Core by Clare Smyth

You'll find yourself on Kensington Park Road in Notting Hill, walking into something that feels more like a well-kept secret than a Michelin-starred restaurant. The space is refined but never stuffy—the kind of place where the chef's obsession with ingredient quality and technique becomes immediately apparent without any of the pretension. Clare Smyth's tasting menu is a masterclass in restraint and flavour, each course building on the last with meticulous precision. It's the sort of dinner that stays with you, one of those meals where you leave wanting to immediately book again.