#family-run

#family-run

El Pirata, a few steps from Shepherd's Market, black-beamed as a galleon with white walls heaving with Miro and Picasso prints as if raided from Athena, has a refreshingly non-corporate, non-Instagram atmosphere. Seating is intimate and candle-lit at small tables. If you've not booked (although to do so is wise), there are stools to sip and snack at the mirrored bar as you wait. A timbered spiral staircase drills down to a terracotta tiled basement able to host larger groups.

"Winning Best London local restaurant couldn't make us happier," said Simonetta Wenkert. "We are nothing without our neighbours, and love being part of the community here on Kilburn Lane."