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Restaurants in Barnsbury

• Fig Bistro

  The Fig Bistro in Barnsbury once called the Dining Room, is a cosy little converted grocer's shop that was re-named in honour of the fig tree in the garden - although it has lost none of its infectious neighbourhood hospitality or convivial bonhomie.

  169 Hemingford Road, Barnsbury, North London - Cuisine: Modern European

• The Albion

  A flower-decked frontage and ivy-clad walls set the scene for this revamped eighteenth-century watering hole. Inside there's a warren of intimate wood-floored and panelled areas grouped around a central bar, while a big heated terrace under a huge parasol plus a vast garden complete with a weeping willow adds to the conviviality of the place.

  10 Thornhill Road, Barnsbury, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Crouch End

• Bouga

  A polished Moroccan jewel in deepest Crouch End, Bouga is wowing the locals with its forthright brand of authentic cuisine.

  1 Park Road, Crouch End, North London - Cuisine: Moroccan

• Khoai Café

  Now established as a firm favourite for authentic Vietnamese flavours in Crouch End, this cheap-and-cheerful eatery keeps decorative trimmings to a minimum (think green paintwork, plastic plants, pine benches and a large mirror).

  6 Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, North London - Cuisine: Vietnamese

• Les Associés

  Opened in Crouch End in 1989, Les Associés remains a bastion of old-school French food and this restaurant isn't about to change course or be swayed by fashion.

  172 Park Road, Crouch End, North London - Cuisine: French

• Queens Pub & Dining Room

  A Grade II-listed Victorian drinkers' den-cum-gin palace with serious architectural credentials, the Queen's has been subjected to a stunning contemporary makeover of late.

  26 Broadway Parade, Crouch End, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Finchley

• Khoai Café

  Hard on the heels of the buzzy original in Courch End comes a second branch of Khoai Café (pronounced 'kwai'), which has already made it mark with the locals of North Finchley.

  362 Ballards Lane, Finchley, North London - Cuisine: Vietnamese

• Meze Meze

  The Meze Meze way of dining is focused on the concept of sharing good food and friendly service with family and friends in an unrushed, unhurried and laid-back environment.

  880 High Road, Finchley, North London - Cuisine: Mediterranean

• Rani

  The Pattni family's long-serving Finchley venue is devoted to the vegetarian cuisine of the Kathiawadi region of Gujarat and their highly distinctive food has been pleasing the crowds since 1984.

  7 Long Lane, Finchley, North London - Cuisine: Indian

• Two Brothers Fish Restaurant

  Leon and Tony Manzi's redoubtable fish restaurant has become something of a Finchley landmark since opening almost 20 years ago.

  297-303 Regent's Park Road, Finchley, North London - Cuisine: Seafood

Restaurants in Finsbury Park

• The Triangle

  A curious triangular house nestling snugly between Crouch End and Finsbury Park is the setting for this gem of a venue.

  1 Ferme Park Road, Finsbury Park, North London - Cuisine: Mediterranean

• Chez Liline

  A recent refurbishment has brightened up proceedings at Chez Liline a long-running exotic seafood restaurant, although the location opposite Finsbury Park Tesco in a less-than-auspicious neck-of-the-woods hardly inspires raptures.

  101 Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, North London - Cuisine: Seafood

Restaurants in Highbury

• Iznik

  Adem and Pirlanta Oner have spent years collecting and accumulating Turkish artefacts for their enchanting little restaurant Iznik on Highbury Park, and the dining room is crammed with antiquities, hanging lamps, decorative tiles and carved wooden arches.

  19 Highbury Park, Highbury, North London - Cuisine: Turkish

• San Daniele del Friuli

  Just round the corner from Highbury, this lively Italian restaurant will forever be linked with Arsenal football club. It's a local institution and a regular refuelling point for scores of fans, celeb supporters and players: even Arsène Wenger has been known to frequent the place and he generally receives a standing ovation from diners if his team has won!

  72 Highbury Park, Highbury, North London - Cuisine: Italian

Restaurants in Highgate

• Flask Tavern

  In a pretty part of Highgate, this comfortable Georgian pub – once reputedly a school – lists Dick Turpin among its former customers, as well as more recent poets and writers.

  77 Highgate West Hill, Highgate, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• Rose & Crown

  One of the oldest hostelries in North London, the Rose & Crown on Highgate High Street was so popular with royalty during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that the back bar was famously dubbed the 'Royal Box'.

  86 Highgate High Street, Highgate, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Hoxton

• Fifteen

  Jamie Oliver's first Fifteen moved into this old Hoxton warehouse in 2001 and it's been action all the way ever since.

