Date Night Ideas in Notting Hill (2026)
29 date-night places in Notting Hill: restaurants, pubs, bars, and low-pressure local picks with the right atmosphere.
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Best for first dates, anniversaries, and evenings where atmosphere matters as much as the food.
You don't need to trek to Soho to have a proper date night. Some of London's most romantic restaurants, cosiest wine bars, and best-kept-secret cocktail spots are right here. Whether it's a first date or your fiftieth, these places set the mood without trying too hard.
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Akub
Modern Palestinian from one of the region's best chefs

Caia
Open-fire wine bar with vinyl DJs under Trellick Tower

Caractere
One Michelin star Franco-Italian from the Roux dynasty

Core by Clare Smyth
Three Michelin stars, modern British at its peak

Dorian
One Michelin star wood-fire grill, anti-pretension

Electric Cinema
1910 luxury cinema with armchairs, beds, and cocktails

Franklin's Wine
Sommelier-led wine bar on Westbourne Grove

Holy Carrot
Award-winning plant-based, cooked over fire

Julie's Restaurant
Bohemian 1969 institution with candlelit romance

Kāio
Live-fire dining and cocktails inside The Whiteley

Los Mochis
Japanese-Mexican fusion with late-night cocktails

Naked & Famous
Late-opening agave bar beneath Zephyr

SINO
One-of-a-kind modern Ukrainian on All Saints Road

Six Portland Road
Grower-focused neighbourhood modern-European

Straker's
River Café-inspired Italian small plates

Suzi Tros
Mazi's laid-back Thessaloniki-style sibling

The Barbary Notting Hill
Counter-dining, open-fire North African cooking

The Coronet Theatre
Grade II 1898 theatre hosting international work

The Cow
Tom Conran's iconic Guinness and oysters gastropub

The Gate Picturehouse
Edwardian single-screen arthouse cinema since 1911

The Ladbroke Arms
AA Rosette gastropub with flower-draped terrace

The Ledbury
Three Michelin stars, legendary tasting menus

The Walmer Castle
1845 freehouse with three floors on Ledbury Road

Trailer Happiness
Legendary basement tiki bar on Portobello Road

Trogolo
Petersham family's Florentine trattoria

Viajante87
50 Best Discovery-listed cocktail bar

Gold
Three-storey boho bar with Vhils mural and rooftop garden

Mazi
Cult modern Greek on Hillgate Street

Zephyr
Modern Greek with a buzzy basement cocktail bar