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: 0.1 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: 0.1 mls

Satuma

Bijou Japanese in Kentish Town

Kentish Town: 8 Fortess Rd, NW5 2ES

Distance: 0.1 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: 0.2 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

Grand Union Bar & Grill

Floral wallpaper, chinese lanterns, sofas aplenty and a motley collection of lamps and vases lend this dimly lit spot a youthful gastropub vibe. The concept, though,...

Kentish Town: 53-79 Highgate Road, NW5 1TL

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.2 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: 0.2 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: 0.4 mls

Nando's

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

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

Bull & Last

Heathside brews and rustic cooking

Kentish Town: 168 Highgate Road, NW5 1QS

Distance: 0.5 mls

Pizza Express

Kentish Town: 187 Kentish Town Road, NW1 8PD

Distance: 0.5 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: 0.6 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: 0.7 mls

Guanabana

Caribbean and South American fusion

Camden: 85 Kentish Town Road, NW1 8NY

Distance: 0.7 mls

Carob Tree

Greek-Cypriot taverna

Highgate: 15 Highgate Road, NW5 1QX

Distance: 3566 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

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: 0.7 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: 0.7 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: 0.7 mls

Castle's

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...

Camden: 229 Royal College Street, NW1 9LT

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

Zorya

With yellow walls, leather chairs and spare decor (save for an incongruous bird-bath affair), Zorya is undoubtedly attractive, but it can get stuffy. A quiet summer...

Chalk Farm: 48 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AJ

Distance: 0.8 mls

Shillibeers

Shillibeers restaurant and bar is a bit of a London hideaway – actually a big, bright space retrofitted into a former omnibus depot – but surrounded by industrial...

Islington: North Road , London, N7 9EF

Distance: 0.8 mls

Yum Cha

Dim sum done right

Chalk Farm: 28 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AG

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