Smoking Goat on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, with a new covered outside seating area — one of London’s best Thai restaurants
Smoking Goat on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, with a new covered outside seating area | Michaël Protin/Eater London

The restaurants across the city that offer shelter from the storm

In London, the rain, alas, will always come. And while outdoor dining persists as a very welcome holdover from COVID-19, that has changed the face of the London restaurant experience, it is not just a fair weather pursuit.

Hence, this map: The best places to eat outside in London when it’s raining. Which is to say, the places in London that have covered outdoor space to safeguard all manner of restaurant indulgence, with heating to boot.