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

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

Get 2022 off to a flying start with an Electric Shuffle brunch. This New Year's Day feast in London sees you wolf down unlimited pizza and a bottle of prosecco each, before spending an hour at your group's private shuffleboard to battle it out and see who becomes champion.

Cupcakes and queens? Sign us up. Grab yourself a bottomless afternoon tea alongside a stellar drag show at Mrs Riot this New Year's Day in London. From jaw-dropping moves to lip-syncing and shameless glittery drag dress, this is one hell of a party to celebrate the arrival of 2022.

Keep the celebrations rolling on with Flight Club's New Year's Day Brunch Social. Hit up one of the old school darts dens around London with your bubble where you'll fun private oches, bottomless pizza paddles and bottles of prosecco awaiting. 

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. 

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.

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.  

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 2022.

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. 

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.