Twelve Bromley borough restaurants, from Michelin-listed Chapter One to Chislehurst's seafood rooms, with menu prices, hours and hygiene ratings checked.

Most people searching for a good meal in Bromley borough land on Chapter One at Locksbottom, the restaurant the Michelin Guide lists here; Indian Essence in Petts Wood, run under chef Atul Kochhar’s name; iNaga in West Wickham, an Asian Curry Awards winner; and Chislehurst’s cluster of Fish Union, Bank House and Cinnamon Culture. Every entry was checked against the restaurant’s own site on 26 October 2026.

We have not eaten at these restaurants for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry sets out what the restaurant publishes: what it says it does, prices from its menu, its opening hours and its booking rules. Awards are named only where we could find them on the public record, and hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Menus change, so treat prices as a guide.

Bromley town centre

1. Rangoli Nest, Widmore Road

Rangoli Nest is a South Indian kitchen on Widmore Road. Its own site says “every sauce, pickle, and spice blend that reaches your table is lovingly made from scratch in our kitchen”, and that it hosted the India women’s cricket team.

It serves weekday lunch, a weekend breakfast from 10am to 12pm, and dinner. Its menus are image files, so we could not check prices; ask when you book.

Open Mon 5pm to 10.30pm; Tue to Fri 12pm to 2.45pm and 5pm to 10.30pm; Sat 10am to 10.30pm; Sun 10am to 9pm
Call 020 4619 9625
Address 31 Widmore Road, BR1 1RW
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 13 December 2024
Website rangolinest.co.uk
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Good for South Indian, weekday lunch, weekend breakfast, made from scratch

2. The Royal Bell, High Street

The Royal Bell was “built in 1898” and “reborn in 2025”, its site says, and is now a boutique hotel and members’ club with dining open to everyone: a bar and grill for “flame-grilled cuts and stacked burgers”, Aldo’s Pizza, a garden and Zilli’s Caffé for daytime sandwiches and pastries.

Food à la carte Tue and Wed 12pm to 8pm; Thu 12pm to 9.30pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to 4pm and 5pm to 9.30pm; Sunday roast 12pm to 5pm; closed Mon
Booking reservations open to all; walk-ins as space allows
Call 020 3518 9138
Address 175 High Street, BR1 1NN
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 26 February 2026
Website theroyalbell.co.uk/dining
Good for garden, bar and grill, pizza, Sunday roast, daytime café

Locksbottom

3. Chapter One, Farnborough Common

Chapter One is the borough’s restaurant in the Michelin Guide, which calls it a “long-standing restaurant” with “a loyal following” and notes the 1930s building. Chef patron Andrew McLeish cooks modern European food, with a main dining room and a brasserie built around a Josper grill.

Prices below are from its menus page; the hours are as Michelin gives them. Dress is smart casual.

Open Wed to Sat lunch and dinner; Sun 12pm to 3pm; closed Mon and Tue
Price three courses £64.95 for lunch and dinner Wed and Thu; £69.95 for dinner Fri and Sat; optional 7.5% service charge
Call 01689 854848
Address Farnborough Common, BR6 8NF
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 30 July 2025
Website chapteronerestaurant.co.uk/menus
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Good for Michelin Guide, modern European, Josper grill brasserie, free car park at the rear, smart casual

4. The Bank, Crofton Road

The Bank, a few doors along the A21, describes itself as “not a typical Turkish restaurant” but “a social dining experience” with two bars and live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Prices below are from its main menu.

The site asks that children under 10 are seated before 7pm, as later bookings are for adults.

Open Mon to Thu 12pm to 10pm; Fri and Sat 12pm to 11pm; Sun 12pm to 9pm
Food kitchen closes 9pm, 8pm on Sunday
Price grills from £22 for a chicken or lamb Adana to £33 for a mixed kebab; lamb shish £28; cold meze for the table £20
Booking children under 10 seated before 7pm; later bookings for adults
Call 01689 855579
Address 354 Crofton Road, BR6 8NN
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 12 March 2026
Website thebankrestaurant.com
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Good for Turkish grill, two bars, live music Fri and Sat nights

Chislehurst

5. Fish Union, Royal Parade

Fish Union was founded by chefs Richard Kirkwood and Andy Roberts, “previously of J-Sheekey’s and Wright Brothers”, its site says. It began as a fishmonger and became a restaurant and bar after a refurbishment in 2025.

