London’s Bib Gourmands: ten good-value tables Michelin rates

A plate of pici cacio e pepe costs £13.50 at Padella, and it has a Michelin Bib Gourmand to go with it. The Bib is the guide’s award for good cooking at a moderate price, and London has 49 of them. Twelve are new this year. These ten are the ones where the dish to order is clear.

How we chose: Michelin’s 2026 Bib Gourmand list for Greater London, cross-checked against Time Out’s October top 50, The Infatuation’s top 25, the National Restaurant Awards and the venues’ own menus.

Padella

Fresh pasta runs from £9.50 to £16.50 on the Borough menu, and two dishes carry it: the pici cacio e pepe (£13.50) and pappardelle with an eight-hour Hereford beef shin ragù (£16.50). Get both and share. There are now three sites, at Borough, Shoreditch and Soho, and a Padella Negroni is £8.50.

Southwark Street, Borough Market · pasta £9.50–16.50 · bookings only for groups of 7+ at Shoreditch and Soho

Plaza Khao Gaeng

Under a railway arch on Stoney Street, this Thai canteen ladles out curries at £15–18. The massaman is the one Time Out names first, and the fried chicken is the side to add.

Stoney Street, Borough · curries £15–18

Brutto

Penne con vodka, a Negroni and the tiramisu make the meal The Infatuation puts seventh in London, and they are the order at this Tuscan-style trattoria off Cowcross Street. Pasta is £15–20. It does dinner only on Mondays and is shut on Sundays.

Greenhill Rents, Farringdon · pasta £15–20 · closed Sun · book

Kiln

Order the jungle curry. Kiln cooks Thai food over flame and in claypots on Brewer Street, holds a Bib and placed 21st at the National Restaurant Awards in June. It runs from noon until 11pm Monday to Saturday and until 9pm on Sunday, which makes it the late option on this list.

Brewer Street, Soho · noon–11pm, Sun to 9pm

Tamila

The team behind The Tamil Prince runs this all-day South Indian kitchen at the bottom of Caledonian Road, one of the twelve new London Bibs in 2026. Dosas cost £12–14 and curries £12–16; have a dosa and one curry between two.

Caledonian Road, King’s Cross · dosas £12–14 · daily noon–10pm

Singburi

Another new Bib for 2026, Singburi moved to Montacute Yards in Shoreditch and keeps its short Thai card at £8–22 a dish. The lamb short rib is the plate to build around; the watermelon salad with strawberries is the cooling one.

Montacute Yards, Shoreditch · dishes £8–22

Miga

Family-run with Nathaniel Mortley in the kitchen, Miga cooks Korean food at the bottom of Mare Street and sits 56th on the national awards list. Yukhoe, a raw beef tartare with pear, is the dish to order; soy-braised short ribs are the main.

Mare Street, Hackney · starters £9–16, mains about £20

Mambow

Abby Lee’s Malaysian restaurant on Lower Clapton Road is on the Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurants 2026 as well as the Bib list. Order the otak-otak prawn toast and the charcoal-grilled sardines with pomelo. A Singha is £6.50 on the July drinks list, cocktails £12–13.

Lower Clapton Road, Clapton · mains £16–27

Canteen

Walk-ins only, so don’t try to book: Canteen is a pasta-and-pizza room at the top of Portobello Road that won its Bib this year. Pizzas are £18 and pastas £18–25.

Portobello Road, North Kensington · pizzas £18 · walk-in only

Gina

Chingford is 17 km from the centre and the furthest out on this list, but Ravneet Gill and Mattie Taian’s restaurant on Station Road made Time Out’s top ten as well as the Bib list. Order the monkfish with bacon, then the chocolate cake.

Station Road, Chingford · mains £16–36 · book

Checked October 2026.