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ActonAldgateAldwychAngelArchwayBalham

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1. Lussmanns Highgate

4.5

Awesome(97)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• Modern European • Highgate

Booked 8 times today

We are the locals’ favourite sustainable restaurant. We are proud to offer relaxed, ethical dining on the high street and I hope you’ll come and enjoy eating with us very soon.

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2. Brendan the Navigator

4.3

Awesome(10)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Gastro Pub • Highgate

Booked 2 times today

PLEASE NOTE IF RESERVING THAT KITCHEN HOURS DIFFER FROM PUB OPENING HOURS. You can still reserve for drinks outside of kitchen opening hours. We are a friendly, independent, freehouse pub/restaurant on Highgate Hill with Traditional Irish, Jazz and Folk music sessions, dining, fine ales, beers, lagers, porter, wine, craft drinks, whiskey and other spirits, soft drinks and snacks and outside space. Rooms available for functions. As Open table does not facilitatre us to differentiate between food and drink bookings PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK the kitchen is open during your selected reservation time if you wish to eat with us and so as to avoid disappointment.

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3. The Plimsoll

4.8

Exceptional(96)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• Pub • Highbury

Booked 46 times today

A modern pub serving a frequently changing menu, available in our dining room, bar, and outside ledges. It's not fine dining, nor is it trying to be. We cook in a way that we as cooks like to eat, so don’t be afraid to share. If you want to pop in for a burger and a pint, feel free to grab any available space in the bar or outside. We accept bookings for tables of up to six people in the dining room.It can be loud and slightly chaotic; at night it is dark. We turn tables because we need to in order to survive and pay the people that make it work, so please don’t be offended if we ask you to wait a moment for your table. Our dining room has limited space and we don’t offer high chairs, so please let us know in advance if you're bringing a pram or need to adjust your booking size.Here's when we're open, so you can find what you're looking for:Weekdays: Bar 3-11pmKitchen 6-10pmWeekends: Bar 12-11pm (10pm Sunday’s)Kitchen 1-5pmKitchen is closed on Men’s Arsenal home games.

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4. St. JOHN Smithfield

4.8

Exceptional(4153)

$$$$Price: Very Expensive

• British • Farringdon

Booked 68 times today

Fergus Henderson’s original home of “Nose to Tail Eating” opened in a former smokehouse around the corner from Smithfield Market in 1994.Celebrating the finest of indigenous British produce and making the most of what is seasonally best whilst applying straight forward cooking techniques, St. John is now celebrated as one of the 50 Best Restaurants in the World and in 2009 was awarded its first Michelin Star.Nose to tail eating means that, where appropriate, every part of the animal should be put to good use in the kitchen and so along with Roast Beef and Lemon Sole, diners will find Rolled Pig’s Spleen, Kidneys and Ox Heart, Liver and Chitterlings as well as the Roast Bone Marrow & Parsley Salad, something of a ‘signature’ dish.

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5. Fatt Pundit

4.6

Exceptional(1157)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• Chinese • Soho

Booked 24 times today

Hello from Fatt Pundit, the “Chinese-Indian 'Hakka' restaurant you never knew you needed”. We look forward to welcoming you!!!Please inform the management if you have any food allergies while reserving your table. Please note we won’t be able to serve guests with SEVERE ALLERGIES.

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6. Westerns Laundry

4.8

Exceptional(1696)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• Modern European • Holloway

Booked 32 times today

Westerns Laundry is a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant focusing on seafood & natural wines. The restaurant is located in the Islington/Highbury neighbourhood of North London. It opened in 2018 and is housed in a 1950's industrial building which used to be home to the largest commercial laundry in North London. It now boasts a beautiful 60 cover dining room, which opens onto an open 20 cover cobbled courtyard with olive trees as well as an intimate private dining room. Westerns Laundry has won numerous awards for excellence and originality and is a firm favourite on the London dining scene.

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7. Sketch Gallery

4.6

Exceptional(458)

$$$$Price: Very Expensive

• Modern European • Oxford Circus

Booked 9 times today

In February 2022, the renowned British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and project architect India Mahdavi transformed the Gallery with a new installation of artworks and interiors. Shonibare’s artist-conceived vision presented a new sunshine-yellow setting designed by Mahdavi, marking a new culture-defining chapter for sketch in its 20th year. Using applique and embroidery techniques on richly dyed fabrics, Shonibare illuminates the influence of African traditions on European conceptions of our modern-day world.

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8. Heddon Street Kitchen

4.1

Excellent(3035)

$$$$Price: Moderate

• European • Piccadilly

Booked 70 times today

Welcome to Heddon Street Kitchen. We can't wait for you to join us in our restaurant, bar and on the terrace in the heart of Piccadilly.

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9. St John's Tavern

4.6

Exceptional(183)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• Modern European • Archway

Booked 10 times today

A contemporary British pub with an astonishing dining room. St Johns serves well sourced, seasonal British food along with classic European regional dishes. We source our produce from British farms and sustainable sources, and everything is made on the premises. Service is relaxed but efficient and the ambience is one of ease and conviviality.

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10. Jolene Newington Green

4.7

Exceptional(1278)

$$$$Price: Expensive

• British • Stoke Newington

Booked 39 times today

Situated on Newington Green, Jolene is a relaxed neighbourhood restaurant and bakery, with a natural wine cellar. Focussing on flavour, provenance and sustainability, the menu changes weekly. Maximum table booking of 6 pax.

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Harriet
Lancashire •1 review
5.0
Dined 2 days ago
Not our first time going and won’t be our last, everything was incredible service, food, cider!! Absolute 10/10, had the best chocolate tart of my life thanks to the brilliant Rosie. Thank you so much for looking after us!
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The PlimsollPrice: Expensive• Pub• Highbury
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4.8
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Andy
London •3 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Good food, well served, nice vibes. But it was early, so it may have been louder later on
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Lussmanns HighgatePrice: Expensive• Modern European• Highgate
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4.5
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Gurn
London •1 review
5.0
Dined 7 days ago
Tremendous food and service It did not disappoint Staff were the best
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St. JOHN SmithfieldPrice: Very Expensive• British• Farringdon
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4.8
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Patrick
London •1 review
5.0
Dined on Feb 8, 2025
This is a very friendly pub with lovely food and a very nice atmosphere. The music was very pleasant without being too loud to speak over. Booking a table in advance seemed sensible. Overall we had a very nice meal and a wonderful evening. Definitely will go back.
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Brendan the NavigatorPrice: Moderate• Gastro Pub• Highgate
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4.3
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Rysia
Toronto / Ontario •8 reviews
5.0
Dined on Feb 5, 2025
We really enjoyed our experience there and will go back next time we're in London. The Crackling Spinach was absolutely outstanding and one of the best vegetable dishes I've ever had. My obnly regret is that we didn't try more items on the menu, but we were so full we just couldn't eat another bite. The service was excellent and we felt very appreciated.
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Fatt PunditPrice: Moderate• Chinese• Soho
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4.6

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