Where to eat truffles in London

Piazza Italiana serves up tempting menus of Italian dishes, including some seasonal specials. Based in a Grade II listed building, the restaurant interior has a classic style and private dining is offered. A choice of sophisticated menus are available, with a number of different truffle-based dishes including a seasonal pasta dish spun at your table in a pecorino wheel. 

There are plenty of opportunities to indulge in truffles at Sparrow Italia. This restaurant serves coastal Italian cuisine and comforting dishes like pizza and pasta. You can order truffles as a side dish, with the varieties offered depending on seasonality. Otherwise you can sample options like a rich truffle focaccia or add fresh truffle to your cacio e pepe pasta.

Based in Berkeley Street, Il Borro Tuscan Bistro is set over two floors and has a bright and smart look. Traditional Tuscan recipes and farm-to-table dishes are served here. Antipasti, pasta and pizza, and meat and fish dishes are served. You can add truffle to a number of dishes or choose something where the ingredient is the star like pizza or pasta recipes.

Belgravia restaurant Zafferano is an award-winning spot that opened in 1995. It's a refined venue with private dining facilities and outdoor tables. The seasonal menu changes regularly but features some ever-present specialities like lobster linguine. Seasonal truffle menus of dishes laden with the indulgent ingredient are served as well.

Michelin-starred restaurant Hide features breezy contemporary decor and a dramatic spiral staircase. There are three venues in one here and ample opportunities to eat truffles. Seasonal truffles are available priced by the gram and the ingredient is included in various dishes like pasta or crumpets served with truffle, honey, and cheese.

In Bloomsbury there's Otto's French Restaurant, serving classic French dishes in richly decorated surroundings. There are multiple ways to enjoy truffle here, including in indulgent pressed duck and Bresse chicken dishes that need to be ordered in advance. Across the whole menu you'll find impressive French food prepared with quality ingredients.

The menu at Bread & Truffle is all about fresh focaccia sandwiches stuffed with delicious fine ingredients. It's a casual setting with counter service and a varied choice of Italian sandwiches. Options range from mortadella to grilled veggies. There's a truffle-centric selection that includes truffles combined with cheeses or a Tuscan sausage sandwich with truffle cream and oil.

Greek restaurant Meraki serves multiple dishes that incorporate truffle. Food is served in a tasteful space flooded with light thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows and with an outside terrace. Truffle fans can enjoy the luxury ingredient in pasta dishes, with mezze, or to accompany a luxury steak. Round off the meal with a signature cocktail.

Chic eatery Harry's Bar is well-known by truffle fans in London. This upmarket spot has a relaxed vibe and serves seasonal Italian menus. There's a dedicated truffle menu of dishes enhanced by truffle shavings, including carpaccio and pasta. The main menu also includes options like truffled chicken and truffle arancini – you can have an entire truffle feast here.

STK Steakhouse is all about glam and luxury so it's no surprise that truffles are on the menu. You can enhance your prime cut of steak by ordering grated truffle or truffle butter as a topping or choose truffle-infused dishes like potato gratin or tagliatelle.

You'll find Eataly next to Liverpool Street station. This large Italian food hall houses market traders and a number of eateries. Shop for truffle products like truffle cream, truffle butter, and salt with white truffle. With plenty of options for Italian dining on-site, you'll often see dishes with truffles on the menus here as well.

Although you won't find grated truffle here, Truffle Burger offers burgers that are a dream for fans of truffle flavours. This trendy burger spot has a simple menu and all but one of the burgers is enhanced with some sort of truffle-based ingredient. That includes beef, chicken, and vegetarian burgers.

Refined restaurant The Twenty Two serves modern British cooking with a Mediterranean flair. The dining room is comfortable and timeless with duck egg blue walls, crisp tablecloths, and neatly arranged artwork. The menu is all about light low-intervention dishes with various truffle options on offer like truffle roast chicken, risotto, and pasta.

Based in Covent Garden, Fumo is an elegant place for a sociable Italian meal. Dishes are made for sharing here and prepared with fresh ingredients. In this relaxed environment you can sample pasta, pizza, salads, and seafood, plus wines from across Italy. Try truffles here with pizza, pasta, or to enhance side dishes and antipasti like burrata.

