Barbecue in London
London has 12 barbecue spots mapped on The BBQ Atlas, spanning Kansas City, Memphis, Modern and more. You'll find Bodean's BBQ, Bodean's BBQ and Camden BBQ here, among others. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in London, United Kingdom.
Bodean's BBQ
London, United Kingdom
This is where Bodean's does what it does — barbecue in the Kansas City style, on a London street corner where you wouldn't necessarily expect to find it. The place exists. People go there. That's what matters.
Bodean's BBQ
London, United Kingdom
Bodean's has done Kansas City-style barbecue in London since 2002, when Canadian restaurateur Andre Blais opened the first Soho site after studying the KC pits — often called London's first authentic KC barbecue. This is the Tower Hill branch on Byward Street, in the shadow of the Tower: burnt ends, ribs, low-and-slow. Call or check the site for hours.
Camden BBQ
London, United Kingdom
Camden BBQ brings Memphis-style barbecue to Chalk Farm Road. No fuss, no pretence — just the real thing, cooked the way it should be. Find them on Chalk Farm Road, NW1. They're worth the trip.
Cue Point
London, United Kingdom
Cue Point is a British-Afghan fusion smokehouse and grill in Notting Hill, London, specializing in Texan-style low-and-slow BBQ techniques adapted with Afghan spices and flavors. Halal-certified with no pork, it offers brisket, chicken, burnt ends and other smoked meats alongside sides in a pub garden setting with indoor and extensive outdoor seating. The venue opened its first permanent home in April 2026 as The Garden Bar Grill & Smokehouse by Cue Point.
From The Ashes BBQ @ The Five Points Brewing Company
London, United Kingdom
The taproom and courtyard of The Five Points Brewing Company, an East London brewery operating in Hackney since 2013. Features brewery-fresh beers alongside a residency from London smokehouse From The Ashes, serving inventive, sustainable barbecue focused on British-reared meats with techniques including smoking and asado-style cooking. Open Thursday to Sunday with indoor and covered outdoor seating.
Goldies London
London, United Kingdom
Goldies London is a live-fire restaurant in Kingly Court, Soho, specializing in wood-fired grills and famous frites. The menu centers on a custom Ox grill with sharing platters of aged beef rump, pork chop, lamb merguez, and marinated chicken, served with corn, peppers, pickles, and house sauces alongside natural wines. It offers casual, energetic dining with outdoor seating in a peach-toned space just off Carnaby Street.
Meat Market Barbecue
London, United Kingdom
This is barbecue that moves. Operating as a pop-up and catering service across London, Meat Market Barbecue trades in Texas-style cooking — the real thing, not a London approximation. Find them through their website or Instagram; they'll tell you where they are and when. No fixed location, no fixed hours, no compromise on what they do. That's the model.
Rack City Ribs
London, United Kingdom
Since 2020, this pop-up has occupied a corner of a London pub and built a quiet following for ribs done low and long. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 1 p.m. onwards — later on weekends. No fuss, no storefront theatre; just slow-cooked meat and the food that goes with it. Find them on the web or Instagram if you need the details. They know what they're doing.
Smok'd
London, United Kingdom
The Britannia is where Smok'd — the multi-award-winning outfit that took Ribstock honours at the origin — planted itself in a proper London pub. There's a bar that opens at noon, an open kitchen turning out beef rib and burgers via smoking, roasting, charring and grilling, and Ram Jam Records' live music venue tucked at the rear. Modern British barbecue meets pints and gigs, all under one roof. The kitchen runs until nine most nights, later Thursday through Saturday. The bar stays open longer. It's the sort of place that doesn't ask you to choose between a proper meal and a proper evening — you can have both, in whichever order suits you.
Smokestak
London, United Kingdom
Located in East London, Smokestak serves barbecue to a city not known for it. The kitchen operates across lunch and dinner service, six days a week, with extended hours Thursday through Saturday. It's a straightforward proposition: good barbecue, properly made, in a neighbourhood that's learned to expect it.
Temper
London, United Kingdom
Temper opened on Broadwick Street in Soho in 2016, chef Neil Rankin's temple to live fire — a custom pit, open flame, and whole-animal cooking done in-house down to the butchery. Rare-breed British beef, dry-aged on site; smoked barbecue and smoky tacos alongside the steaks; a Sunday roast usually spoken for by Friday. Lunch and dinner most days, opening at five on Mondays. Book ahead or take your chances.
Temper
London, United Kingdom
Temper is a modern barbecue operation built around open fire — no gas, no compromise on method. This branch sits on Throgmorton Street in the City, a few minutes' walk from the Bank of England keeps weekday hours that suit the neighbourhood: open from noon through to 10:15 p.m., Monday to Friday, with Saturday service until 4 p.m. Sundays it's closed. The menu runs to steakhouse fare alongside barbecue, all cooked over open flame. It's a different register from the pit-and-queue model — more formal, more seated — but the commitment to fire and proper cooking remains the same.