  15 Westland Place, Hoxton, North London - Cuisine: Italian

• Bacchus Pub & Kitchen

  The place now known as Bacchus has had a long a colourful history in the 60s it was an infamous boozer linked with the East End gang scene and was later used in a film about The Krays, more recently it made waves as a radical avant-garde fine dining venue fronted by Nuno Mendes.

  177 Hoxton Street, Hoxton, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Hoxton Apprentice

  'A little hotspot of selflessness for today's decadent times,' was Metro's verdict on The Hoxton Apprentice - the building on Hoxton Square, a Grade II-listed Victorian primary school, now functions as a training restaurant for the disadvantaged, gearing them up for jobs in all parts of the hospitality industry (unlike nearby Fifteen, which is all about would-be chefs).

  16 Hoxton Square, Hoxton, North London - Cuisine: Modern European

• The Real Greek

  Right in the centre of Hoxton, Theodore Kyriakou's original The Real Greek was the primary standard bearer for modern Hellenic cuisine in the capital, a real destination for aficionados and new converts.

  14 - 15 Hoxton Market, Hoxton, North London - Cuisine: Greek

• Water House

  Following the success of Acorn House, James Grainger-Smith and Arthur Potts Dawson have upped their eco-game with the opening of Water House alongside the Regent's Canal in north Hoxton.

  10 Orsman Road, Hoxton, North London - Cuisine: Modern British

Restaurants in Islington

• Akari

  Formerly an Islington boozer, Akari is north London's answer to a genuine Japanese 'izakaya'. There are reminders of the past in the big windows, high ceilings and long bar, but the Japanese influence comes into play with floral arrangements, old posters advertising Asahi and Kirin beer, and shelves of saké bottles.

  196 Essex Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Japanese

• Almeida Restaurant

  Situated directly opposite the Almeida Theatre, this branch of the Conran restaurant empire (now D&D London) offers robust French regional food in the heart of Islington.

  30 Almeida Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: French

• Duke of Cambridge

  London's first organic gastropub (fully certified by The Soil Association) occupies a nineteenth-century hostelry in the back streets of Islington.

  30 St Peter's Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• Frederick's Restaurant

  An ultra-chic old stager among Islington's restaurants, Frederick's Restaurant is tucked away in the famous antiques quarter just off the bustle of Upper Street.

  Camden Passage, Islington, North London - Cuisine: European

• Gem Restaurant

  Decked out like a Turkish village museum, complete with pictures of tractors, peasant farming implements on terracotta walls, chunky wooden tables and a lady making 'qatme' breads in the window of the restaurant, Gem is a likeable Islington rendezvous devoted to native Kurdish cuisine.

  265 Upper Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Turkish

• Isarn

  The lady behind this sexy Islington venue is Tina Juengsoongneum, who just happens to be Alan Yau's sister (he's the entrepreneur and whiz kid responsible for Hakkasan, Yauatcha and Busaba Eathai).

  119 Upper Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Thai

• Maghreb Restaurant

  There's something rather personal and engaging about Mohamed Faraji's popular Islington neighbourhood restaurant Maghreb. In a setting of mustard yellow walls and blue upholstery he offers genuine Moroccan cuisine mostly based around the family cooking of his home town, Larache.

  189 Upper Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Moroccan

• Ottolenghi

  Ottolenghi has been a godsend and an instant smash hit with Islington's arty crowd, this combination of deli, takeaway and café is as hip as they come, with its monochrome interior, bright halogen lights, farmhouse-chic communal tables and groovy furniture.

  287 Upper Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Global

• Pasha

  Pasha Turkish restaurant presents a sophisticated take on traditional and contemporary Turkish cuisine, in a smart setting on Islington's main high street.

  301 Upper Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Turkish

• Sabor

  Sabor is all about Latin American taste or – to be more precise – the tangy, healthy style of cooking known as 'Nuevo Latino'.

  108 Essex Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Latin American

• Spices

  A brightly coloured awning marks out Spices a well-liked neighbourhood Indian restaurant on Islington's Chapel Market. Inside, there's not much in the way of décor, but service comes with plenty of smiles and the food is authentically on the button.

  10 Chapel Market, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Indian

• Tenore

  Near to Angel Underground station, Tenore offers delicious pizzas from a traditional wood fired oven and a traditional Sardinian menu including fresh pastas & historic fish recipes.

  14 Barnsbury Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Sardinian

• The Barnsbury

  The Barnsbury bills itself as a 'Freehouse and Dining Room', this civilised pub/restaurant a few minutes walk from Islington's Upper Street has an unostentatious style very much its own.

  209 - 211 Liverpool Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Modern European

• The Charles Lamb

  Re-named in honour of the famous essayist Charles Lamb, who lived and wrote in nearby Colebrook Row, this one-time street-corner boozer has a cheerful, easy-going pace in contrast to the manic mood of nearby Upper Street.

