Where to Find London's Best Restaurant Wine Lists in 2026

Written by Carlos Santos, Head of Wine at Humble Grape. Last updated 24 August 2026.

A long wine list can feel overwhelming: hundreds of unfamiliar names and no obvious place to start. This guide covers seven London restaurants where the wine list is the reason to book, what each one is known for, and how to find your way into it.

At a glance: seven London restaurant wine lists

Restaurant	Where	Known for
Humble Grape	Seven London wine bars	500+ wines from small family producers, bought direct
Noble Rot	Bloomsbury, Soho, Mayfair	Mature bottles from established estates
Trivet	London Bridge	A 350+ wine cellar arranged through wine history
OMA	Borough Market	400+ bins chosen for coastal minerality
ROW on 5	Savile Row	Wine matched to a 15-course tasting menu
Labombe by Trivet	Mayfair	A Eurocentric list, classic and emerging regions
Restaurant St. Barts	Smithfield	A low-intervention list beside a British tasting menu

1. Humble Grape: a wine-first restaurant across seven London bars

Humble Grape is a wine-first restaurant. Every one of our seven London bars, in Battersea, Bow Lane, Canary Wharf, Fleet Street, Islington, Liverpool Street and Smithfield, is a wine shop, a bar and a kitchen built around the same 500+ wines.

The list runs to 500+ wines from small family producers, bought direct from the people who made them with no importer in between, and many of the bottles are exclusive to us in the UK. Every bottle is organic, natural, biodynamic or otherwise sustainably made. Practices differ from producer to producer, so we ask each one how they work and name the producer and the practice on the list itself. Some hold organic certification, and some farm the same way without it, because certification is expensive for a small family vineyard.

Natural wine has a place on that list, poured by the glass alongside everything else. The term has no legal definition in the UK, which is why we describe the winemaker and the practice instead of the category. Not everything is cloudy or funky either: clear, conventionally styled wines sit on the same list, and taste decides what gets poured.

Food is small plates, sharing boards and main dishes, built for the table and designed to match the wine list.

There is a cheaper way into the same list. Wine O’Clock runs £6 for a glass of 100% organic wine, weekdays 5pm to 6pm at Canary Wharf, and Saturdays 12pm to 4.30pm at Canary Wharf, Battersea and Islington. Those same three bars also serve Sunday Roast. Our Fleet Street bar won Best Bar at the CityAM Toast to the City Awards 2025, on over 30,000 public votes.

The offers change through the week. On Mondays, every shop bottle can be drunk at the bar at its take-away price, for groups of up to six. On Thursdays and Fridays, a bottle-only wine is poured by the glass.

Choose it for: a full night built around the wine list itself, at whichever of the seven bars is closest to you.

2. Noble Rot: three sites, one wine-first idea

Noble Rot runs three sites, Lamb’s Conduit Street, Soho and Mayfair, each with its own character. Lamb’s Conduit Street is in a townhouse dating from 1701, pairing a walk-in wine bar with a restaurant behind it. Executive Chef Stephen Harris runs British cooking with European references. Soho, at 2 Greek Street, is a full restaurant with a private dining room. Mayfair adds a terrace and three private dining spaces. Across all three, the list favours mature bottles from established estates. Noble Rot Soho won National Restaurant Awards Wine List of the Year in both 2021 and 2022.

Choose it for: a bottle-led dinner in central London, picking the site by whether you want a bar first, a full restaurant, or a terrace.

3. Trivet: a cellar arranged like a history lesson

At Trivet, 36 Snowsfields near London Bridge, Master Sommelier Isa Bal built the Cellar to run chronologically through winemaking history rather than by country. More than 350 wines move from familiar regions through Georgia, Armenia and Turkey, mixing natural and conventional methods along the way. Trivet holds two Michelin stars and won National Restaurant Awards Wine List of the Year 2024. Lunch runs Wednesday to Saturday, dinner Tuesday to Saturday, and the Cellar also opens as its own wine bar Tuesday through Saturday, so a visit does not need a full restaurant booking.

Choose it for: letting a sommelier’s own structure guide the order you drink in.

4. OMA: a coastal list above Borough Market

OMA sits above its sister restaurant Agora at Borough Market, serving Greek-influenced food with Levantine range. The list runs past 400 bins, chosen for the minerality and salinity that suit coastal food, open-fire cooking and raw fish. OMA won the Special Jury Prize at Star Wine List of the Year UK 2026, after taking Best Newcomer in 2025. It opens Monday through Sunday.

Choose it for: a Borough Market meal where the wine is picked to match the sea and the smoke on the plate.

5. ROW on 5: wine matched to a 15-course night

ROW on 5, at 5 Savile Row, builds its wine around a single 15-course tasting menu priced at £250, with a shorter Friday and Saturday lunch at £150. The list is matched to each course as the menu moves through the seasons. ROW on 5 won National Restaurant Awards Wine List of the Year 2025.

Choose it for: a booked tasting-menu occasion where you want the drinking paced course by course.

