23 unlikely Halal restaurants in London
23 unlikely Halal restaurants in London
Fancy a Halal restaurant in London? We’ve got you covered
We’ve got some brilliant restaurants in London, and many of them are diversifying out to the include the halal market. Some already use halal chicken and/or meat, and others are happy to order it in for you. I accidentally stumbled on the phenomenon of restaurants ordering in halal food on request when I emailed one of them, asking:
“I was wondering if you serve halal chicken or meat, and if you offer the service of ordering it in if people Pre-book with you?”
To my surprise the restaurant responded and said they could accommodate the request with a few days notice, as long as we pre-picked out the dishes.
I whipped the question round a few more of some of the best restaurants in London and was delighted by the number who either already had a halal aspect to their menu, or who could be accommodating with notice. After which I had to put together a list!
Note: I’ve only listed the restaurants that said that they could provide proof either through accreditation or a certificate of halal from the supplier.
November 2021 update
We checked the halal food status of the restaurants below and removed the ones who said they no longer served halal food. The halal food status of the restaurants below is true at the current time of writing. Please do call the restaurant ahead of booking to make sure the halal notes still apply.
1. Goodman, Canary Wharf and Mayfair
Canadian rib-eye and fillet steaks are halal
Steaks, glorious steaks! Goodman is often quoted as one of the best places in London to have an amazingly cooked cut of beef. Now, you can and order either the Canadian rib-eye or fillet steaks which are both halal meat, and no pre-ordering is needed. So you can rock up and have a fancy lunch or dinner at a halal restaurant in London.
2. Aubaine, Selfridges
All chicken, beef and lamb is halal
Let’s be real, the reason you come to Aubaine Selfridges is for the flowery interior. It’s pretty special. Happily you can also come and order any chicken beef and lamb, because they’re all already halal. Double win.
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Our restaurant review: Aubaine, Selfridges
3. Ting at Shangri-La Hotel, The Shard
All chicken and lamb is halal
If you want stunning views and halal fine dining to match then Ting at the Shangri-La hotel might be for you. All their chicken and lamb is already halal, and the menu is an east-meets-west fusion celebrating the hotel’s asian heritage. So you can tuck in to Shanghai noodles with beef fillet, and Singapore curry laksa with chicken and prawns.
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Our restaurant review: A Thrilling Lunch At Ting, The Shard
4. Gaucho, all locations
48 hours notice for halal sirloin steak
Gaucho is another great place to get halal steak in London – providing you give them 2 days notice. The sirloin is a dream – juicy and meaty and glistening. All the adjectives! And apparently you can pre-order halal sirloin steak at all the Gaucho branches in London.
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Our restaurant review: The Perfect (Anti) Valentines Day Lunch At Gaucho, Richmond
5. The Ritz, Mayfair
48 hours notice for halal chicken
Hotel restaurants can be notoriously hit and miss. But that’s not the case for the all-dining restaurant at The Ritz hotel in Piccadilly. And if you give them a couple days notice, you can dine on their halal chicken dishes.
6. Bibi, Mayfair
All chicken is halal
Bibi is a fine dining restaurant in Mayfair that specializes in modern Indian food. All their chicken is halal and the menu sounds great. I love the idea of juicy halal chicken tikka thighs with a fermented chilli sauce. There’s also smokey Lahori chicken cooked on a Sigree, which is a traditional Indian grill. Yum.
7. Marcus, The Berkeley Hotel
All lamb is already halal, and 3 days notice for halal chicken
The food at Marcus Wareing’s eponymous, 2 Michelin starred restaurant at The Berkeley is outstanding. Try the lamb with Roscoff onions, curd and olive. One of the pricier options, but well worth the splurge. It’s one of the best halal restaurants in London (who’d have thought I could say that!?).
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Our restaurant review: Michelin Starred Dining at Marcus, The Berkeley
8. The Frog, Hoxton
1 week notice for halal chicken, beef and lamb
Taking inspiration from Asian flavours and Japanese techniques, this always-experimental, sometimes avant garde restaurant is fond of a bit of liquid nitrogen. I also quite like that its been conceived and run by Adam Handling, an ex-finalist on MasterChef: The Professionals.
9. Margot, Covent Garden
All the beef, lamb and chicken is halal
Try the beef tartare with black truffle or grilled sirloin with a wild mushroom sauce. Save space for dessert too with the rather lovely sounding Sicilian cannolo with ricotta cream and pistachio ice cream. Mmm.
10. Gymkhana, Mayfair
All chicken, lamb and goat is halal
Inspired by the colonial, high society Indian clubs of old, Gymkhana is widely thought of as being one of the best modern Indian restaurants in London. Expect creamy lobster and Malabar paratha, lamb shank Rogan Josh, and a glorious chicken butter masala. Don’t miss the paneer tikka with corn chat either; its a stunner.