  16 Elia Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Compass

  The Compass is a newly opened pub and eatery on the site of the old Salmon and Compass on Chapel Street, Islington.

  58 Penton Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Crown

  In a rather upmarket Barnsbury backwater, this bright, airy gastropub occupies a Grade-II listed building, with an impressive intricate 'island' bar, plenty of trademark light oak panelling, cornices and etched glass.

  116 Cloudsley Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Marquess Tavern

  The Marquess Tavern Islington is emphatically 'a public house – the classic institution and the way it should be'. Inside, there's no nonsense or frippery, just high ceilings, polished woodwork, old sofas, elegant mirrors and assorted bric-a-brac.

  32 Canonbury Street, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The North Star

  An 'interestingly nooked, crannied and gardened ex-boozer,' is how the current owners describe the North Star, which is one of a burgeoning breed of North London gastropubs.

  188-190 New North Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• The Northgate

  At first glance, The Northgate looks quite matter-of-fact, a white-painted street corner local with black railings and a little patio out front.

  113 Southgate Road, Islington, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Muswell Hill

• The Clissold Arms

  Fans of the Kinks will know that the legendary rock band played their very first live gig in this Muswell Hill boozer, The Clissold Arms - although they probably wouldn't recognise the place now.

  115 Fortis Green, Muswell Hill, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

• Toff's of Muswell Hill

  Some say this is 'the finest fish and chips in London!' Toff's has been around a long time, serving the needs of Muswell Hill locals and attracting a following from distant parts of the capital.

  38 Muswell Hill Broadway, Muswell Hill, North London - Cuisine: Seafood

Restaurants in Stoke Newington

• Oishiii Japanese Eatery

  Bringing a mixture of the finest contemporary and authentic Japanese cuisine tp Stoke Newington, Oishiii Japanese Eatery truly lives up to its name, meaning 'Delicious'.

  67 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, North London - Cuisine: Japanese/Sushi

• Rasa

  When it opened in 1994, Rasa was a groundbreaking venture, the first to bring the subtle cuisine of Kerala to the capital.

  55 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, North London - Cuisine: Indian

• Rasa Travancore

  Part of the expanding Rasa group, this outlet stands across the road from the original on Stoke Newington Church Street.

  56 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, North London - Cuisine: Indian

• The Fox Reformed

  Robbie and Carol Richards re-opened the old Fox's Wine Bar in 1981 with a pertinent new name, and since then the Fox Reformed has become a treasured institution among the locals of Stoke Newington.

  176 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, North London - Cuisine: European

• Yum Yum

  Having delighted the local community for more than a decade, Yum Yum moved from its original premises in 2006 and now resides in a stately Georgian building further along Stoke Newington High Street.

  187 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, North London - Cuisine: Thai

Restaurants in Stroud Green

• The Old Dairy

  The Old Dairy was built at Stroud Green in 1890, this grand Victorian building was originally home to the Friern Manor Dairy Company, but it now dispenses other comestibles and refreshments.

  1 - 3 Crouch Hill, Stroud Green, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Upper Holloway

• St John's Tavern

  A cracking gastro pub that really brightens up a down-at-heel street in a down-at-heel neighbourhood, St John's is a vast place noted for its beautiful gold ceiling, weird portraits on the walls and mighty helpings of food with bags of flavour.

  91 Junction Road, Upper Holloway, North London - Cuisine: Gastro pub

Restaurants in Whetstone

• The Griffin

  The Griffin is a traditional English pub on the old High Road in Whetstone, part of the New Pub Company group.

  1262 High Road, Whetstone, North London - Cuisine: Pub Fare

• Haven Bistro & Bar

  If you want to eat foie gras or seared scallops in Whetstone, this high popular neighbourhood restaurant is definitely the place to go.

  1363 High Road, Whetstone, North London - Cuisine: International

• The Rotisserie

  One of a quartet of Rotisserie restaurants around the capital, this casual Whetstone venue does exactly what it says on the menu.

  1288 High Road, Whetstone, North London - Cuisine: Eclectic

Restaurants in Winchmore Hill

• The Kings Head

  Suits of armour in the bar and a throne in the dining room add a touch of historical colour to this revamped (but still imposing) Victorian Gothic pub facing the green at the top of town.

  1 The Green, Winchmore Hill, North London - Cuisine: Modern

Restaurants in Wood Green

• Mosaica @ The Factory

  An industrial estate off Coburg Road is the unlikely location for this high-decibel dining room. Inside, there's local artwork on the walls, plus wood floors, an eclectic mix of furniture and views of the open kitchen.

  The Chocolate Factory, Wood Green, North London - Cuisine: Modern European