Toast the City Awards 2026 finalists announced – vote now!
It’s here: the Toast the City Finalists have been announced, with bars, restaurants, coffee shops, green spaces and more from across the City being celebrated in the Square Mile’s biggest and best awards.
Now is your chance to vote for your favourite city spots – just visit our Toast the City website and cast your vote in less time than it takes to pull a pint of Guinness.
This year we’re celebrating more places than ever, with 12 nominees in each of our 15 categories. The Best Restaurant category will be contested by heavyweight dining options including Cloth, Bouchon Racine, Ibai and Angler; the Best Arts or Culture Experience includes the newly reopened Barts North Wing, Dr Johnson’s House, Shoe Lane Library and the Festival of Words; Best Sandwich could go to Basils, Dauns or Porterford Butchers; and Best Boozer Finalists include Old Doctor Butler’s Head, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, The Cockpit and Jamaica Wine House. Best Retailer is a brand new category for 2026 and includes Bobby’s Flowers, Classic Football Shirts, Daunt Books and Leonard & Michael Barbers.
New interactive Toast the City map
This year we have also introduced a new interactive map, which allows you to toggle each category on and off to find the perfect place, whether you’re looking for the best sandwiches beside your office or the perfect park to relax during your lunch break.
Last year’s winners included Galvin La Chapelle for Best Restaurant, Bridewell Theatre for Best Cultural Experience, Piccolo Bar for Best Sandwich and Finsbury Circus Gardens for Best Green Space. Winners are not eligible to win the same category two years in a row but they are invited onto the judging panel for the 2026 awards.
Our amazing panel of judges for 2026 includes tour guide and Tiktok sensation David Harry, the CEO of UK Hospitality Allen Simpson, restaurateurs Martin Williams, Soren Jessen and Karan Gokani, the British Beer and Pub Association’s Emma McClarkin and the famous Galvin brothers Chris and Jeff.
Here’s the full list of Toast the City Finalists – vote for your faves now!
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Bank of England Museum | Bartholomew Lane, EC2R 8AH |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Barbican Gallery | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Barbican Theatre | Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Barts North Wing | St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, EC1A 7BE |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Dr Johnson’s House | 17 Gough Square, EC4A 3DE |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheatre | Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Hypha x Eastern City Studios | 130 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 5LY |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | London Mithraeum | 12 Walbrook, EC4N 8AA |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Raven Row | 56 Artillery Lane, E1 7LS |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Shoe Lane Library | Hill House, 1 Little New Street, EC4A 3JR |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | The Festival of Words | Fleet Street Quarter |
| Best Art or Culture Experience | Whitechapel Gallery | 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX |
| Best Bar | Black Lacquer | 15 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EF |
| Best Bar | Dave’s Wine Bar | 2 St James’s Passage, EC3A 5DH |
| Best Bar | Discount Suit Company | 29A Wentworth Street, E1 7TB |
| Best Bar | El Vino Fleet Street | 47 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1BJ |
| Best Bar | Engel & Jang | The Mezzanine, The Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LL |
| Best Bar | Galvin Bistrot & Bar | 35 Spital Square, E1 6DY |
| Best Bar | Humble Grape Bow Lane | St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU |
| Best Bar | Madison | Rooftop Terrace, One New Change, EC4M 9AF |
| Best Bar | Sabine Rooftop Bar | Carter Lane, EC4V 5AJ |
| Best Bar | The Jugged Hare | 49 Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SA |
| Best Bar | The Pregnant Man | 40 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1JA |
| Best Bar | The Horsemen & Fitzgerald’s | 1 Broadgate |
