5 Best Restaurants in Chelsea, London

Here chef Anna Haugh showcases the produce and food of her native Ireland while elevating its traditional cuisine to the level of fine dining. The small selection of dishes includes black pudding rolls wrapped in crispy potato strings with Irish black butter pearls and pearl barley, pecan, and Bramley apple puree; pan-fried duck breast served with mushroom puree and a duck fat potato waffle; and Irish Carlingford oysters. Service is attentive and it is clear the staff really cares about the food.

The kind of smooth-running, welcoming all-day brasserie that is difficult to find in Paris these days, Colbert offers well-prepared bistro favorites like croque monsieur, escargot, and steak haché, along with bigger plates like pan-roasted sea trout with samphire and seaweed and cider-braised pork cheeks. The service is professional but friendly and the atmosphere is stylish but comfortable. Although a neighborhood favorite, it's a swanky neighborhood which is reflected in the prices, but a prix-fixe menu (two courses fir £24.75 and three courses for £29.95) offers good value.

Chef Philip Howard is committed to seasonality, bringing together well-matched ingredients in this relaxed, loftlike space that leans toward the modernist and minimalist. The deeply flavored, accomplished dishes have earned the restaurant a Michelin star (their vegetarian game is especially strong).

Owned by three brothers who grew up on a farm (which supplies the restaurant with its produce and livestock), Rabbit introduces a note of rusticity to one of London's glitziest areas. The emphasis is on locality and sustainability, and the menu changes daily, depending on what's in season and available. Plates are tapas-style and designed for sharing, but dishes like braised rabbit with duck liver, bucatina, and cognac cream are hearty enough to be quite filling. The weekday set lunch (£22 for three courses) is a bargain.

Despite a Michelin star and a co-owner who's also the chef at one of Britain's (and indeed the world's) top restaurants, this is a relaxed neighborhood gastropub with an unusually fine kitchen. It specializes in British produce, wild food, and especially game, with dishes like root vegetable salad or a slow-cooked fallow deer shoulder wrapped in bacon, all served via set menus only (£50 for two courses, £65 for three). Sunday roasts are especially popular.