Counter seats

For one or two: watch the kitchen, eat early or late, no fuss.

10 restaurants, with free tables for two tonight below

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Kiln's long steel counter and stools facing the grills

Smoking Goat's dark wood dining room with tall windows onto the street

Smoking Goat

££

Thai bar and grill in Shoreditch

Morito's bright room with blue tiles and a long counter

Morito

££

Tapas and mezze in Exmouth Market

Cooks and diners around The Barbary's horseshoe counter

The Barbary

££

North African and Levantine in Neal's Yard

Kiln's long steel counter and stools facing the grills

Kiln

££

Thai grill in Soho

Kricket's horseshoe bar with tiles and copper lamps

Kricket

££

Modern Indian in Soho

BAO's pale wood front and counter on Lexington Street

BAO

£

Taiwanese in Soho

The Palomar's long counter with leather stools under warm lights

The Palomar

£££

Modern Jerusalem in Soho

Koya's dark front with a noren curtain over the door

Koya

£

Udon in Soho

Sabor's counter with diners and cooks under hanging lamps

Sabor

£££

Spanish in Mayfair

Diners at Padella's ground-floor counter under its striped awning

Padella

£

Pasta bar in Borough Market

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