Prices below are from the sample à la carte; its meat comes from Carnivore Butchers in Bromley.

Open Tue to Sat 12pm to 9pm; Sun 12pm to 5pm
Price Maldon oysters £23 for six; large plates £18 to £28; whole wild sea bass £42; whole Dover sole £48
Address 6 Royal Parade, BR7 6NR
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 11 June 2026
Website fishunion.co.uk
Good for seafood, oysters, restaurant and bar

6. Bank House, High Street

Bank House is a café, restaurant and bar over two floors, “lovingly designed and converted in 2019”, run by Stuart and Cecilia, its own site says. The menu mixes “modern European cuisine and traditional British fare”, with steaks cooked over a robata charcoal grill.

Prices below are from the sample main menu. There is a children’s menu all week.

Food coffee and pastries in the morning; set menu from 12pm; à la carte from 5.30pm
Price large plates £19 to £29; 180g Hereford sirloin £24.95; weekly set menu from £23.95
Address 11 High Street, BR7 5AB
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 11 June 2025
Website bankhousechislehurst.com
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Good for café, restaurant and bar, robata grill steaks, children's menu all week, two floors

7. Cinnamon Culture, High Street

Cinnamon Culture “opened its doors in 2010”, its site says, aiming to “bring the richness of authentic spices to a setting worthy of that story” with “skilled chefs trained in classical cookery”. It calls itself fine Indian dining and has a tasting menu, a weekend lunch and cocktails.

Set menu prices are from its set menu page.

Open Tue to Sat 12pm to 2.30pm and 6pm to 11pm; Sun 12pm to 3pm and 6pm to 10pm; closed Mon
Price set menu Sun to Thu £26 for two courses or £29 for three; not on Valentine's, Mother's and Father's Day, Diwali or over the festive season
Address 95 to 97 High Street, BR7 5AG
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 14 October 2025
Website cinnamonculture.com/about-us
Good for fine Indian dining, tasting menu, weekend lunch, cocktails

8. Denny’s Seafood Restaurant, Station Approach

Denny’s sits in the old waiting room of Chislehurst station and has been “lovingly run by the same family since 1985”, its site says. It describes “quality seafood, homely cooking” and a flexible menu with “off-menu requests and dietary accommodation”.

Prices below are from its main courses page. A function room takes parties of up to 70.

Open Tue to Sat from 6pm; Sun from 12pm
Price mains from £18.95 for salmon with two giant prawns to £22.95 for a seafood platter over grilled cod
Booking by phone
Call 020 8467 5612
Address 3 Station Approach, BR7 5NN
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 19 August 2025
Website dennysseafoodrestaurant.co.uk
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Good for seafood, family-run since 1985, function room for up to 70, dietary requests

Petts Wood

9. Indian Essence, Petts Wood Road

Indian Essence carries chef Atul Kochhar’s name, and its own site says it “retains the charm of traditional Indian cooking with Atul Kochhar’s inventive modern touches”. The site also calls it a “Michelin Bib Gourmand Winner”; it is not in the Michelin Guide’s current selection.

Prices below are from its menus page.

Food lunch Mon to Fri 12pm to 2.45pm; dinner from 5.30pm; Sun lunch from 12.30pm
Price à la carte starters from £11.75; weekend lunch £28 for two courses or £32 for three; weekday dinner menu Sun to Wed £30 or £34; discretionary 12.5% service charge
Address 176 to 178 Petts Wood Road, BR5 1LG
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 18 July 2025
Website indianessence.co.uk
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Good for Atul Kochhar, modern Indian, weekend lunch, weekday dinner menu

Beckenham and West Wickham

10. Pierluigi’s, High Street, Beckenham

Pierluigi’s has served Italian food on Beckenham High Street “for nearly three decades”, its site says, and its Linguine Scoglio has been “a favourite since 1994”. Sunday lunch includes a 36-day dry-aged sirloin roast.

Friday and Saturday nights are a different event, with a resident DJ, a minimum spend, a “smart” dress code and no trainers or caps.

