Where to eat in Kensington

• Akira at Japan House

  £££

  JapaneseSeasonal Japanese3 min from High Street Kensington

  Inside Japan House, sourcing directly from Japan where it can - the bento and donburi use produce that otherwise never reaches a London menu.

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• Bancone

  ££

  ItalianHandmade pasta counter

  Watch the pasta being rolled at the counter, at prices well below the Michelin Guide average.

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• Como Garden

  £££

  ItalianGarden-room Italian5 min from High Street Kensington

  Interiors modelled on the gardens of Lake Como, with handmade pasta and small sharing plates.

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• Jacuzzi

  £££

  ItalianItalian seafood1 min from High Street Kensington

  Four storeys on High Street Kensington, and the most seafood-led of the Big Mamma rooms - local fish, Italian caviar, fresh pasta.

  The group's grandest London site. Four floors, so ask which one you are seated on.

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• Min Jiang

  ££££

  ChinesePeking duck with a view6 min from High Street Kensington

  Wood-fired Peking duck carved tableside on the tenth floor, looking over Kensington Gardens - the only Chinese room in London with that view.

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• The Milestone Hotel

  £££

  BritishHotel afternoon tea8 min from High Street Kensington

  A small townhouse hotel opposite Kensington Palace - the quietest of the listed teas, and the only one in Kensington.

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