Diners' Choice: Great for fine wines restaurants in East London

OpenTable

Updated April 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the most notable wine lists in East London? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Smiths Restaurant Wapping

4.9

4.9 (8023)

£41 and over

Seafood

Wapping

About the restaurant

Smith's of Wapping is located on the River Thames with fantastic views of Tower Bridge and The Shard.
Smith's, famous for fish, was initially established in 1958 and today offers fine dining facilities.

We are now open from 12pm until 230pm for lunch and 5.30pm until 11pm (last seating time is 9pm) on Monday to Thursday.

Friday dinner starts at 6pm until 11pm (last seating is 9.30pm).

Saturday dinner starts at 5.30pm until 11pm (last seating is 945pm)

On Sundays we are open from 12pm until 3.30pm for Lunch
And 6pm until 10pm (last seating time 8.30pm) for Dinner.

Should you not find the time that you are looking for, please contact the restaurant directly as there may be availability.

Top review

Tony

Dined 3 days ago

Fantastic food, amazing service. Dover sole was delicious, good wine list and great river views. Will be back.

Discover more

Popular dish

Apple Tart

Popular dish

Smith's Classic Prawn Cocktail

Popular dish

Large Brixham Dover Sole

St John Bread and Wine

4.7

4.7 (2225)

£26 to £40

British

Spitalfields

About the restaurant

ST. JOHN Bread & Wine reflects the rhythms of its locale whilst observing the same respect for seasonal, indigenous ingredients and "the whole beast" as the bigger sister restaurant. Currently opening for dinner, Tuesday to Saturday, this branch very much beats its own drum with a menu structured towards a slightly less formal manner of dining, with guests actively encouraged to share dishes as they're ready from the kitchen.

As well as selling goods to take home from our bakery, wines by the bottle or the case can be bought from our lists to take home with some delivery available.

Bread & Wine has been voted Best British Restaurant by the Evening Standard and named as best value restaurant by The Observer Food Monthly.

Top review

Rachel

Dined 7 days ago

Great food and truly excellent service. A rare treat!

Bravas Tapas

4.6

4.6 (1730)

£26 to £40

Spanish

Tower Hill

About the restaurant

Welcome to Bravas Tapas!
Here at Bravas Tapas we want to offer our guests Spanish style tapas with a bit of twist.
Weather-permitting, we also have Al Fresco seating available.
We look forward to serving you!

With the current conditions we will do our best to accommodate all our guests. We have limited our seating availability online to make sure that we can seat our guests comfortably, so do feel free to contact us with any queries. With limited seating, the reservation timings are very strict, so please be aware of this when booking with us.

We do not take bookings for our outdoor tables.

We unfortunately do not take reservations for just drinks.

Tables of 2 - 3 have 1hr 30mins
Tables of 4 or more have 2hrs

Top review

Jeremy

Dined 5 days ago

Always a delicious meal. Prices are exceptionally reasonable for London. Location is perfect for this time of year.

Crispin

4.6

4.6 (410)

£26 to £40

Modern European

Spitalfields

About the restaurant

Crispin is an all day restaurant & wine bar in Spitalfields serving seasonal sharing plates, low intervention wines & cocktails.

Our chefs are led by the talented Lewis de Haas (ex Petersham Nurseries & The Shed). They deliver a European inspired menu, using locally & sustainably sourced ingredients from independent growers, small-scale farms & producers (think seasonal croquettes, organic British vegetables, sustainable seafood, classic cuts). We also have a natural wine list, bottle shop & wine club curated by our Head of Wine Alexandra Price, where we focus on natural wines using indigenous & rare grape varieties.

The glass & zinc pavilion is located on White’s Row, Spitalfields, on the junction with Crispin Street. We have seating for 40 inside in view of our open-kitchen & 20 on our garden terrace.

Available for exclusive use (40 seated & 100 standing), part hire, private hire or catering enquire at info@crispinlondon.com.

Top review

Jules

Dined on Apr 9, 2025

Excellent food with great service in a special setting

Discover more

Experience

Drinks and Snacks

Sohaila

4.6

4.6 (74)

£26 to £40

Lebanese

Shoreditch

About the restaurant

Mission-driven wine bar and restaurant inspired by Lebanon.
Created by Fat Macy’s, we are a restaurant and natural wine bar, serving contemporary Middle Eastern sharing plates alongside a curated selection of low-intervention wines. We offer take-away at lunch too!

Top review

Alex

Dined on Apr 11, 2025

Excellent service and good food. Nice quiet and friendly atmosphere

Leo's Restaurant & Bar

4.6

4.6 (191)

£26 to £40

Regional Italian (Sardinia)

Homerton

About the restaurant

We are an Italian cafe, bar & restaurant on Chatsworth Road, Clapton.

We are open for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and a special Set Sunday Lunch every week.

