Restaurants

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: 0.2 mls

Fish Central

In 1968, when Fish Central opened, this corner of the city was hardly residential and the chippie took a unit in the shopping precinct. Now it spans four units –...

Barbican: 149-155 Central Street, EC1V 8AP

Distance: 0.3 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: 0.3 mls

Project A Bar & Restaurant

Those fashionable souls on the Hackney/Islington borders adore their canal-side dining, and Project A Bar & Restaurant is sure to have pride of place in their little...

Shoreditch: Unit B, Gainsborough Studios West 1 Poole Street , London, N1 5EA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Charles Lamb

There’s a no-booking policy and few tables at this thriving local, so if you’re not ensconced by 7pm forget about ordering anything but a drink. The good news is...

Islington: 16 Elia Street, N1 8DE

Distance: 0.4 mls

Thai Thai - East

Tucked away near Old Street Station in London's east end, Thai Thai East has become the dining destination de rigeur for hip socialistas and local Thai curry...

Shoreditch: 110 Old Street , London, EC1V 9BD

Distance: 0.4 mls

Sedap

Malaysian in Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell: 102 Old Street, EC1V 9AY

Distance: 0.4 mls

Pinchito Tapas

Tucked behind Old Street station, this quiet bar is very ‘Shoreditch’, all exposed brickwork and breeze blocks, low-wattage teardrop lights, magazine-like images...

Shoreditch: 32 Featherstone Street, EC1Y 8QX

Distance: 0.5 mls

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: 0.5 mls

The Real Greek

Shoreditch: 14-15 Hoxton Market, N1 6HG

Distance: 0.5 mls

Hoxton Apprentice

We don’t want to be too harsh on what is, after all, a training restaurant set up by the Training for Life charity to teach the homeless and jobless a trade in...

Shoreditch: 16 Hoxton Square, N1 6NT

Distance: 0.5 mls

Piya Piya

London’s City folk don’t need to book a flight for a whirlwind Asian adventure now that Piya Piya is on their doorstep. Located in the heart of the City, this...

Shoreditch: 1 Oliver's Yard City Road , London, EC1Y 1HQ

Distance: 0.5 mls

The Fish Shop

In summer, this spacious three-level fish restaurant comes into its own when the outdoor terrace is hopping and the light streams into the upstairs/ downstairs dining...

Islington: 360-362 St John Street, EC1V 4NR

Distance: 0.5 mls

Macondo

Hoxton Square café

Hoxton: Unit 2b, 8-9 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU

Distance: 0.5 mls

Pizza Express

Shoreditch: 140 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4SD

Distance: 0.5 mls

Yard (Al Rollo)

This hip pizza joint, located in the heart of Shoreditch near Old Street Station, is set in a converted fire station on Tabernacle Road, complete with original tiles,...

Shoreditch: 140 Tabernacle Street , London, EC2A 4SD

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: 0.5 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: 0.5 mls

Afghan Kitchen

The doorway to Islington’s Afghan Kitchen is still occasionally blocked by a baffled gaggle of first-timer visitors struggling to take stock of their surroundings....

Islington: 35 Islington Green, N1 8DU

Distance: 0.5 mls

Candid Arts Café

Attached to the Candid Arts Trust theatre and gallery, this café still just about counts as a secret. In a dark, attic-like room, with battered floorboards and what...

Islington: Candid Arts Trust, 3 Torrens Street, EC1V 1NQ

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

Med Kitchen - St John Street

The Med Kitchen march continues apace with this Grade II-listed St John’s Street venue, formerly Café Med, its brasserie look of plain walls, shiny wood tables and...

Islington: 370 St John Street , London, EC1V 4NN

Distance: 0.5 mls

Carnevale

A combination of deli, lunchtime takeaway spot and compact restaurant, Carnevale brings a non-corporate feel to its corner on the edges of the City. During the day,...

Barbican: 135 Whitecross Street, EC1Y 8JL

Distance: 0.5 mls

Pham Sushi

An unlikely find in the middle of busy, grimy Whitecross Street, Pham Sushi is something of a Japanese oasis: calm, smart and quiet, at odds with the market bustle...

Barbican: 159 Whitecross Street, EC1Y 8JL

Distance: 0.5 mls

Frederick's

Frederick’s sets out to dazzle newcomers with visual oomph. From the rather louche-and-glitzy lounge bar you descend into a spacious, dark-brick dining room lined...

Islington: Camden Passage, N1 8EG

Distance: 0.5 mls

Giraffe

Islington: 29-31 Essex Road, N1 2SA

Distance: 0.5 mls

Princess of Shoreditch

Gastropub with fine dining upstairs

Shoreditch: 76-78 Paul St, EC2A 4NE

Distance: 0.5 mls

De Santis

A little piece of Milan (home of the original De Santis) in Clerkenwell. This paninoteca is a sleek-looking joint with a smooth concrete floor and a quiet terrace at...

Farringdon: 11-13 Old Street, EC1V 9HL

Distance: 0.6 mls