| Best Boozer | Hoop & Grapes Aldgate | 47 Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AL |
| Best Boozer | Jamaica Wine House | St Michael’s Alley, Cornhill, EC3V 9DS |
| Best Boozer | Keats at The Globe | 83 Moorgate, EC2M 6SA |
| Best Boozer | Lamb Tavern | 10-12 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR |
| Best Boozer | Old Doctor Butler’s Head | 2 Mason’s Avenue, EC2V 5BT |
| Best Boozer | The Blackfriar | 174 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4EG |
| Best Boozer | The Butcher’s Hook and Cleaver | 61 West Smithfield, EC1A 9DY |
| Best Boozer | The Cockpit | 7 St Andrew’s Hill, EC4V 5BY |
| Best Boozer | The Hoop & Grapes Farringdon St | 80 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4BL |
| Best Boozer | The Ye Olde Mitre | 1 Ely Court, Ely Place, EC1N 6SJ |
| Best Boozer | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese | 145 Fleet Street, EC4A 2BU |
| Best Boozer | Ye Olde Watling | 29 Watling Street, EC4M 9BR |
| Best Breakfast | Barbie Green | 2 London Wall Place, EC2Y 5AU |
| Best Breakfast | Bluebird City | 3 South Place, EC2M 2AF |
| Best Breakfast | Cord by Le Cordon Bleu | 85 Fleet St, EC4Y 1AE |
| Best Breakfast | De Vine Restaurant Coffee Bar | 2 America Square, EC3N 2PX |
| Best Breakfast | Farmer J’s Coleman St | 24-32 King Street, EC2V 8EA |
| Best Breakfast | Fortnum & Mason’s Bar | The Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LR |
| Best Breakfast | Leydi at Hyde London City | 15 Old Bailey, EC4M 7EF |
| Best Breakfast | Lost Property Hotel St Paul’s London | 3-5 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AA |
| Best Breakfast | Millie’s Lounge at The Ned | 27 Poultry, EC2R 8AJ |
| Best Breakfast | Porterford Butchers | 72 Watling Street, EC4M 9BJ |
| Best Breakfast | The Ivy City Garden | Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street, EC2M 1QS |
| Best Breakfast | Where’s Fred’s | 7 Frederick’s Place, EC2R 8EA |
| Best Casual Dining | 14 Stories | 14th Floor, 120 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 5BA |
| Best Casual Dining | Bancone | 7 Princes St, London EC2R 8AQ |
| Best Casual Dining | Duck & Waffle | 110 Bishopsgate, Heron Tower, EC2N 4AY |
| Best Casual Dining | Hotto Potto | 17 Leman Street, E1 8EN |
| Best Casual Dining | Kimchimama | Cheshire Court, 142 Fleet St, EC4A 2BP |
| Best Casual Dining | Love Dumplings’ Legend | 28 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1LB |
| Best Casual Dining | Petticoat Lane Food Market | Wentworth Street, E1 7TF |
| Best Casual Dining | Fogo de Chao | 100 Bishopsgate, EC2M 1GT |
| Best Casual Dining | Three Uncles St Paul’s | 3 Old Bailey, EC4M 7BG |
| Best Casual Dining | Vinoteca | 21 Bloomberg Arcade, EC4N 8AR |
| Best Casual Dining | Vivat Bacchus | 47 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4LL |
| Best Casual Dining | YeYe’s Noodle and Dumpling | Wentworth Street, E1 7TF |
| Best Coffee | Alchemy Cafe | 8 Ludgate Broadway, EC4V 6DX |
| Best Coffee | Carter Lane Coffee House | 50A Carter Ln, EC4V 5EA |
| Best Coffee | Curators Coffee Studio | 9A Cullum St, EC3M 7JJ |
| Best Coffee | Grind Threadneedle Street | 34 Royal Exchange, Threadneedle Street, EC3V 3LP |
| Best Coffee | Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters | 33 Vine Street, EC3N 2PX |
| Best Coffee | Host Cafe | St Mary Aldermary, Watling Street, EC4M 9BW |
| Best Coffee | Potter & Reid | 20 Toynbee Street, E1 7NE |
| Best Coffee | Rosslyn Coffee London Wall | 78-79 London Wall, EC2M 5ND |
| Best Coffee | Rosslyn Coffee Ludgate Circus | 6 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AA |
| Best Coffee | The Columbian Coffee Company | New Goulston Street, E1 7QD |
| Best Coffee | The Fleet Street Press | 3 St Bride St, EC4A 4AS |
| Best Coffee | Where’s Fred’s? | 7 Frederick’s Place, EC2R 8EA |
| Best Fitness Experience | 24N Fitness & Liverpool St CrossFit | 4 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YE |
| Best Fitness Experience | Aldgate City Bouldering | 33 Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AH |
| Best Fitness Experience | Barry’s St Pauls | 33 Gutter Lane, EC2V 8AS |
| Best Fitness Experience | Endorphin | 4-5 Gough Square, EC4A 3DE |
| Best Fitness Experience | F45 Training | 80 Middlesex Street, E1 7EZ |
