Discover our recommendations of memorable and novelty dining experiences in London...

Chew Chuo

A Japanese restaurant with a monorail service system said to be the first of its kind in Europe has pulled into Shoreditch. Chuo serves 40 different types of 'quick value quality’ sushi and izakaya-style dishes made to order and delivered by a monorail from the kitchen – unlike the more familiar conveyor-belt counters - with both counter-style seating and group booths. Alongside sashimi, nigiri and more, you'll find various tempura and yakitori dishes. The signature rolls include the Green Dragon with ebi, avocado, cucumber and spicy mayo and the beef roll with carrot, cucumber, red pepper, rocket, takuan and teriyaki sauce. 

Counter culture

Hidden downstairs and through the prep kitchen of Covent Garden's Mason Bab is Kebab Queen and a chef's table with a difference. Leading guests through the dishes from the open kitchen, the chefs encourage an uninhibited approach to dining. The six-course tasting menu (of European-influenced kebas), which you can rip, tear and eat with your hands - in a ritual that pays homage to late-night kebabs. Each dish is served directly onto a bespoke, heated Dekton countertop with you sit around the kitchen, perched on one of ten luxurious, cobalt blue, leather-clad stools. Typical dishes include Dover sole kebab served on an ironed hispi cabbage taco with roasted red pepper purée, and a spit-roast Cag kebab of aged Dalesbred mutton with puffed pita, charred heritage tomato ragù, smoked Turkish yoghurt, charred Carlston pepper, shallot and sumac salad.

Pitch black

Dans Le Noir, on London's Clerkenwell Green, is the London outpost of a Parisian concept, which invites diners to eat in a blacked-out room. Part sensory experience and part social experiment - studies show that 80 percent of people eat with their eyes; with that sense eliminated, the theory is that the other senses - namely taste and smell—take over to elevate your meal to a whole new level. After donning your blindfold in the darkened, candlelit room, you'll soon realise that focusing on taste and smell alone can be a truly enlightening experience - provided you're not afraid of the dark! There's a choice of four different ‘surprise’ menus (including a vegetarian version), but you are left to guess exactly what’s on the plate in front of you. 

Play with your food

Inamo fuses unique interactive table technology & pan-Asian dining with locations in Soho & Covent Garden. The neon-lit restaurants features tables which double as an entertainment centre: spy on the kitchen with ‘Chef Cam’, play retro video games, or choose the design of your place settings. Place your order via iPad, and dishes (all made for sharing). Start with truffled marbled beef and Vietnamese chicken spring rolls or wild boar rolls and lobster salad followed by Chilean sea bass with mushrooms and creamy truffled soy or Thai red curry with butternut squash. 

Meal on wheels 

Experience a gastronomic 'meal on wheels' on a custom-designed double-decker bus. Bustronome takes a gourmet tour through London combines sightseeing and the best views of all London's major landmarks with a either a 4 or 6-course meal on board the top deck, with its panoramic glass roofed terrace. Expect a seasonal changing menu overseen by chef Vincent Thiessé who has experience working in luxury resorts in Mauritius and Seychelles - and wine pairing options. Priced from £70 for lunch, and from £120 for dinner. Also available in Paris. 

Underground dining

Get onboard a culinary journey like no other aboard the UK’s only dine-in tube carriage. Combining gastronomy with an innovative twist, Supperclub.tube reimagines London's iconic underground network, transforming a vintage 1967 Victoria Line carriage into a unique dining destination - complete with TFL’s iconic Moquette seating. Located at the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum, E17, the stationed train has been transformed into a fully functioning 35-cover restaurant with head chef Beatriz Maldonado Carreno dishing up Latin American cuisine with a six-course menu with dishes such as rijoles con Arepa and Tiradito de Merluza. Pictured.

Dine in the sky

An extraordinary pop-up restaurant that gives you a whole new perspective on dining in London. London in the Sky is an experience like no other; a 22-seat Sky Table suspended 100ft in the air, where you’ll enjoy fantastic food and drink accompanied by truly unique views of the capital’s skyline. Take in the capital’s stunning skyline while savouring an unforgettable meal at one of the specially designed Sky Tables. London in the Sky - at the O2 - serves everything from breakfast to afternoon tea or dinner at sunset, all prepared in front of you.