The 14 Best French Restaurants In London

"Soif is an absolute delight. It’s one of those great little places where you clock the blackboards and old-school stools, eye up the other guests’ white wine mussels, and instantly know that this is somewhere you’ll be heading back to you. Back with a date. Back with friends to share the juicy rotisserie chicken. And back to eat enough garlic to keep Smint in business for the next decade. It’s a cosy but buzzing space in Clapham, that’s packed full of locals on date night, and three generations making their way through three bottles of beaujolais." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna