone's visiting from abroad and you want to show London can do proper food without the Instagram theatre.