{"id":97620,"date":"2026-05-22T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peerspace.com\/uk\/resources\/?p=97620"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:38:58","slug":"quirky-restaurants-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peerspace.com\/uk\/resources\/quirky-restaurants-london\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 Quirkiest Restaurants in London for June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

London’s default restaurant mode is Michelin, white-tablecloth and impeccably sourced. And honestly, the city does that mode as well as anywhere in the world. Clare Smyth, Tom Kerridge and Gordon Ramsay all have their flagships within the same square mile for a reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, ask a Londoner where they actually want to eat next Saturday and you’ll often hear something else entirely. Something with a taxidermy collection. A secret underground bar. A waiter who sings opera between courses. This list is for those Londoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twelve restaurants that have made a deliberate choice to be weird in ways that, to their credit, still deliver on the food. Useful for a date that needs to land, a birthday that earns its photo album, or that old pal from out of town you want to impress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Dans Le Noir?: dinner in complete darkness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The original and still the benchmark. Dans Le Noir?<\/a> has been serving three-course dinners in pitch-black conditions in Clerkenwell for years, with blind and partially-sighted staff guiding guests through the meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n