| Best Fitness Experience | Foundry Moorgate | 7 Moorgate, EC2R 6AF |
| Best Fitness Experience | Gymbox Bank | 71 Lombard Street, EC3V 9AY |
| Best Fitness Experience | Moreyoga Dowgate Hill | 7 Dowgate Hill, EC4R 2SU |
| Best Fitness Experience | Pure Sports Medicine St Paul’s | 1 New Change, EC4M 9AF |
| Best Fitness Experience | Third Space Moorgate | 16 South Pl, EC2M 2AQ |
| Best Fitness Experience | Ultimate Performance | 31-33 Foster Ln, St. Paul’s, EC2V 6HD |
| Best Fitness Experience | Virgin Active Aldersgate St | 200 Aldersgate Street, EC1A 4HD |
| Best Green Space | Aldgate Square | Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AF |
| Best Green Space | Barber-Surgeons’ Garden | Monkwell Square, EC2Y 5BL |
| Best Green Space | Christchurch Greyfriars Garden | King Edward Street, EC1A 7BA |
| Best Green Space | Festival Gardens | St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M 8AD |
| Best Green Space | Postman’s Park | King Edward St, EC1A 7BT |
| Best Green Space | St Alphage Gardens | London Wall Place, EC2Y 5AU |
| Best Green Space | St Botolph Without Bishopsgate | Bishopsgate, EC2M 3TL |
| Best Green Space | St Bride’s Church | Fleet Street, EC4Y 8AU |
| Best Green Space | St Dunstan in the East Church Garden | St Dunstan’s Hill, EC3R 5DD |
| Best Green Space | St. Vedast-alias-Foster Church Garden | Foster Lane, EC2V 6HH |
| Best Green Space | Stationers’ Hall (Garden) | Ave Maria Lane, EC4M 7DD |
| Best Green Space | Temple Gardens | Middle Temple Ln, EC4Y 9AT |
| Best Overnight Experience | Canopy By Hilton London City | 11-15 Minories, EC3N 1AX |
| Best Overnight Experience | Hyde London City | 15 Old Bailey, EC4M 7EF |
| Best Overnight Experience | Lost Property Hotel St Paul’s London | 3-5 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AA |
| Best Overnight Experience | Montcalm at the Brewery | 52 Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SA |
| Best Overnight Experience | Pan Pacific London Hotel | 80 Houndsditch, EC3A 7AB |
| Best Overnight Experience | Sir Devonshire Square | 9 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YF |
| Best Overnight Experience | South Place Hotel | 3 South Place, EC2M 2AF |
| Best Overnight Experience | The Chamberlain Hotel | 132-135 Minories, EC3N 1NU |
| Best Overnight Experience | The Culpeper | 40 Commercial Street, E1 6LP |
| Best Overnight Experience | The Gate London City | 41 White Church Lane, E1 7QR |
| Best Overnight Experience | The Ned | 27 Poultry, EC2R 8AJ |
| Best Overnight Experience | Tower Suites by Blue Orchid | 100 Minories, EC3N 1JY |
| Best Restaurant | 1 Lombard street | 1 Lombard Street, EC3V 9AA |
| Best Restaurant | Angler | South Place Hotel, 3 South Place, EC2M 2AF |
| Best Restaurant | Bob Bob Ricard City | Level 3, 122 Leadenhall Street, EC3V 4AB |
| Best Restaurant | Bouchon Racine | 66 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BP |
| Best Restaurant | Brigadiers | 1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, EC4N 8AR |
| Best Restaurant | Cabotte | 48 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AY |
| Best Restaurant | Cloth | 44 Cloth Fair, EC1A 7JQ |
| Best Restaurant | Coq d’Argent | No.1 Poultry, EC2R 8EJ |
| Best Restaurant | Ibai | 90 Bartholomew Close, EC1A 7BN |
| Best Restaurant | Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern | 16 New Street, Devonshire Square, EC2M 4TR |
| Best Restaurant | Ottolenghi Spitalfields | 50 Artillery Lane, E1 7LJ |
| Best Restaurant | Sweetings | 39 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4SF |
| Best Roof Terrace | Aviary Restaurant & Rooftop Terrace | Royal London House, 22-25 Finsbury Square, EC2A 1DX |
| Best Roof Terrace | Florattica | 11-15 Minories, Level 11, Canopy by Hilton London City, EC3N 1AX |
| Best Roof Terrace | Jin Bo Law Skybar | 14th Floor, 9 Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AH |
| Best Roof Terrace | Summer Terrace at 22 Bishopsgate | Level 60, 22 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4BQ |
| Best Roof Terrace | Madison | Rooftop Terrace, One New Change, EC4M 9AF |
| Best Roof Terrace | One New Change Roof Terrace | One New Change, EC4M 9AF |
| Best Roof Terrace | Sabine | Carter Lane, EC4V 5AJ |
