69 Colebrooke Row

The Islington Guide

Your guide to the best of Islington. From bars, to restaurants, to which of those bars and restaurants make the best date spots.

Bars | Angel

69 Colebrooke Row The intimate cocktail bar, officially known as “The Bar With No Name”. Fortunately, however, its name is the least relevant bit about it.

Restaurants | Newington Green

Perilla It’s an “anti-fine dining fine dining restaurant”, serving up fancy food without the hefty price tag.

Restaurants | Islington

Prawn On The Lawn A cosy, candlelit, unsuspectingly romantic iced seafood restaurant….

Restaurants | Islington

Ottolenghi A North African restaurant with Middle Eastern influences, from one of the nation’s favourite chefs.

Restaurants | Farringdon

Moro British Iberian-with-a-North-African-twist Mediterranean restaurant. In short: it’s good.

Restaurants | Angel

MEATliquor N1 A temple to excess, meat and booze housed in a neon and graffiti-addled former garage.

Restaurants | Islington

Mercer & Co A small-but-perfectly-formed cafe-style spot for salt beef & cocktails in Islington….

Bars | Islington

Little Bat A second bar from the people behind Callooh Callay. It’s what we here like to call ‘a success’.

Restaurants | Islington

Plaquemine Lock Jacob Kenedy has stuffed the whole of New Orleans’ famed culinary dictionary into his Islington pub….

Restaurants | Highbury

Westerns Laundry A second site from the team behind Primeur, focussing on seafood and seasonal produce.

Restaurants | Islington

Salut! A bistro for casual-yet-fine-dining food, a relaxed atmosphere and remarkably friendly service.

Food & Drink | De Beauvoir Town

Duke’s Brew & Que Sadly, Duke’s Brew & Que has now closed.