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Core by Clare Smyth

“4.7 across 1.7k Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.”

★★★ Michelin
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Core by Clare Smyth

british · London W11 2PN

★★★ MichelinWorld's 50 Best

4.7 across 1.7k Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.

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Verdict: Occasion Worthy
$$$$ · Open nowToday · 12:00 — 14:30G4.7T4.8Y4.7MS
Score breakdown

Sources used

Google4.7 ★1.7k reviews
Yelp4.7 ★38 reviews
Tripadvisor4.8 ★1.1k reviews

Signal confidence

88%Strong · 3 sources

The star

Harry's own 3 H Stars. Scored 97, clearing the 3★ bar (score ≥ 96).

Held since 10 August 2026.

Is Core by Clare Smyth worth it?

Occasion Worthy. Harry scores Core by Clare Smyth 97/100 for quality and 79/100 on the Worth It scale for London. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.

Three Michelin stars puts Core at the top of British fine dining, and for once the crowd data doesn't argue: 4.7 on Google across 1,632 reviews is a genuinely large sample agreeing with the critics, not just a handful of plants padding the average. The Yelp number matches too, just on 38 reviews, so treat that as confirmation rather than its own data point. The one oddity is #331 of nearly 28,000 on Tripadvisor — in a city with that much competition for tourist attention, a three-star kitchen sitting outside the top 1% there says more about Tripadvisor's user base than about the food.

TripAdvisor: #331 of 27,950 locally

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