| Best Roof Terrace | Samuel Pepys | Stew Lane, EC4V 3PT |
| Best Roof Terrace | Savage Garden Rooftop Bar | 12th Floor, DoubleTree by Hilton Tower of London, 7 Pepys Street, EC3N 4AF |
| Best Roof Terrace | Skyline London | Tower Suites, 100 Minories, EC3N 1JY |
| Best Roof Terrace | The Culpeper | 40 Commercial Street, E1 6LP |
| Best Roof Terrace | Wagtail | 68 King William Street, EC4N 7HR |
| Best Sandwich | Banh Mi Keu Deli City | 168 London Wall, EC2M 5QD |
| Best Sandwich | Basils Sandwiches | 15A New London St, EC3R 7NA |
| Best Sandwich | Chaplin’s Deli | 24 Bevis Marks, EC3A 7JB |
| Best Sandwich | Cheese & Peppers | 11 Eastcheap, EC3M 1BN |
| Best Sandwich | Continental Sandwich Bar | 16 Watling Street, EC4M 9BB |
| Best Sandwich | Dal Fiorentino | 20-23 Holborn, EC1N 2JD |
| Best Sandwich | Dauns | 77 Wentworth Street, E1 7TD |
| Best Sandwich | Dilietto | 175 Fleet Street, EC4A 2EA |
| Best Sandwich | Original Bagel & Sandwich | 22 Goswell Road, EC1M 7AA |
| Best Sandwich | Porterford Butchers | 72 Watling Street, EC4M 9BJ |
| Best Sandwich | Sandwich Sandwich | 1 Gresham Street, EC2V 7BX |
| Best Sandwich | Seedy Circles | 160 Fleet Street, EC4A 2DQ |
| Most Fun Experience | Axeperience Axe Throwing | 48-50 Minories, EC3N 1JJ |
| Most Fun Experience | Boom Battle Bar | Goodman’s Fields, 19 Alie Street, Chaucer Gardens, Aldgate, E1 8QG |
| Most Fun Experience | Boulebar Spitalfields | 7 Frying Pan Alley, E1 7HS |
| Most Fun Experience | Clays Moorgate | 55 Moorgate, EC2R 6LL |
| Most Fun Experience | Dabbers Social Bingo | 18-22 Houndsditch, EC3A 7DB |
| Most Fun Experience | Fairgame City | 1 New Change, EC4M 9AF |
| Most Fun Experience | London Sports Festival | The Crescent, EC3N 2LY |
| Most Fun Experience | Poolhouse | 100 Liverpool Street, EC2M 2AT |
| Most Fun Experience | Puttshack Bank | 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EJ |
| Most Fun Experience | SET Ceramics | 55 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 3JY |
| Most Fun Experience | Square Mile Distillery | 22-24 Bride Ln, EC4Y 8DT |
| Most Fun Experience | Sky Garden | 1 Sky Garden Walk, London |
| New Opening of the Year | Bánh | 55 Long Lane, Barbican, EC1A 9EJ |
| New Opening of the Year | Barts North Wing | St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, EC1A 7BE |
| New Opening of the Year | Fairgame City | 1 New Change, EC4M 9AF |
| New Opening of the Year | Hoops & Grapes Farringdon St | 80 Farringdon St, EC4A 4BL |
| New Opening of the Year | Humble Grape Bow Lane | St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU |
| New Opening of the Year | Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern | 16 New Street, Devonshire Square, EC2M 4TR |
| New Opening of the Year | Los Mochis | 100 Liverpool Street, EC2M 2AT |
| New Opening of the Year | Sartoria Liverpool Street | 16b New Street, EC2M 4TR |
| New Opening of the Year | The Horsemen & Fitzgerald’s | 1 Broadgate, EC2M 2QS |
| New Opening of the Year | Square Mile Distillery | 22-24 Bride Lane, EC4Y 8DT |
| New Opening of the Year | The Lucky Goat | Bread Street Kitchen, 10 Bread Street, EC4M 9AJ |
| New Opening of the Year | Vagabond | 9a Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YN |
| Retailer of the Year | Bina Shoes | 75 Wentworth Street, E1 7TD |
| Retailer of the Year | Bobby’s Flowers | St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU |
| Retailer of the Year | Charles Tyrwitt Ludgate Hill | 54 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AW |
| Retailer of the Year | Cheese at Leadenhall | 4-5 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR |
| Retailer of the Year | Classic Football Shirts | 17 Commercial Street, E1 6NE |
| Retailer of the Year | Daunt Books | 61 Cheapside, EC2V 6AX |
| Retailer of the Year | Fortnum & Mason | The Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LR |
| Retailer of the Year | Jo Malone | The Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LR |
| Retailer of the Year | Leonard & Michael Barbers | 1-2 Poppins Court, EC4A 4AX |
| Retailer of the Year | Montblanc | The Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LR |
| Retailer of the Year | Suitsupply London | 15-18 Lime Street, EC3M 7AN |
| Retailer of the Year | Watchfinder & Co | The Royal Exchange, EC3V 3LR |
