Where to get fancy fast food in London

If you need something quick to eat while you’re on the move in London, you don’t have to settle for the usual chain restaurant burger and fries. The capital is the home of unique and innovative dishes, with a host of tasty options available even for when you just want fast food.

BIRD
This fried chicken restaurant began its journey in Shoreditch in 2014, and now has four venues across the city. All the fried chicken is free-range, enjoyed on the bone or in a variety of tasty sandwiches. This is proper fried chicken, made how it should be with quality ingredients. Whether you like it as wings, drumsticks, boneless, with waffles, or as a burger, BIRD has got you covered.

Bubbledogs
You might not have thought you needed hotdogs and champagne in your life, but this pairing from Bubbledogs is a truly wonderful thing. There’s an extensive selection of champagnes on the menu, as well as a host of fancy handmade toppings that really take this restaurant’s fast food game to the next level. Perhaps you’ll go for the Mac Daddy: a hot dog topped with macaroni & cheese, crispy onions, and bacon bits. Or maybe the Reuben is more up your street, with grilled sauerkraut, Russian dressing and melted Swiss cheese.

Bleecker Burger
Burgers are more popular than ever and new restaurants are popping up all over London, each one claiming to produce the best or most innovative beef patties. There are some great burger joints in the city, but if you’re not sure which to choose, Bleecker is definitely up there with the best. Their New York style burgers are a thing of beauty, with aged-beef patties full of flavour and cooked to perfection.
In only six years, founder Zan Kaufman has turned his back on his life as a lawyer, moved from New York to London and taken his food truck burger business from being a newbie on the streetfood scene to having three permanent burger shops across the capital. The blue burger is to die for if you’re a fan of blue cheese, but the whole of Bleecker’s classic menu is spot on.

Voodoo Ray’s
Voodoo Ray’s have shaken up London’s pizza scene by bringing authentic, 22” New York-style pizza pies to the city. They serve pizza by the slice at their four venues across London, the pies being so large that two slices are equivalent to a whole 11” pizza! If you’re craving a real New York pizza, this is where you’ll find it, and you can even have your order delivered to your door. Toppings range from classic pepperoni to more adventurous options like spinach, broccoli and ricotta, and there are vegan options available too.

Yard Sale Pizza
It would be unfair not to include Yard Pizza in this list, which started as a back-yard supper club between three friends and their families and is now a three-store brand with venues across East and North London. Fresh, local ingredients are used to provide customers with the best stone-baked pizzas.
The menu is fresh and exciting, with pizzas including the ‘Holy Pepperoni’ (Cobble Lane pepperoni, regular pepperoni and spicy Nduja sausage), the ‘Harlamb Shake’ (Harissa lamb, guindilla chillies, goats cheese & red onion with fresh mint yoghurt dressing) and the TSB (tender stem broccoli, manchego, pine nuts, garlic and olive oil). Customers can take away or eat in, enjoying a range of dips, sides and drinks.
If you’ve had your fill of fast food and are looking for a sit-down meal somewhere special in the heart of the city, why not try M Threadneedle Street. Quality steaks, a fantastic wine selection and a great atmosphere make this one of the capital’s favourite eating destinations. Book a table at M Restaurant London today