May Fair Kitchen serves up a distinctive combo of Japanese and Italian dishes, including vegan choices. Both cuisines offer opportunities to savour truffles with dishes like mushroom risotto with black truffle, beef with chilli truffle teriyaki sauce, or sashimi with truffle yuzu soy sauce. Fine wines and cocktails accompany the food.

In a historic setting that was once the home of Karl Marx, Quo Vadis is a restaurant and private club in Soho. This refined venue has stained glass windows, art on the walls, and a peaceful atmosphere. A seasonal truffle tasting menu is offered for pure indulgence, with all dishes served here focusing on quality British produce.

Gloria in Shoreditch is a lush trattoria for indulgent Italian meals. The menu uses ingredients from small producers in Italy and changes regularly, although you'll often see tasty truffle dishes on the menu. Try a decadent pizza with fresh truffle or a rich pasta with a creamy truffle sauce. The fun cocktails here are an ideal pairing to the dishes.

A Borough Market stall rather than a restaurant, Tartufaia is a go-to for shoppers who want to bring truffles into their home cooking. Buy truffles imported from Italy or a range of other products like truffle honey, truffle butter, white truffle oil, and cheeses with the ingredient. The goal is to make truffles more accessible. Every product here is made with natural ingredients.

Go to Circolo Popolare for a glamorous Sicilian meal surrounded by eye-catching decor. The walls are covered in thousands of bottles whilst the outdoor terrace is brimming with botanicals. The menu of Italian favourites changes regularly but truffles often make an appearance on pizzas or in pasta recipes. Pair your meal with something from the lengthy wine list.

At San Carlo Cicchetti you can enjoy truffles in a number of ways, whether paired with burrata, topping off a pizza, or adding something extra in a pasta dish. These are seasonal recipes served in a venue inspired by the bars of Venice. The interiors are sophisticated and there's a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere.

Cosy Highgate restaurant Don Ciccio is a popular pick for Sicilian cuisine in the local area. The venue is warm and welcoming. You can always enjoy classics like pizza and pasta here but, subject to availability and seasonality, you can also opt for a set menu showcasing fine Italian truffles in every course.

Truffles are often associated with European cooking but that's not so at Los Mochis. This vibrant Notting Hill restaurant serves a unique fusion of Mexican and Japanese cuisines, and plenty of dishes incorporate truffle into the mix. Diners can try options like sushi, ceviche, and guacamole that all feature truffle. The venue is decorated with colourful Mexican artwork.

Elegant Chinese restaurant and bar Tattu encompasses a number of distinct spaces around a central courtyard. It's an imaginative and evocative venue serving refined Chinese dishes. Whether you go for a set menu or à la carte dishes there are plenty of ways to enjoy truffle, for example with wild mushroom springs rolls or in a chicken truffle shumai dumpling.

Italian restaurant Bocconcino is packed with great style, with each location having a unique character. They're united in being known for fine Italian food, including pasta, pizza, and seafood. There are numerous ways to get your truffle fix here, with the ingredient included in multiple dishes and the option to add grated truffle to any item on the menu.

Best-known as a sleek Argentine steakhouse, Gaucho is also a real treat for truffle lovers. You can order truffle and black pepper butter to go on your steak or try truffle arancini or the signature truffle mac and cheese. These refined dishes are served in a setting that's style-conscious and elegant.

Vegetarian diners who fancy trying truffles can indulge in a themed tasting menu at Oliveira Kitchen in Shoreditch. This vegetarian restaurant showcases nature's bounty with organic, seasonal, and foraged ingredients. The truffle menu is prepared with European truffles and involves several courses centred on the ingredient, including truffle ice cream.

London's first Italian dining bakery Luci serves a dedicated truffle menu during truffle season. At the elegant Covent Garden eatery, you can enjoy the likes of Pizza Napoli Gorgonzola with Taleggio and Black Truffle, complemented by a signature Truffle Sour cocktail. The dishes are available as dine-in or takeaway.