The Best Wine Lists in London, Measured

The largest restaurant wine list in London belongs to The Connaught: about 2,770 wines, shared by Hélène Darroze at The Connaught and Jean-Georges at The Connaught. Next come Claridge's Restaurant and Dante Mayfair (one shared list, 2,092 wines), Clos Maggiore (2,010), Noble Rot Mayfair (1,868) and Dorian (1,553).

"Best" depends on what you want from a list: size, fair prices, a speciality or a long by-the-glass selection. This guide measures each of these across the 240 London restaurant wine lists ELID currently publishes. All the lists were captured from July 2026 onwards. Each restaurant links to its full list on ELID, with prices, the date it was captured and its source.

London wine lists at a glance

• 47 lists have 500 or more wines, and 12 have more than 1,000.
• For a typical London list, the median bottle price is about £100. This is the median of each list's own median, across the 174 lists with at least 50 priced bottles.
• France is the largest country on 19 of the 20 biggest lists. The exception is Franco's, where Italy leads.

The biggest wine lists in London

"Wines" counts every wine entry on the list, including by-the-glass entries. "Median bottle" is the middle price of the list's 750 ml bottles. The last two columns show how much of the list sits at either end of the price range.

\* Claridge's Restaurant and Dante Mayfair draw on a shared cellar. Their published lists were captured on different dates (1 August 2026 and 20 September 2026), which explains the small differences.

\* Hélène Darroze at The Connaught and Jean-Georges at The Connaught draw on a shared cellar. Their published lists were captured on different dates (18 July 2026 and 1 August 2026), which explains the small differences.

Size and price do not always go together. Noble Rot Mayfair, Noble Rot Lambs Conduit, Noble Rot Soho, Cornus, La Compagnie, Neal's Yard and Shoreditch Wine House each list more than 850 wines with a median bottle price of £130 or less.

Best-value deep lists

These are the London restaurants with at least 250 priced bottles and the lowest median bottle price:

At St. JOHN, 62% of priced bottles cost £60 or less. The 10 Cases is the deepest list in this group, with 777 wines and a £73 median.

Best wine lists by speciality

Counts are entries from the region or country on each restaurant's current list.

• Burgundy: The Connaught (about 743 entries), Dorian (572), Cabotte (447), Clos Maggiore (331), Noble Rot Mayfair (308).
• Champagne: Claridge's Restaurant and Dante Mayfair (about 403 entries), The Connaught (about 367), The Ritz Restaurant (168), Noble Rot Mayfair (130), CORE by Clare Smyth (124).
• Italy: Franco's (1,033 entries, 81% of the list), Bocca di Lupo (454, 100% of the list), The Connaught (about 388), Il Gattopardo (362), Clos Maggiore (337).
• Spain: Cambio de Tercio (324 entries, 96% of the list), Noble Rot Mayfair (158), Mountain (143), Tapas Brindisa (about 121), Clos Maggiore (118).
• Germany: The Connaught (about 119 entries), Cloth (69), The 10 Cases (60), Noble Rot Mayfair (57), CORE by Clare Smyth (50). See also German VDP Wines in London.
• South Africa: Vivat Bacchus (about 110 entries), CORE by Clare Smyth (74), The 10 Cases (70), Clos Maggiore (42), Goodman City (37). See also South African Wines in London.
• England: Aulis London (53 entries), Balfour At Bow Wine Vaults (51), AngloThai (38), Holborn Dining Room (33), Langan’s Brasserie (30). See also English Wines in London.
• Greece: Bacchanalia (93 entries), Myrtos (85), Noble Rot Mayfair (61), GAIA (56), OPSO (54).
• All French: Josephine Bouchon (741 of 747 wines).

Best wine lists for wine by the glass

Counts are entries in 125, 150 or 175 ml pours, so a wine offered in two pour sizes counts twice.

• Wild Corner: 447 glass entries, by far the most in London
• Wild Tavern: 133
• Franco's: 121
• Gordon's Wine Bar: 102
• Noble Rot Lambs Conduit: 96
• Noble Rot Mayfair: 95
• Les 110 de Taillevent: 89

The wines London lists agree on

These wines appear on the most London restaurant lists ELID tracks. Each links to its ELID record, with vintages, technical facts and prices.

For what London restaurants charge for prestige Champagne, see What Restaurants Charge for Champagne.

How this was measured

• Lists. The 240 London restaurant wine lists published on ELID as of 18 October 2026, each captured from July 2026 onwards. Lists change often, so check each restaurant's ELID page for its capture date and source.
• Wines counts every wine entry, including still, sparkling, rosé, orange, sweet and fortified wines, with by-the-glass entries. Spirits, beer, cocktails and cider are excluded. Identical duplicate entries are counted once.
• Bottle prices use 750 ml entries priced in pounds sterling. Entries under £18 are excluded, because they are usually glass prices recorded without a size. Median bottle prices are shown only for lists with enough priced bottles.
• Specialities use the country and region each list gives for the wine. Restaurants that publish the same cellar list are counted once. The wines London lists agree on uses ELID's matched wine identities across the same lists, at the confidence threshold ELID's restaurant pages use.
• No quality ranking. This guide measures size, price and focus. It does not rank quality.

Browse every London list on the London restaurant wine lists page.