The 15 Best Eating Neighbourhoods in London

15. Camden

Essential restaurants : KERB , Chin Chin Labs , Porky’sThe first ruler of North London is never take a chance on a Camden food stall . gratefully , street food collective KERB has now filled the West Yard with its tried and true and tested monger , so choose from that section , and your unfortunate - risk factor diminishes to all but zero . Once you ’ve enjoyed your dejeuner by the canal , fall in the queue for Chin Chin Labs , where the ice cream is blasted with liquified nitrogen to place , and comes in mad scientist flavours to cope with . It ’s a recollective mode from gourmet , but Camden ’s pretty tasty when you know where to look .

14. Covent Garden

substantive restaurants : Balthazar , Flat Iron , PolpoFew true Londoners direct to Covent Garden for a night on the tile , but if you discover yourself get there ( and hungry),all is not lose . It ’s home to the quietest branches of several favourite home - grown chains ( Polpo , Flat Iron , Meat Market ) and a good few outside imports . New York’sBalthazarhas a grand sometime dining elbow room just off the cobbled piazza that ’ll help you nearly any sentence of Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , seven Clarence Shepard Day Jr. a hebdomad .

13. Dalston

all important eating place : Voodoo Ray’s , Mangal 1 Ocakbasi , Lucky ChipLocals shop at the intellectual nourishment markets by 24-hour interval , hipsters queue for the bars by Nox , and Dalston ’s identity shows small signaling of bridge the spread , which means that nobody gives a damn who ’s eat where . bona fide Turkish solid food sits beside street solid food residencies and polar New York State - dash pizza slices … plus Lucky Chip , which lead off out serve from a caravan in Hackney , has even opened a wine-colored taproom where it also serve burgers , but do n’t intend that makes it OK to wear anything fancier than Reebok Classics in there .

12. Marylebone

crucial restaurants : Chiltern Firehouse , Portland , TrishnaIron your shirt , cos shit just get fancy . The majority of restaurants in Marylebone may be a glitter rip - off , but if your quotation card can stretch along to it , there ’s some fun celeb spotting to be done over the incredible food at Chiltern Firehouse . More low - key but just as high - quality is the seasonal British fare at Portland . The queue forMEATliquorisn’t really the place to be these Clarence Day , though I wo n’t judge if you stop to take a selfie with the neon " pith " sign .

11. Peckham

Essential restaurants : Forza Win , Peckham Bazaar , The Begging BowlAs much as Peckham ’s gentrification has left it an region of two half , it can be proud of its homegrown food talents , which by and large do to be both unique and welcoming in generous measure . Seasonal supper social club Forza Win offer up “ Awesome Sauce ” nights , where a bowl of unfermented pasta and a Methedrine of wine is just £ 10 , and the authentic , flavour - packed Thai food at The Begging Bowl has spawned a citywide spice epidemic .

10. Islington

Essential eating house : Smokehouse , Black Axe Mangal , OttolenghiThe route from Angel to Highbury is lovingly nickname “ Supper Street , ” and it ’s a really bad idea to walk up it with an empty stomach . The gem in its edible crown is still the original Ottolenghi , the eatery that trade a thousand pomegranates . But there are trendier , substantive option at the Highbury goal . Anyone who is not a vegetarian should make certain to visit Smokehouse and order the chopped brisket roll with gochujang .

9. Notting Hill

Essential restaurants : The Ledbury , The Shed , SNAPS + RYEDecades of being well - heeled has bequeath leafy west London with fewer special restaurants than you ’d expect , but the ones they do have are material winner . The Ledbury is at the top of every London solid food - obsessive ’s “ to - eat ” list , and if you desire to embrace the ma’am who lunch aesthetic , you ’re spoil for choice … just do n’t expect to fasten your burger craving .

8. Bermondsey

Essential restaurant : José Tapas Bar , Maltby St Market , Casse - CroûteThe cobbled squares and grand old building of Bermondsey could be direct out of a period drama , and you ’ll get a picture - stark repast to equal . Jose Pizarro likes it so much that his tappa and sherry bar ( José ) and restaurant ( Pizarro ) are but metres from each other . On the weekends , any London food - lover worth their Maldon will be eat their elbow room around Maltby Street Market and its New , cool cousin Druid St ( before stopping at a bottleful shop for a o.k. guile beer or two ) .

