Their Great Portland Street restaurant might be fully closed, but sushi lovers can still sample fresh handmade takeaway sushi from the brand-new sushi counter at Panzer’s Deli in St John’s Wood. Grab salmon poke bowls, mixed nigiri sets and spicy tuna maki rolls for lunch to go. Starting this week they’ll be offering a free small smarter dish with every order and up and running for delivery on Deliveroo, so keep on rollin’ baby. 

Spitalfields, Victoria, Battersea and Bermondsey locations remain open for click and collect, kiosk screen ordering and delivers via Deliveroo. There’s a streamlined menu online, so the full shebang won’t be available sadly, but Londoners can still flip out over great, juicy cheeseburgers and hamburgers on a soft sesame bun. Topped up with a side of house fries. Bleecker Westfield has closed for now, but they’ve launched at-home DIY kits, so burger lovers can smash buns at home.

Great Thai, great news, the central London Thai restaurant just off Oxford Street is still open for business for takeaways and delivery on Deliveroo and Uber Eats. Slurp up flavoursome boat noodles, tasty Thai omelettes and smoky wok-fried salted fish fried rice speckled with chunky morsels of egg and fish. For those who favour spice, crank up the heat with an array of Esarn dishes like the minced pork larb and traditional spicy spare rib soup, tom saab.

London’s favourite Taiwanese bao specialist has stopped dine-in at all their restaurants, but their new only opened bakery goods counter in Kings Cross is still open for takeaway. Everything else is back on Rice Error via Slerp and Deliveroo for click and collect and deliveries. Order meat or veggie TV dinner meal deals, a selection of rice boxes, fried chicken and a variety of sauces and dips. However, if desired fluffy baos is the end goal, fear not, they’ve just launched Made-by-you Kits where bao heads will have everything they need to make their signature baos at home.

Just because London is on lockdown doesn’t mean simple, carb-y pleasures are off the table. Get fresh, handmade pasta delivered to the table from Pastaficio Al Dente, who’ll remain open for safe and contactless takeaway and delivery. Make everyday an (amped up) Dolmio day with paccheri al ragu, linguine seafood and tonnarelli cacio e pepe. Bella!

Old-school Chinese establishment Gerrard’s Corner has been around forever and isn’t going down without a fight. Operating for takeaway and delivery orders on Deliveroo and Just Eat, call ahead and order cracking Cantonese dishes such as roast duck, stuffed crab claws, beef ho fun noodles, stir fried squid in black bean sauce and sweet and sour pork. The full dim sum menu is back online with 20% entire menu, so Londoners can order their steamy bamboo basket fix at home. 

Continuing to deliver its much-loved handmade udon noodles and dashi, Londoners can still get their udon fix this lockdown. A healthier, warming delivery option that includes their full-range of best selling noodles, the extended rice donburi menu and side dishes, including tempura and kakuni pork belly from the City site via contactless click and collect and deliveries on Deliveroo. Their Soho site is currently shuttered for now. 

Dim sum is the name of the game at this Chinatown favourite — they’re steamed or grilled to order, so may result in longer wait times. Find all the classics such as siu mai, har gow, cha siu bao, and glutinous rice with pork and prawn wrapped in lotus leaf. Can’t decide from the gigantic menu offering? Plenty of set menus and bamboo basket set menus spanning from an array of dim sum to XO seafood fried rice and ‘gong bao’ Sichuan chicken, it’ll help cover more ground. Available for takeaway and delivery on Deliveroo.

Specialist coffee roasters Catalyst Cafe bring good news for pantries and decaffeinated Londoners. Stock cupboards up with a selection of direct trade coffee from around the world and homemade sriracha hot sauces. Bad news though, the cafe and kitchen is closed for now so no hot food, but they’ll back up and when this all (hopefully) blows over.

One of London’s essential restaurants returns to the game with a whole new concept. Enter: Arrosto. Chef Nick Bramham’s godly cooking is here to make lockdown 3.0 a little bit easier with something a bit different from the norm and putting chickens front and centre. A cracking first menu, which includes half or whole herb cured slow roasted chicken, deep-fried chicken milanese sandwich and crispy chicken dripping potatoes. Plus, plenty of noble add-ons such as the famous gigantic focaccia, burrata, winter tomatoes, chicken spiedini skewers and bottles of wine from the shop to really push the boat out. The new bird-focused menu will be ready to take flight on 14 January from Thursday-Sunday.

Asma Khan’s shiny new Darjeeling Express in Covent Garden opened its doors late last year during the second lockdown. The restaurant is closed for now, but it’s currently operating as a deli that’s open for takeaway and home deliveries with a limited radius from the restaurant. Offering stuffed puchka with spiced potatoes, chickpea and tamarind water, tamarind dal, Calcutta kati rolls and the now insta-famous Indian keema toastie. Ideal for washing it all down with fiery, invigorating masala chai. Available on Good Eats for click and collect and deliveries with a limited radius from the restaurant. NHS staff can enjoy a free warming masala chai and biscuit. 

Chef-owner Nieves Barragan’s Basque Mayfair joint isn’t going anywhere. Pick and choose best selling individual dishes like ham croquetas and crab empanadilla, as well as a selection of menu boxes for bigger groups from their Sabor en casa shop, they’ll be delivering most items nationwide. They’re also running a pick-up service, so nearby Londoners can still pick up hot, ready-to-eat meals on Fridays.

Saudi-born owners Mohammad Paknejad and Marwa Alkhalaf bring their take on Iranian regional cooking. Currently offering a winter menu and a selection of feast boxes for two or four, which are to be finished off at home via Slerp for local and nationwide delivery. Expect crispy confit duck, bazaar bread, beetroot bohrani and lamb kofte.