Every Saturday at 1pm, we call London's top 50 restaurants and ask one question: how long's the wait?
We're calling 50 of London's most iconic restaurants every Saturday at 1pm for a month. Walk-in wait time data that doesn't exist anywhere else.
Preview — Sample Data
| # | Restaurant | Area | Wait |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padella | Borough | 52 min |
| 2 | Dishoom Shoreditch | Shoreditch | 47 min |
| 3 | Circolo Popolare | Fitzrovia | 45 min |
| 4 | BAO Soho | Soho | 38 min |
| 5 | Barrafina Dean St | Soho | 35 min |
| 6 | The Breakfast Club | Soho | 30 min |
| 7 | Hoppers | Soho | 25 min |
| 8 | Gloria | Shoreditch | 15 min |
| — | Rochelle Canteen | Shoreditch | 0 min |
| — | The River Cafe | Hammersmith | No walk-ins |
Average wait across all restaurants, by week. Live data starts Saturday 5 April.
New rankings every Saturday at 2pm. No spam, just data.
First data drop: Saturday 5 April 2026
The Queue Index is the first systematic measurement of walk-in demand at London's restaurants. Every Saturday at 1pm, we call 50 restaurants and ask a simple question: if I walk in right now, how long's the wait?
OpenTable tracks reservations. Google tracks reviews. Nobody tracks what happens when you just show up. Until now.
Four weeks. Fifty restaurants. One question. The data that London's food scene has been missing.