Restaurants

The North Star

About The North Star gastropub in London’s Islington we say this: people who love food love The North Star. Once a pub, now with all the warmth and social buzz of a...

Islington: 188 - 190 New North Road Islington , London, N1 7BJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Bavo

Flame-coloured flowers warm Bavo’s light, spacious interior. Much of the rest of the decor is in muted greens, though seats at the pleasantly spread-out tables are...

Islington: 105-107 Southgate Road, N1 3JS

Distance: 0.2 mls

Northgate

The favourite local for culture-conscious residents in Islington’s eastern fringes, the Northgate still has a comfy real-pub feel in its big bar and front terrace,...

Islington: 113 Southgate Road, N1 3JS

Distance: 0.2 mls

Cruse9

This elegant eatery, located in Halliford Street in Islington, boasts a crisp, polished designer interior and a kitchen with a celebrity pedigree. Cruse9 is the...

Islington: 62 - 63 Halliford Street , London, N1 3HF

Distance: 0.4 mls

Water House

Water House, the new branch of the equally lauded Acorn House , has garnered huge publicity on the back of the efforts it makes towards sustainability. Being down a...

Shoreditch: 10 Orsman Road, N1 5QJ

Distance: 0.4 mls

The Loft

Private dining club

Dalston: Unit 2a, 315 Kingsland Rd, E8 4DJ

Distance: 3564.9 mls

Akari

This pub-turned-bistro-turned-izakaya still looks like its first incarnation, with a matt-black exterior, expansive windows, high ceilings and a bar running up one...

Islington: 196 Essex Rd, N1 8LZ

Distance: 0.4 mls

Zigni House

Attractively conspiratorial and tattily bohemian from the outside, Zigni House provides an accommodating welcome once you step through its front bar and into the...

Islington: 330 Essex Road, N1 3PB

Distance: 0.4 mls

Peri Bay

Bright and buzzy, this Mexican kitchen and bar on the Essex Road in Islington is a fun place to share meals and catch up with friends and family. Only a stone's throw...

Highbury: 164 Essex Road , Islington, N1 8LY

Distance: 0.5 mls

Sabor

Sabor offers ‘Nuevo Latino’ cuisine, mixing styles from across Latin America. The decor is bright, with primary-coloured tables, disco balls, and multicoloured...

Islington: 108 Essex Road, N1 8LX

Distance: 0.5 mls

F Cooke

Few London restaurants can match the city's last remaining pie and mash shops for simple authenticity. Their menu has altered little since the mid 19th century: a...

Shoreditch: 150 Hoxton Street, N1 6SH

Distance: 0.5 mls

Bacchus Pub & Kitchen

Loyal fans of Bacchus in Hoxton panicked when it closed recently, but they need not have worried as it reopened just a few days later as the more relaxed but equally...

Shoreditch: 177 Hoxton Street , London, N1 6PJ

Distance: 0.5 mls

The Window

Islington's The Window offers four elegant and modern floor spaces to suit virtually every conceivable business event from training seminars to press launches.

Islington: EnlightenNext Building 13 Windsor Street , London, N1 8QG

Distance: 0.5 mls

Huong-Viet

Success seems to have gone to the head of this once-modest little community-centre dining room. Plastered across walls are various newspaper and magazine articles, and...

Dalston: An Viet House, 12-14 Englefield Road, N1 4LS

Distance: 0.5 mls

William IV

While nearby Old Street becomes an increasingly manic party district, this secluded civilised pub is a homely escape for enjoying laid-back drinks or a square meal....

Shoreditch: 7 Shepherdess Walk, N1 7QE

Distance: 0.5 mls

Marquess Tavern

The Marquess is a dining destination, certainly, but unlike so many gastropubs has retained a relaxing, local-pub character. Even if you’re planning to feast on the...

Islington: 32 Canonbury Street, N1 2TB

Distance: 0.5 mls

Food Lab

'Love is essential in the kitchen. And every minute gesture, if made with love, turns food into a magic potion.' On an average day, in an average café (...

Islington: 56 Essex Rd, N1 8LR

Distance: 0.5 mls

Faulkner's

It’s clear that the more recent Turkish owners of Faulkners are attempting to appeal to old-school East Enders – this chippie’s original patrons – rather than...

Dalston: 424-426 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA

Distance: 0.5 mls

Duke of Cambridge

The UK’s first certified organic gastropub chalks up the long list of worthy goals it has achieved on a blackboard, including the buying of phones from a cooperative...

Islington: 30 St Peter's Street, N1 8JT

Distance: 0.5 mls

Hung Viet

The newest addition to Kingsland Road

Hoxton: 134A Kingsland Rd, E2 8DY

Distance: 3564.9 mls

Song Que

After all this time, Song Que still sets the benchmark for exceptional Vietnamese cooking in London. It’s an efficient, canteen-like operation commanding the corner...

Shoreditch: 134 Kingsland Road, E2 8DY

Distance: 0.5 mls

S&M Café

Friendly, efficient staff handle busy periods well at this Islington stalwart, taking names and honouring tables so customers don’t have to queue. Although famously...

Islington: 4-6 Essex Road, N1 8LN

Distance: 0.6 mls

The Living Room - Islington

The Living Room in uber trendy Islington is a great all round venue. It serves up good, honest, robust European style food with excellent service. There’s live music...

Islington: Suncourt House 18 - 26 Essex Road , London, N1 8LN

Distance: 0.6 mls

House

A spacious street-corner terrace is one of the House’s prime assets, bringing a touch of café society to Canonbury summers. Inside, the decor is mellow chic: far...

Islington: 63-69 Canonbury Road, N1 2DG

Distance: 0.6 mls

The House

The House is an exciting pub with a dining room that has undoubtedly become a home away from home for Islingtonians in the know. It's the brainchild of...

Highbury: 63 - 69 Canonbury Road , London, N1 2DG

Distance: 0.6 mls

Giraffe

Islington: 29-31 Essex Road, N1 2SA

Distance: 0.6 mls

Fifteen

Although Jamie Oliver’s charity venture is housed in a stunning Victorian building, the interior fails to be either grand or cosy, with oddly tatty tables and...

Shoreditch: 15 Westland Place, N1 7LP

Distance: 0.7 mls

Carluccio's Caffè

Islington: 305-307 Upper Street, N1 2TU

Distance: 0.7 mls

Pasha

Last year Pasha changed its generally traditional look to a slicker, more modern style befitting the Angel location. Rich dark greys and low lighting are now the order...

Islington: 301 Upper Street, N1 2TU

Distance: 0.7 mls