Eating out in London has become increasingly expensive, but a multi-course tasting menu can still offer exceptional value. Here are two standout options under £100 per person that deliver memorable dining experiences.
Angelina in Dalston offers an Italian-Japanese fusion tasting menu with 13 dishes across seven courses, priced at £46 per person. Highlights include lamb sweetbread with wasabi, pickled langoustine with apple gel, and silky triangoli pasta with crab and ikura. The quail, slow-cooked and grilled, is served with shrimp, apricot, and seared fig, accompanied by pillowy milk bread. Desserts like white chocolate namelka and blackberry sorbet with shiso are equally impressive. The restaurant uses a seven-year-old sourdough starter and serves a savoury chawanmushi with scallop and truffle. Many diners question why Angelina lacks a Michelin star.
The Ninth on Charlotte Street offers a 'Chef's Choice' menu of six courses for £98 per person, featuring dishes to share. Standouts include pasta with cured egg yolk and truffle, chargrilled turbot with miso broccoli, and Iberico pork with pickled radish and courgettes, described as the most expertly cooked pork ever tasted. The 'chips' are thousand-layer potatoes with a satisfying crunch. The restaurant is named for being owner Jun Tanaka's ninth venture.