7. Clerkenwell

Essential restaurants : The Eagle , Noble Rot , CaravanHow can a famous chunk of central London be such a hurting to get to ? Nobody knows , but the food seaport that is Exmouth Market sure enough is worth a bit of navigation . you may take your pick from The Eagle ( our original gastropub ) , modern kebabs atBerber & Q , Antipodean - style little plates at Caravan , the Middle - Eastern menu atMoro , and many more . If you ’ve somehow run down that slew , walk west for 10 min to Noble Rot , a wine bar with seasonal British food that ’s based on the cartridge of the same name .

6. Clapham

Essential restaurant : The Dairy , Dip & Flip , BabaBoomThe neighbourhood feel in Clapham may be a littleDesperate Housewivesfor some tasting , but it has bred some eating place that are so upright they make north London jealous . The nearly haute cuisine at The Dairy is stark for those who want to consume fancy but still will full . Nearby row of uninteresting bars are pelt with welcoming little locals doing everything right ; do n’t miss the cheeseburger at Dip & Flip or the curt - rib kebab at BabaBoom .

5. Brixton

Essential restaurants : Franco Manca , Salon , KricketYou can still get a top - notch boxwood of jerking chicken in Brixton , but thanks to the bundles of main and imaginative footling solid food places in the Village Market and Pop Brixton , you could also get great pizza , Thai , Japanese , burgers , and loads more besides . Kricket ’s Indian - spiced small-scale plates are unmissable , and the original offset of Franco Manca is still the best . If you ’re counting the pennies but still want a good repast , Brixton will save the sidereal day .

4. Bethnal Green

Essential restaurants : Sager + Wilde , Typing Room , E. PellicciBethnal Green was essentially the overflow car park for Shoreditch cool stuff until recently , but the add-on of Sager + Wilde and Paradise Garage have made it a delicious destination all of its own . The fine-looking Town Hall Hotel was once household to Nuno Mendes ’ Viajante , which has a very desirable heir in Typing Room . The area may not be beautiful , but it sure can feed in the fine - tune taste bud .

3. Seven Dials

Essential restaurant : The Barbary , Flesh & Buns , DishoomBy mean solar day , the pretty , cobbled streets of Seven dial are a seaport for the trendier consumer , and the surface area ’s eating place reflect that . You ’ll wipe out great food at the sort of price that you’re able to squeeze out of an already - battered bank account , but you ’ll need to be ready to queue up if you desire to judge Neal ’s Yard ’s spicy young affair The Barbary , or the wondrous non - fancy Indian food at Dishoom ( though you ’ll get a free cup of chai while you wait at the latter ) . If you choose a guarantee seat , book for a lively repast at Flesh & Buns , or classy seasonal solid food at Jar Kitchen .

2. Shoreditch

Essential restaurant : Hawksmoor Spitalfields , som saa , Beigel BakeWith its cool credentials camecool eating place , and with money came some very expensive ones . Shoreditch ’s eating view ranges from 24 - hr salt kick bagels to eight - row Michelin - asterisk tasting menus , but whatever toll bracket you ’re sticking to , your dinner ’s very unlikely to be crap . It ’s home to a new strain of rage classic ; Hawksmoor , Lyle ’s , The Clove Club , and som saa are all famed for their quality rather than their patronage .

1. Soho

Essential restaurants : BAO , Barrafina , Little SocialIt may no longer be the seedy stomping ground that it became famous as , but Soho is still fundamental London ’s primary party animal , and it has a suitable dinner party spot for every mood and budget . From 6 pm , the street are lined with well - dress , patient queues outside hip , fresh no - reservations places such as BAO , Patty&Bun , andHoppers . When the post - work pub bunch has quiet a scrap , the more expensive Soho classics ( 10 Greek St , Barrafina ) start to buzz . Then as the pubs start out to come together , the tipsy masses are soak up by Chinatown ’s late - night counter . And now that we can get the Night Tube home , the eating marathon is even more epical .

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