Open Tue 5pm to 11pm; Wed and Thu 12pm to 11pm; Fri 12pm to 12.30am; Sat 12pm to 1am; Sun 12pm to 10.30pm; closed Mon
Food weekday lunch Tue to Sat 12pm to 3pm; Sunday lunch 12pm to 3pm
Booking card details taken to secure every booking; minimum spend Fri and Sat nights
Call 020 8663 3387
Address 86 to 90 High Street, BR3 1ED
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 3 June 2025
Website pierluigis.com
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Good for Italian, Sunday roast, resident DJ Fri and Sat, smart dress code

11. The Big Catch, High Street, Beckenham

The Big Catch has been on Beckenham High Street since 1992, its site says: a sit-down fish restaurant as well as a takeaway, frying in groundnut oil, with grilled sea bass and sardines alongside battered cod. Every Monday it runs a dedicated gluten-free fryer all day, and three small plates are £20.

Open Mon to Sat 11am to 10pm; closed Sun
Price cod and chips with a cup of tea £10.50 to eat in, Mon to Thu 11am to 5pm; three small plates £20
Call 020 8663 6635
Address 202 to 204 High Street, BR3 1EN
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 17 April 2025
Website bigcatchbeckenham.co.uk
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Good for eat in or takeaway, gluten-free fryer Mondays, private dining for up to 20

12. iNaga, Croydon Road, Coney Hall

iNaga was named Asian Restaurant of the Year (London Suburbs) at the Asian Curry Awards 2024, the Yorkshire Post reported. Its own site calls it “contemporary Bangladeshi dining” and says “fine Indian food is not just about adding heat but the marriage of the finest aromatic herbs and spices”.

Open Mon to Sat 5pm to 11pm; Sun 2pm to 10pm
Price Naga Night £17.95 a head, dine-in only, Mon to Wed; Sunday special £15.95 a head from 2pm
Call 020 8462 6211
Address 84 Croydon Road, BR4 9HY
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 9 November 2024
Website inaga.co.uk
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Good for Asian Curry Awards 2024, Bangladeshi, Naga Night Mon to Wed, Sunday special

How we chose

These are the restaurants people search for in Bromley borough, chosen on the public record rather than on taste: the Michelin Guide, published awards, how long a place has been trading, and the FSA hygiene rating. Every restaurant here is rated 5. We left out places we could not check against a working website of their own on the day. That ruled out, for now, Copper Ceylon on East Street, which won Best Restaurant (London Suburbs) at the British Curry Awards 2022 but whose web address now shows unrelated content, and Havet on the High Street. Tamasha on Widmore Road says it is taking a short pause after 34 years, and Kaizen in The Glades has been wound up. Prices and hours are as published on 26 October 2026, so check before you set off, especially around Christmas.

Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@bromleyonline.co.uk.

For more, see our guides to Sunday roast in Bromley, Bromley pubs, things to do in Bromley and what’s on in Bromley this month, and the restaurants in our Bromley business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Which Bromley restaurants are in the Michelin Guide?

Chapter One at Locksbottom, on Farnborough Common, is the restaurant in Bromley borough that the Michelin Guide currently lists. Its three-course à la carte costs £64.95 at lunch and dinner on Wednesday and Thursday, and £69.95 at dinner on Friday and Saturday. Indian Essence in Petts Wood describes itself as a “Michelin Bib Gourmand Winner”; it did not appear in the guide’s current selection when we checked on 26 October 2026.

Which Bromley restaurants have won awards?

iNaga in Coney Hall, West Wickham was named Asian Restaurant of the Year (London Suburbs) at the Asian Curry Awards 2024. Chapter One is listed in the Michelin Guide and says its wine list holds an AA Notable Wine List award. Indian Essence in Petts Wood is run under the name of chef Atul Kochhar.

Which Bromley restaurants are open on a Monday?

Many are not. Chapter One, Cinnamon Culture, Pierluigi’s, Fish Union and Denny’s all close on Mondays. On the restaurants’ own published hours, The Bank in Locksbottom opens from 12pm, Indian Essence serves lunch and dinner, The Big Catch in Beckenham opens 11am to 10pm, Rangoli Nest opens from 5pm and iNaga from 5pm.