A Creative’s Guide To Notting Hill: Where To Go Beyond Portobello Road
August 1, 2025
‘Queen of Seasonal Eating … ‘
Sally is thrilled to be included in Kissa Castaneda’s article in Forbes Magazine. Kissa interviews Tracy Lowy, owner of The Laslett, in Pembridge Gardens, and Tracy has no hesitation in recommending Clarke’s as a Notting Hill eating and ‘being’ destination …
“This is the London I came here for,” says Jessica in Too Much, Lena Dunham’s new Netflix series that follows an American transplant to The Big Smoke. After taking a photo in front of the famous blue door—the entrance to Hugh Grant’s character’s home in the blockbuster romcom, Notting Hill— her character strolls around the area wistfully exclaiming what most of us think when we visit this incredibly pretty slice of London … [read the full article, here … including the best places to eat]
A Notting Hill institution, chef-proprietor Sally Clarke has welcomed more VIPs than you can list over the last 40 years, who come to enjoy simple, seasonal plates served in an unpretentious atmosphere. “Lucien Freud ate lunch here every day and Sally herself sat for him twice a week for two years,” says Lowy. “The private dining room features etchings that he gifted her.” It’s one of those spots that’s universally loved, thanks to genuine hospitality led by Clarke herself who’s nicknamed ‘the Queen of Seasonal Eating’, according to a profile on AirMail.
sallyclarke.com, 122–124 Kensington Church Street, Notting Hill, London W8 4BH