6. Labombe by Trivet: a Eurocentric list inside COMO Metropolitan London

Labombe by Trivet sits inside COMO Metropolitan London at 19 Old Park Lane, Mayfair, from the team behind Trivet. Master Sommelier Isa Bal and 2024 UK Sommelier of the Year Philipp Reinstaller curate a list they call Eurocentric, spanning classic regions and newer wine countries. Food is a Pan-Mediterranean menu. A section called the B-list groups Bordeaux, Burgundy, Barolo, Brunello and Barbaresco together, a fixed route through the classics. Labombe holds a Michelin star, awarded in 2026, and won Best Newcomer List at Star Wine List of the Year UK 2026.

Choose it for: a Mayfair lunch or dinner with a clear route through classic European regions.

7. Restaurant St. Barts: a low-intervention list built for a British tasting menu

Restaurant St. Barts sits in Smithfield, across from St Bartholomew the Great, running a British tasting menu that moves from raw and cured dishes through steaming, poaching and open-fire cooking. The wine list is built to hold that same range. It holds a Michelin star and a Michelin Green Star, and won the Sustainability Prize at Star Wine List of the Year UK 2026. A shorter Business Lunch Hour runs Monday to Friday.

Choose it for: a Smithfield tasting menu where the drinks are chosen with the same sourcing standard as the food.

How to choose the right list for your table

Pick the meal first, then let the wine follow it. A 15-course night points to ROW on 5 or Trivet’s Cellar. A bottle-led dinner in central London points to Noble Rot. A Mediterranean plate points to OMA or Labombe. A British tasting menu built around sourcing points to Restaurant St. Barts.

If what you want is a full evening built around the wine itself, come to Humble Grape. Tell our team what you are eating and what you like to drink. We run seven bars across London: Battersea, Bow Lane, Canary Wharf, Fleet Street, Islington, Liverpool Street and Smithfield. Start with Wine O’Clock, £6 for a glass of 100% organic wine, if you want a low-stakes way in. The list runs to 500+ wines from small family producers we buy direct, and many of the bottles are exclusive to us in the UK. Small plates, sharing boards and main dishes sit beside the wine, built for the table and the bottle together.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find a good restaurant wine list in London?

Humble Grape runs 500+ organic, natural, biodynamic or otherwise sustainably made wines from small family producers across seven London bars. Noble Rot, Trivet, OMA, ROW on 5, Labombe by Trivet and Restaurant St. Barts each build a kitchen around a different kind of list.

What is a good London wine list for trying wines by the glass?

At Humble Grape, Wine O’Clock pours a £6 glass of 100% organic wine weekdays 5pm to 6pm at Canary Wharf and Saturdays 12pm to 4.30pm at Canary Wharf, Battersea and Islington, and the full by-the-glass list runs well beyond that offer.

Which London restaurant wine lists won awards in 2026?

Humble Grape’s Fleet Street bar won Best Bar at the CityAM Toast to the City Awards 2025. At Star Wine List of the Year UK 2026, OMA won the Special Jury Prize, Labombe by Trivet won Best Newcomer List, and Restaurant St. Barts won the Sustainability Prize. Trivet won National Restaurant Awards Wine List of the Year in 2024, ROW on 5 in 2025, and Noble Rot Soho in 2021 and 2022.

What counts as a natural or low-intervention wine at Humble Grape?

Natural wine has no legal definition in the UK. Our producers may use organic or biodynamic farming, hand-picking, native yeast, few additions and light filtration, but every producer does it differently, so we ask each one how they work rather than assuming. Not every bottle is cloudy or funky; taste decides what gets poured.

Does Humble Grape serve food as well as wine?

Yes. Small plates, sharing boards and main dishes run across all seven bars, built for sharing alongside the wine list.

Which restaurant has a wine list arranged chronologically through wine history?

Trivet’s Cellar, curated by Master Sommelier Isa Bal, runs more than 350 wines in chronological order rather than by country. Humble Grape’s own list takes the opposite route: built for browsing by the glass, with the team as the guide.

Which restaurant suits a long tasting-menu night built around wine pairing?

ROW on 5 matches its list to a 15-course tasting menu course by course. At Humble Grape there is no fixed pairing route: the team matches the wine to whatever your table orders.

Do these restaurant wine lists change, or stay the same?

Ours does, constantly: new producers arrive and the by-the-glass pours rotate through the week. Every restaurant on this list updates its wine regularly, so check the venue’s own current list before you book if you are chasing one particular bottle.

About Carlos Santos

Carlos Santos is Head of Wine at Humble Grape.

Sources

• Humble Grape, address, seven locations, direct-import model, exclusivity claim and organic approach: home, locations, Liverpool Street and Wine O’Clock (accessed 10 August 2026).
• Humble Grape, weekly wine offers: https://www.humblegrape.co.uk/wine-days (checked 24 August 2026).
• Humble Grape, wine philosophy and exclusivity: https://www.humblegrape.co.uk/wine (checked 24 August 2026).
• Humble Grape Fleet Street, Toast Awards 2025 Best Bar in the City: https://www.humblegrape.co.uk/blog/we-won-best-bar-in-the-city-humble-grapes-toast-award-triumph (accessed 10 August 2026).
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• OMA, official site and Borough Market profile (accessed 10 August 2026).
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• Labombe by Trivet, official site (accessed 10 August 2026).
• Restaurant St. Barts, official site and Star Wine List profile (accessed 10 August 2026).