Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
This is the restaurant almost directly behind Florence Works, but they won't let you in the backdoor so you'll have to go round to UpperSt. to find the entrance! Yotam Ottolenghi's chic very fashionable arab/israeli restaurant which grabs flavours from around North Africa and the Middle East. Also known for its variety of interesting salads and gorgeous cakes.
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Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper StThis is the restaurant almost directly behind Florence Works, but they won't let you in the backdoor so you'll have to go round to UpperSt. to find the entrance! Yotam Ottolenghi's chic very fashionable arab/israeli restaurant which grabs flavours from around North Africa and the Middle East. Also known for its variety of interesting salads and gorgeous cakes.
Rustic, southern Italian cuisine served in modern, laid-back quarters with bar and outside terrace.
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Radici
30 Almeida StRustic, southern Italian cuisine served in modern, laid-back quarters with bar and outside terrace.
3-floor French restaurant decked with plants and candle-lit tables, serving classic bistro menu.
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Le Mercury
140a Upper St3-floor French restaurant decked with plants and candle-lit tables, serving classic bistro menu.
Turkish grill dishes in a terracotta-walled restaurant hung with framed photographs and chandeliers.
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Gallipoli Cafe & Bistro
119-120 Upper StTurkish grill dishes in a terracotta-walled restaurant hung with framed photographs and chandeliers.
This is one of my favourite good value lunch places- only £8.95 for their 2 course special -and I have never taken anyone there who hasn't loved it. Food is Middle Eastern/ Turkish. Laid back atmosphere and always busy, but you don't normally need to book.
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Mem & Laz Brasserie
8 Theberton StThis is one of my favourite good value lunch places- only £8.95 for their 2 course special -and I have never taken anyone there who hasn't loved it. Food is Middle Eastern/ Turkish. Laid back atmosphere and always busy, but you don't normally need to book.
Upmarket small Indian restaurant just round the corner on Cross St. Not cheap but good flavours/interesting dishes and definitely worth a visit if you like good Indian food.
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Zaffrani
47 Cross StUpmarket small Indian restaurant just round the corner on Cross St. Not cheap but good flavours/interesting dishes and definitely worth a visit if you like good Indian food.
This is a newly opened restaurant serving excellent Thai food with good options for vegetarians and vegans. Soups are particularly good.
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Cafe Isarn
119 Upper StThis is a newly opened restaurant serving excellent Thai food with good options for vegetarians and vegans. Soups are particularly good.
Drinks & Nightlife
Intimate pub with coal fires, old photos and a pre-decimal till, plus an upstairs theatre.
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King's Head Theatre
115 Upper StIntimate pub with coal fires, old photos and a pre-decimal till, plus an upstairs theatre.
American vibe in a bar with bare brick walls and booth seats, low-lit with candles and neon lights.
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Slim Jim's Liquor Store
112 Upper StAmerican vibe in a bar with bare brick walls and booth seats, low-lit with candles and neon lights.
Essentials
This is open 7.30am to 11.00am and you can get pretty well everything you need there- food and drink. Croissants are the best in the whole of Islington.
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Sainsbury's Local
1-3 Bryanston StThis is open 7.30am to 11.00am and you can get pretty well everything you need there- food and drink. Croissants are the best in the whole of Islington.