Bookings can be made for Dinner & Saturday or Sunday Lunch only.

We do not take bookings for Breakfast or Lunch in the cafe so feel free to walk in.

Walk-ins for dinner are always welcome in the bar but reservations are necessary for the dining room.

Top review

ken

Dined on Apr 13, 2025

Wonderful family Sunday lunch! No fuss and very relaxing. Great wines.

Hera

4.6

4.6 (18)

£26 to £40

Greek

Stratford

About the restaurant

HERA is a new destination in Stratford, offering elevated Greek cuisine in a modern, curated space.

At HERA, we invite you to explore the rich tastes of Greece - reimagined. With every dish meticulously crafted, our goal is to transport guests with unique, elevated interpretations of classic Greek recipes. Complementing our menu is a curated selection of exceptional Greek wines and signature cocktails crafted to surprise and delight.

Begin your experience in our chic cocktail lounge, a sophisticated space where innovative drinks set the tone for the evening. Entering the dining area, you’ll find a blend of earth tones, marble accents, and dark hues, creating an inviting, intimate environment that promises an unforgettable experience.

Top review

Rachel

Dined on Apr 18, 2025

Great find and away from the hustle bustle of the shopping centre. Great food and atmosphere.

Discover more

Experience

HERA Classic Feast

Experience

HERA Signature Experience

Darling's Eatery and Studio

4.5

4.5 (77)

£26 to £40

Italian

Hackney Wick

About the restaurant

Darling’s is a fresh pasta eatery in East London. Overlooking Olympic Park, the eatery is a hidden gem in Fish Island where the industrial and creative spaces converge. Roman Road, Bow, Hackney Wick and Victoria Park are just a stroll away from your weekly treat of freshly made pasta and wine from independent producers.

Egle Loit, a trained pasta chef, has previously popped up mostly around East and North London, creating a buzz with her pre-restaurant residency at Vestry House Museum in 2023.

Founder of Darling’s cares dearly about the craft that fresh pasta making requires. “One can turn humble ingredients into abundance with skill,” shares the restaurateur.

Darling’s is designed to be an open space to be shared between the guests and the team, therefore there are no barriers between the service area and the dining area. You’ll find yourself connecting by enjoying your meal at the shared table. Those, who like to hide away, can still do it at separate tables.

Top review

Charlie

Dined on Apr 18, 2025

Really nice and cosy space with very friendly staff!

Discover more

Popular dish

Tiramisu

Papi

4.4

4.4 (13)

£26 to £40

Modern European

Dalston

About the restaurant

Papi is a low-waste focused restaurant located in London Fields with a changing, seasonal menu and a low intervention wine list.

Our dining room is intimate and cosy, with low tables, counter top and a high-top chef’s table in front of our open kitchen.

Our menu, which is designed to share, changes regularly but we offer dishes such as BBQ potato bun with tuna ‘Nduja, raw bream and Tosazu as well as larger format plates like whole John Dory with yuzu Beurre Blanc or adobo Guinea Fowl with baby leeks.

Top review

Lola

Dined on Apr 5, 2025

Exquisite food and the most delicious wine! The staff are the BEST! Looked after so well, the vibe was perfect! Amazing Saturday night!

Discover more

Experience

Feasting Menu

SAGARDI BASQUE COUNTRY CHEFS

4.3

4.3 (392)

£41 and over

Steakhouse

Shoreditch

About the restaurant

Sagardi Basque Country Chefs is part of SAGARDI GROUP, a large restaurant group championing Basque Gastronomy since 1996, founded by Chef Iñaki López de Viñaspre.

London is the 30th restaurant to launch and is situated in the centre of one of London's most bustling food and drink hubs, Shoreditch.

Simple, healthful cooking including meat and fish grilled over hot coals, marmitako stews, txistorra sausage, Idiazabal sheep’s cheese, “txipirones” (baby squid) and “roxario” salted cod omelette.

If you take your steak as seriously as the Basques do, relish in the restaurants premium red meat Txuleton (chuleton in Spanish) or Txuleta; enormous rib steaks from fattened, old cows that have lived in complete freedom with a 100% natural diet (min 6 years old).

Boasting an array of crafted beverages, a collection of over 200 wines, exquisite champagne, G&T´s, cocktails, traditional Basque vermouth and cider, trendy “perron” glasses and the famous TXAKOLI.

Top review

NikkiVIP

Dined on Apr 13, 2025

The beef was outstanding. The sides of veg weren’t your traditional ones but we all really liked them. The potatoes weren’t the best was 2 other opinions in my party but I liked them. The Yorkshires were good. Great service, very friendly & helpful at recommending wine for us. Can’t wait to go back.

Discover more

Experience

A Basque Butchers Roast

Explore Diners' Choice best of East London

Explore more Diners' Choice lists

Italian