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Our restaurant review: A beautiful dinner at Gymkhana, Mayfair
11. Meat Liquor, Covent Garden
All chicken is halal
Taking over the London fast food scene with gusto, MEATliquor is an established front runner with their characteristic dirty burgers. Think fat patties, fluffy buns, and cheese dripping down your elbows.
Website
Our restaurant review: My Favourite burgers at MEATliquor
12. Jean Georges, The Connaught Hotel
Afternoon tea, lamb chops and beef fillet steak are halal
If you want a banging halal afternoon tea in London then head to Jean Georges at the Connaught. You’ll be able to enjoy a halal Mayfair afternoon tea of scones, finger sandwiches and pastries. The restaurant also has an all-day menu offering serious dining, and at the moment the lamb chops and beef fillet steak are halal.
13. Darwin Brasserie, Sky Garden
72 hours notice for halal chicken
Take the humble roast up notch – all the way to floor 36 of the Walkie Talkie, with girolles scattered over roast chicken, doused in rich roasting juices, and sides of grilled gem hearts, roast heritage carrots and truffle fries.
14. Fenchurch, Sky Garden
72 hrs notice for halal chicken
Revel in breathtaking views at the Fenchurch rooftop restaurant with its British contemporary menu. With 72 hours notice, you’ll be able to order halal chicken from the menu. The pistachio and frangipane tart looks properly lovely too.
15. Zelman, Harvey Nichols
All Fillet, Striploin, Australian Wagyu, Pichana steaks
Try the wagyu, sliced inch thick, each slice bearing a blush that speaks of careful cooking, deeply red in the central parts and charred beautifully and delicately on the periphery.
16. Dishoom, all locations
All lamb and chicken is halal
Enjoy small plates of modern-Indian food at any of the 4 outposts of this style-led, Bombay brasserie. We love their of hot, buttered Pau with lamb, and a tall, cool glass of rose & cardamom lassi.
17. Sartoria, Mayfair
5 days notice for halal meat, chicken and lamb
Sink in to a comforting southern Italian lasagne, pot roasted lamb, and beef tagliata with cured marrow bones, ending with the rather lush sounded ice-cream filled brioche.
18. The Foyer & Reading Room, Claridges Hotel
All beef and chicken is halal
Indulge in some seriously sumptuous fine dining in the Foyer’s grand art deco setting with Côte de boeuf for two and all the trimmings.
19. Cut at 45 Park Lane, The Dorchester
Australian Wagyu beef is always halal, and 48 hours notice for chicken
As one of the more opulent venues for steak in London, it sort of makes sense that you go for the Wagyu ;)
20. Shaka Zulu, Camden
All Chicken is halal
An enormous restaurant, bar and club in Camden for some South African styled food and theatricality.
Restaurants that no longer serve halal meat or chicken
In late 2021 we checked the halal status of all the restaurants listed. The following entries either no longer have halal meat/chicken, or are now closed:
LaCucina Brick Lane, halal authentic Italian
Great list – bonus points for listing only those willing to furnish proof (reassuring!)
Now, do you know whether they ensure no cross-contamination with non-halal meats, i.e. fresh pans (
or is that just a given in such restaurants), etc
Thanks again, good work!
Awesome article! And thank you for this list. Did you manage to ask these restaurants about their contamination risk from their other food stations where they prepare their non halal items? Is the food cooked on a different clean food station? Also is there any sort of gelatin/animal fat(pig etc) or alcohol used in any of their food/desserts ?
Do they serve Alcohol? Is there cross contamination? Do they sell pork products? Better to avoid when there’s no 100% guarantee. Also we have many halal options available.
Hey Ilyas, those are all good questions. I’d call ahead to any restaurant you’re thinking of going to and check those things before you book.
Hi there,
Nice blog post. Shakfuyu‘s chicken wings are halal but they are fried in the same oil as the non-halal dishes. They don’t separate the oils. This was highlighted to me by the manager on the day I was there. I am not sure if it’s safe to eat any of the dishes except the french toast.
I think the halal label is very misleading at Shakfuyu.
🙂
Thanks for the heads up, I’ve updated the blog post now :)
2. Flesh & Buns and 3. Shakfuyu – Do not serve halal fried chicken, this is confirmed in a DM and an interview I had with their head Bone Daddies group.
5. Big Easy also confirmed in DM and on their website F&Q they do not serve halal
Thanks for letting me know – I’ve updated the blog post.
Zuaya do halal lamb chops and argentinian steak
Is there anything left in London that is non halal 🤷♂️
your mum maybe?