Best Places to Eat on New Year's Day in London

The Breakfast Club know there's no better fix to a New Year's Eve hangover than a hearty plate of breakfast grub. Stack your pancakes high, pile bacon on the waffles and stuff you face with eggs bennies with bloody marys by the bucket-load and you'll be back on top form in no time. 

Balans Soho Society is all about indulging your foodie desires, so put those resolutions on hold and tuck into their signature Balans Burger this New Year's Day for the ultimate hangover fix. Combine this with a classic cocktail and you'll be restored in no time.

Cures for a heavy head come from Inamo's Soho and Covent Garden locations, where they'll be slinging sushi and offering interactive techy experiences that are sure to bring you back to life a little. To round it off? A little hair of the dog from the expert cocktail creators. 

Keep the party going at Barrio this New Year's Day as they'll be open for bank holiday celebrations and festivities. Giving you a vibrant menu of spicy tacos, loaded fries and sharing platters alongside tequila-laced libations, they're sure to get your 2020 off to a sizzling start. 

Bringing back Grange Hill vibes is the ever-reliable Schoolhouse. New Year's Day at this restaurant will see you chomp on naughty schoolboy pancakes, fatboy slim smoked salmon on sourdough and headmaster big breakfasts while attempting to remember your resolutions. 

Tucked away in the gorgeous St. James's Court hotel, The Bistro is an excellent dining spot to kick off the new year. Offering a calm retreat and high-quality dining, you can tuck into their menu of internationally-inspired eats and grilled treats without worrying about breaking resolutions.

Nestled within the Karma Sanctum Soho, Wild Heart will be dishing up delicious New Year's Day dinners for eager eaters. With many a rock 'n' roll patron gracing their establishment, these guys are sure to have the perfect hangover fix for you.

Looking for places to eat on New Year's Day in London? Whether you're nursing a sore head or feeling fresh, you can tuck into 2 hours of bottomless cocktails paired with a dish from the a la carte menu. What more could you want?

Looking to start the new year with a touch of glamour? Take yourself over to ROKA Mayfair and indulge in a celebratory feast of innovative Japanese dishes. Pair your sashimi, tempura and robata plates with the perfect sake and you're in good stead for 2020. 

What about a restorative brunch in a room filled with flowers? Well, Bourne & Hollingsworth are giving you just that on New Year's Day. If you can't muster up the courage to face Leicester Square, head to their Clerkenwell hideaway which is equally as beaut. 

The Restaurant at Soho's Sanderson is one heck of a lovely place to eat this New Year's Day, as they promise a breakfast, lunch and dinner that'll heal any wounds from the night before. From BBQ monkfish to stuffed chicken and ribeye steaks, this place is worth splashing out on. 

Ditching the January detox? Good on ya. Now head on over to FEST where the fun never stops, not even on a bank holiday. This party paradise will be right back into the swing of things, giving you the chance to start the year on a rooftop while munching pizza and guzzling cocktails.

Plate is a swish dining experience located on the mezzanine and ground floor of M by Montcalm Hotel in Shoreditch, serving an eclectic menu of British dishes with a French flair. Head over and you can tuck into Barnsley chop and steamed St Mawes sea bream to refuel. 

Got a hankering for dim sum? Ping Pong are open on New Year's Day and serving up their signature dumplings to the masses. Refuel on hearty winter sharing plates such as katsu curry bowls, share some crispy duck and get stuck into shanghai xiaolongbao, because you deserve it. 

Sketch will have its doors wide open for hungry patrons come New Year's Day, and while the Lecture Room & Library will be closed, we can guarantee the rest of the kooky hideaway is worth exploring. From its art-lined walls and astounding eats, it's a cracking way to kick off 2020.

The Boundary will have multiple areas open on New Year's Day, so you can kick back on the rooftop with a cocktail and offerings hot off the robata grill, or hide away in the Albion with a freshly baked pie and craft beer. 

If you're on the hunt for a more upscale New Year's Eve brunch, Holbon Dining Room are your guys. Open from 12pm - 4pm, they'll be dishing up a sumptuous three course offering of elegant eats, utilising fresh ingredients and flavours that won't jeopardise any resolutions.  

The Barbary's holistic approach to cooking is all you need to pull you out of any NYE slumps. Treat yourself to a visit this New Year's Day and you'll be brought back to life with their khamara octopus, grilled figs and manouri, and chicken al bandora, cooked in traditional clay ovens. 

The Coal Rooms is a relaxed bar, restaurant and café that will be hosting an exceptionally wholesome roast dinner on New Year's Day from 1pm. If you've got a hankering for a classic hangover fix, these will be your guys.