In the heart of Mayfair, Bocconcino brings the flavours of Italy to life across two spaces, each with its own personality - united by the same first-class service and authentic cooking throughout.
Ground Floor Experience Inspired by the trattorias of Italy, our ground floor offers a warm, traditional setting - the kind of room made for long, unhurried dinners and quiet conversation.
Lower Ground Floor Experience Descend into the enticing atmosphere of our lower ground floor space, where the ambiance is taken up a notch and discover the home of our live music.
Italian restaurant in Mayfair: Bocconcino on Berkeley Street, named Best Restaurant in London 2026.
Bocconcino has been at 19 Berkeley Street since 2014, four minutes from Green Park, across two floors that work as two different evenings…
The ground floor is the formal room: white tablecloths, full table service, and the pace of a long lunch or an unhurried dinner. The lower ground floor is the casual one, with DJs and live performers at the weekend and the private dining rooms off the same corridor. Booking here is a choice of evening as much as a choice of table, and both floors run the same kitchen.
That kitchen is built around fresh fish and seafood, led by Head Chef Marco Corsica, with pasta rolled by hand each morning and pizza baked on the open fire. Mayfair is the original Bocconcino, established by Michael Gokhner, and the restaurant the Soho and Covent Garden openings grew out of. The wine list runs past 300 bottles with an Italian spine.
Awards and recognition
Bocconcino Mayfair holds six current awards. The British Restaurant Awards named it Best Luxury Restaurant in 2023, then Best Restaurant in London and Best Hospitality Team in 2026. The Luxury Lifestyle Awards placed it among the Top 100 Restaurants of the World for 2026. LuxLife's Leaders Magazine named it Best Regional Italian Restaurant Group 2026, and the Istituto 100% Italiano awarded it the 100% Italiano mark for the same year.
Three of the six come from one judging panel across two separate years, which says more about consistency than a single win would. The spread matters as well: the restaurant overall, the team on the floor, the wider group and the provenance of the ingredients were each judged on their own.
Two floors, two evenings
Ground floor: white tablecloths and full table service
The ground floor draws on the formal dining rooms of Italy. White tablecloths, a romantic room, the open-fire pizza oven in view and the pasta station behind glass. Tables are set for couples and small groups, the noise stays low through service, and this is the floor for a long lunch with wine, a client lunch, an anniversary or a quieter dinner. It is also the better choice for families with younger children.
Lower ground floor: DJs, live performers and private dining
Downstairs is the casual room, with lower lighting and a looser pace. DJs and live music run on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm. Most birthdays and group celebrations end up here, and the private dining rooms sit off the same corridor. Guests under 18 are not admitted to the lower ground floor after 5pm. Live music and DJ nights in Mayfair.
The kitchen: fresh fish, seafood and regional Italian cooking
Fresh fish and seafood carry the largest share of the menu. Whole sea bass, Sicilian-style octopus, crudo plates and the daily catch sit alongside dry-aged steak, slow-cooked osso buco and Roman-style pizza from the open-fire oven. Head Chef Marco Corsica cooks from the Mediterranean coast he grew up on, with dishes drawn from Tuscany, Rome, Sicily and Napoli.
The menu moves with the seasons. Truffle runs alongside the à la carte in autumn, late summer leans into the seafood and tomato cooking of the south, and winter brings braises and heavier pasta. Vegetarian and vegan dishes sit within the menu rather than in a separate section, and allergies are handled as a matter of course. The Mayfair menus.
The wine list
Over 300 bottles, built around Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello, Amarone and the Super Tuscans. The Head Sommelier looks for indigenous varieties and organic and biodynamic producers alongside the recognisable names, and France is represented seriously through Champagne and Burgundy. By-the-glass and Coravin options run from accessible to serious, and the sommelier team is on the floor through service to advise on pairings.
Lunch, brunch and the weekend
On weekdays the business lunch runs from midday to 5pm, two or three courses at a fixed price, paced for a working day. The kitchen does not close between lunch and dinner, so a late lunch or an early table is never turned away.
Saturday is Brunch Esclusivo, bottomless and with a resident DJ. Sunday is Il Grande, a buffet built around a seafood display with lobster and oysters, alongside wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta and a British Sunday roast, with live music through the afternoon and children under six eating free. The two are different formats, and the choice is worth making at the point of booking.
Private dining in Mayfair
The lower ground floor has dedicated private dining rooms, used for corporate dinners, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, wedding-related dinners and family events. The rooms can be combined for larger parties or used separately for smaller ones, and full restaurant hire is available subject to date. Menus, wine pairings and audio-visual setups are arranged in advance with the events team, the same team named Best Hospitality Team 2026 at the British Restaurant Awards. Private dining at Bocconcino Mayfair.
Italian restaurants in Mayfair: where Bocconcino fits
Italian dining in Mayfair tends to split two ways. There are the hotel dining rooms, formal and consistent, where an evening keeps one register from start to finish. And there are the newer openings built around a concept, busy for a season and quieter after. Bocconcino has been on Berkeley Street since 2014, and the two floors let it be a white-tablecloth dinner and a night out without changing address. The six awards Bocconcino Mayfair collected across 2023 and 2026 are the outside record of that.
For a louder version of the same kitchen, Bocconcino Soho on Great Marlborough Street runs resident DJs and a live show on Friday and Saturday nights.
Frequently Asked Questions
19 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8ED. The nearest tube station is Green Park, about four minutes on foot, on the Piccadilly, Jubilee and Victoria lines. Bond Street and Piccadilly Circus are both within walking distance.
The ground floor for white tablecloths, full table service and a quieter room, which suits a business lunch, an anniversary or a family meal. The lower ground floor for a casual evening with DJs and live performers at the weekend. Say which one you want when booking and the team will hold it.
Bocconcino Mayfair holds six. Best Luxury Restaurant 2023, Best Restaurant in London 2026 and Best Hospitality Team 2026 at the British Restaurant Awards. Top 100 Restaurants of the World 2026 at the Luxury Lifestyle Awards. Best Regional Italian Restaurant Group 2026 from LuxLife's Leaders Magazine. The 100% Italiano mark for 2026 from the Istituto 100% Italiano.
DJs and live music run on the lower ground floor on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm. Live music also plays through Il Grande on Sundays. There is no ticket or cover charge, as the music runs as part of normal service.
Yes. High chairs are available and prams can be accommodated in most areas. The ground floor is quieter and the better choice for younger children. Guests under 18 are not admitted to the lower ground floor after 5pm. At the Sunday Il Grande buffet, children under six eat free and six to twelve are half price.
There is paid on-street parking on Berkeley Street and the surrounding roads, with metered bays during the day. The Q-Park at Park Lane and the NCP at Burlington Gardens are both a short walk away for covered parking.
Yes. Vegetarian and vegan dishes sit within the main menu rather than on a separate card, and the kitchen can adapt many of the pasta and antipasti dishes on request. Allergies and dietary requirements are handled as a matter of course.
Yes. The private dining rooms are on the lower ground floor and can be combined for larger parties or used separately. Full restaurant hire is available subject to date. Menus, wine pairings and audio-visual setups are arranged in advance through the events team.
