Restaurants

Junction Tavern

Chefs have come and gone at this old-timer, but the Junction remains a solid favourite. It’s clad in wood panels and deep maroon paint, with big windows overlooking...

Kentish Town: 101 Fortess Road, NW5 1AG

Distance: 0.2 mls

Monsoon Indian Restaurant

Cosy and unassuming, it might be easy to miss Monsoon Indian Restaurant in London’s Kentish Town. However, when smart locals need a dose of fiery curry, Monsoon is...

Tufnell Park: 24 York Rise , London, NW5 1ST

Distance: 0.2 mls

Eatzone Noodle House

The formula here is beautifully simple: bring your own booze, take a seat at one of the plain wooden benches, eat your fill of tasty, ludicrously inexpensive...

Kentish Town: 18 Fortess Road, NW5 2HB

Distance: 0.2 mls

Lalibela

One of London’s older Ethiopian restaurants, the thoroughly enjoyable Lalibela has long been a fixture on the map for Ethiopian expats and Europeans who appreciate...

Kentish Town: 137 Fortess Road, NW5 2HR

Distance: 0.2 mls

Stingray Cafe

Located around the corner from the Tufnell Park tube station in northwest London, the Stingray Café is a bright and bustling restaurant serving modern European fare...

Tufnell Park: 135 Fortress Road , London, NW5 2HR

Distance: 0.2 mls

Queen of Sheba

The strong aroma of incense billows up to greet you on entering this restaurant’s dark, cosy interior. With its Amharic crucifixes on the walls and a pair of...

Kentish Town: 12 Fortess Road, NW5 2EU

Distance: 0.3 mls

Satuma

Bijou Japanese in Kentish Town

Kentish Town: 8 Fortess Rd, NW5 2ES

Distance: 0.3 mls

Bull & Last

Heathside brews and rustic cooking

Kentish Town: 168 Highgate Road, NW5 1QS

Distance: 0.3 mls

Café RED

It's a long way from Bond Street, but Kentish Town Road has never looked smarter, or more foodie. This bright, spacious café, restaurant and deli is the latest...

Kentish Town: 298 Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TG

Distance: 0.3 mls

Gulshaan

If you find yourself craving curry in North London, head for Gulshaan – one of Kentish Town’s most popular Indian restaurants. Situated right next to the tube...

Kentish Town: 343 Kentish Town Road , London, NW5 2TJ

Distance: 0.4 mls

Pane Vino

Kentish Town dwellers, long deprived of decent dining-out options, can’t seem to stop heaping praises on this culinary beacon. On Saturday nights they...

Kentish Town: 323 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2TJ

Distance: 0.4 mls

Carob Tree

Greek-Cypriot taverna

Highgate: 15 Highgate Road, NW5 1QX

Distance: 0.5 mls

Al Parco

Brightly lit and sparsely occupied on our visit, Al Parco is a restaurant that puts some artistry into pizza production. The varieties we tried were delicious, and...

Highgate: 2 Highgate West Hill, N6 6JS

Distance: 0.5 mls

Charuwan

Few of London’s Thai restaurants boast a decor as evocative as this popular local. Apart from the myriad ethnic trinkets and photographs adorning the walls, a huge...

Archway: 110 Junction Road, N19 5LB

Distance: 0.5 mls

Café Mozart

A cosy wood-panelled outpost of Austrian cuisine that spills on to a wide pavement, Café Mozart is an institution. Thankfully the owner of neighbouring Kalendar took...

Highgate: 17 Swains Lane, N6 6QX

Distance: 0.5 mls

Kalendar

Situated in the kind of affluent suburbia that provides the blueprint for Working Title film sets, Kalendar is an open-all-hours café that manages to be all things...

Highgate: 15A Swains Lane, N6 6QX

Distance: 0.5 mls

Nando's

Kentish Town: 227-229 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2JU

Distance: 0.6 mls

Mario's Café

Mario's has the heart and soul of a greasy spoon – its eponymous owner is on first-name terms with his customers, happy to dole out chatter alongside steaming mugs...

Camden: 6 Kelly Street, NW1 8PH

Distance: 0.7 mls

Pizza Express

Kentish Town: 187 Kentish Town Road, NW1 8PD

Distance: 0.7 mls

St John's

An unpromising location on dreary Junction Road hasn’t stopped St John’s becoming a hit in the gastropub world. It has the right quirky-artsy look, with an airy...

Archway: 91 Junction Road, N19 5QU

Distance: 0.7 mls

Aroma Spice

Located in the leafy suburbs of North London, Aroma Spice is just a short walk from Hampstead Heath and the smart boutique-lined high street. The family-run restaurant...

London: 98 Fleet Road Hampstead , London, NW3 2QX

Distance: 0.8 mls

Fleet Tandoori

This bright and modern neighbourhood Indian restaurant on the Fleet Road, near Hampstead Heath tube, has been serving up classic curries for over 25 years. Fleet...

Belsize Park: 104 Fleet Road , London, NW3 2QX

Distance: 0.8 mls

The Archgate

Slap-bang opposite Archway tube, on a grotty stretch of the very variable Archway Road, this is a welcome find: a small, friendly restaurant, prettily decorated with...

Archway: 5 Junction Road, N19 5QT

Distance: 0.8 mls

Tandis

Striking Iranian restaurant

Chalk Farm: 73 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4SL

Distance: 0.8 mls

Bintang

There aren't many places in London where you can buy an entire sea bass, cooked to perfection, for under a tenner or dine in such surreal surroundings. Bintang's...

Camden: 93 Kentish Town Road, NW1 8NY

Distance: 0.8 mls

Guanabana

Caribbean and South American fusion

Camden: 85 Kentish Town Road, NW1 8NY

Distance: 0.8 mls

Marine Ices

It’s no surprise to find a line of people queueing outside this retro ice-cream parlour for a tub of fresh fruit sorbet (lemon, papaya) or cone of own-made ice-cream...

Chalk Farm: 8 Haverstock Hill, NW3 2BL

Distance: 0.8 mls

Belgo Noord

Touting the Belgium speciality of moules frites and beer, Belgo Noord attracts a lunchtime crowd of workers and families, while evenings are awash with boozy birthday...

Chalk Farm: 72 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN

Distance: 0.8 mls

Cottons

Chalk Farm: 55 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AN

Distance: 0.8 mls