London Restaurants - North London

67 Fonthill Road, London N4 3HZ

Neapolitan owner Paola is one of the friendliest folk in Finsbury Park and takes inspiration from her homeland for the dishes and wine list here. Food is homely but delicious and the welcome is big on Italian warmth.

2 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4PX

This Italian restaurant right on the corner of Exmouth Market is concentrating on "cucina povera", the tradition of using simple ingredients to prepare honest and flavoursome food" with a design from the people behind Bubbledogs.

King's Cross , London N1C 4TB

The restored King's Cross hotel features a 90-cover restaurant, Plum + Spilt Milk which has views over the King’s Cross piazza, and St Pancras International. The dining room features 17, three-metre floor to ceiling sash windows and 120 hand blown pendant lights. The all day dining menu starts with breakfast and brunch through to dinner. The menu will soon have dishes from Mark Sargeant who is taking over the food for the hotel from May.

Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, London N1C 4AA

The original opened up in Exmouth Market to great reviews and they haven't looked back since. Now in multiple locations across town, this was Caravan's second opening, and one of the first places to open on Granary Square. Coffee remains a big thing, supplied by their nearby roastery. Food-wise, they serve what they call a "food well-travelled" menu all-day and their brunch is one of the most popular in town.

42 Gloucester Avenue, Primrose Hill, London NW1 8JD

Nadra's original Chiswick restaurant is a hit with the locals and this sees him moving north to Primrose Hill. Expect a menu with British, European and Asian ingredients as well as a martini bar.

80 Liverpool Road, London N1 0QD

This is the third gastropub from the people behind the Lady Ottoline and the Princess of Shoreditch. It's taken over the place of the former Islington Tap and will be making rustic food with freshly sourced meat and fish while making plenty use of its wood-fired oven. In the kitchen is Swedish chef Robbin Holmgren whose had stints at St John and St John Bread & Wine and has also run supperclubs with the Clove Club (who now co-run the Ten Bells).

162 Tufnell Park Road, London N7 0EE

24 York Way, London N1 9AA

Located in the gradually up and coming area of King's Cross, The Fellow offers the usual gastropub fare. You'll also find a handy roof terrace if you want to, understandably, escape from King's Cross street level.

73 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London NW3 4SL

Modern Iranian restaurant serving essentially good Persian food.

90 York Way, King's Cross, London N1 9AG

This King's Place restaurant is in a super setting especially during the summer months with a massive terrace opening onto the canal. The menu is modern British, and you'll find all the meat here sourced from the restaurant's own farm in Northumberland.

168 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 1QS

It takes a lot to make yet another gastropub opening stand out from the crowd in London but the Bull and Last appears to have stuck to the tried and tested formula of serving simply fantastic food. They call themselves a Pub and Kitchen, but reviewers felt the food surpassed usual gastropub fare to be truly gourmet.

3 Varnisher's Yard, The Regent Quarter, King's Cross (off Pentonville Road), London N1 9FD