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Drinks & Nightlife

Lovely local, recently had a huge investment making it a beautiful charming place to drink and eat with great gastropub menu
49 localnici recomandă
The Highbury Barn Tavern
26 Highbury Park
49 localnici recomandă
Lovely local, recently had a huge investment making it a beautiful charming place to drink and eat with great gastropub menu
Fun bar which often holds events like comedy nights and theatre group shows
41 localnici recomandă
The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar
109 St Paul's Rd
41 localnici recomandă
Fun bar which often holds events like comedy nights and theatre group shows
Cocktail bar and restaurant designed to look like the Orient Express with a modern twist.
18 localnici recomandă
Hoxley & Porter
153 Upper St
18 localnici recomandă
Cocktail bar and restaurant designed to look like the Orient Express with a modern twist.
Small but quirky cool hidden bar serving great cocktails and a good ambience in the evening
51 localnici recomandă
The Four Sisters Bar
25 Canonbury Ln
51 localnici recomandă
Small but quirky cool hidden bar serving great cocktails and a good ambience in the evening
Tiny cocktail den with super drinks menu and jamon iberico, Parmigiano or taralli fennel biscuits to snack on before dinner
89 localnici recomandă
69 Colebrooke Row
69 Colebrooke Row
89 localnici recomandă
Tiny cocktail den with super drinks menu and jamon iberico, Parmigiano or taralli fennel biscuits to snack on before dinner
Nice local wood-clad pub that has a quiz on Tuesday and on Wednesdays has a 'wine down', meaning you get the rest of the bottle of wine free when you purchase two glasses
20 localnici recomandă
The Woodbine - Irish Pub
215 Blackstock Rd
20 localnici recomandă
Nice local wood-clad pub that has a quiz on Tuesday and on Wednesdays has a 'wine down', meaning you get the rest of the bottle of wine free when you purchase two glasses
Large pub with alfresco drinking options and good food menu as well as serving traditional Sunday roast
20 localnici recomandă
The Alwyne Castle
83 St Paul's Rd
20 localnici recomandă
Large pub with alfresco drinking options and good food menu as well as serving traditional Sunday roast
The Lamb pub serves the finest local brews — from Camden Town and Hackney breweries. They also do natural wine, fresh pizzas by local Sorrento Pizzas and amazing Serious Pig pork scratchings.
78 localnici recomandă
The Lamb
94 Lamb's Conduit St
78 localnici recomandă
The Lamb pub serves the finest local brews — from Camden Town and Hackney breweries. They also do natural wine, fresh pizzas by local Sorrento Pizzas and amazing Serious Pig pork scratchings.
A friendly Islington local with a welcoming vibe and an array of movie posters, alongside other film paraphernalia. A British menu is served up from their kitchen daily
54 localnici recomandă
The Alma Pub Islington
59 Newington Green Rd
54 localnici recomandă
A friendly Islington local with a welcoming vibe and an array of movie posters, alongside other film paraphernalia. A British menu is served up from their kitchen daily
A favourite for cocktails - check it out for happy hour and they have a DJ
25 localnici recomandă
Simmons Bar | Angel
43 Essex Rd
25 localnici recomandă
A favourite for cocktails - check it out for happy hour and they have a DJ
Serving brilliant cocktails and happy hour with a nice going out atmosphere and music
Be At One Islington
12 Upper St
Serving brilliant cocktails and happy hour with a nice going out atmosphere and music
Award winning pub at the heart of the local community, a short walk away & opposite Canonbury Overground Station
55 localnici recomandă
The Snooty Fox
75 Grosvenor Ave
55 localnici recomandă
Award winning pub at the heart of the local community, a short walk away & opposite Canonbury Overground Station
Beautiful old building with events on most nights and DJ at the weekend
99 localnici recomandă
The Old Dairy
1-3 Crouch Hill
99 localnici recomandă
Beautiful old building with events on most nights and DJ at the weekend
Famous bar with quirky outdoor garden which also serves amazing Thai dishes.
171 localnici recomandă
The Faltering Fullback
19 Perth Rd
171 localnici recomandă
Famous bar with quirky outdoor garden which also serves amazing Thai dishes.
Serving Modern british cuisine, this is a small & very adorable restaurant
53 localnici recomandă
Season Kitchen
53 Stroud Green Rd
53 localnici recomandă
Serving Modern british cuisine, this is a small & very adorable restaurant

Essentials

Really great traditional deli
143 localnici recomandă
La Fromagerie
30 Highbury Park
143 localnici recomandă
Really great traditional deli
Great fresh produce
6 localnici recomandă
Mrs Lovell's Greengrocers
1c Highbury Park
6 localnici recomandă
Great fresh produce
They sell beautiful deli style things including fresh cakes, tarts, breads, and have a huge fromagerie out the back. They also have a couple of seats upfront by the window if you want to eat there
17 localnici recomandă
Da Mario
34 Highbury Park
17 localnici recomandă
They sell beautiful deli style things including fresh cakes, tarts, breads, and have a huge fromagerie out the back. They also have a couple of seats upfront by the window if you want to eat there
Excellent quality butcher
18 localnici recomandă
Godfreys.co
7 Highbury Park
18 localnici recomandă
Excellent quality butcher
Amazing selection of fresh fish
17 localnici recomandă
Bourne's Fishmongers
13 Highbury Park
17 localnici recomandă
Amazing selection of fresh fish

Food Scene

Good for tapas and sometimes have events on
30 localnici recomandă
Highbury Arts Club
73 Highbury Park
30 localnici recomandă
Good for tapas and sometimes have events on
Authentic Turkish restaurant
11 localnici recomandă
Iznik
19 Highbury Park
11 localnici recomandă
Authentic Turkish restaurant
Really cool place to have a drink & nibbles locally.
71 localnici recomandă
Fink's Salt and Sweet
70 Mountgrove Rd
71 localnici recomandă
Really cool place to have a drink & nibbles locally.
One of my favourite restuarants in London - long granite tables with beautiful selection of salads, savoury, pasta & cakes, plus a bar
21 localnici recomandă
Vivo
57-58 Upper St
21 localnici recomandă
One of my favourite restuarants in London - long granite tables with beautiful selection of salads, savoury, pasta & cakes, plus a bar
A must visit for any Ottolenghi fan - he loves Jerusalem style food
364 localnici recomandă
Ottolenghi Islington
287 Upper St
364 localnici recomandă
A must visit for any Ottolenghi fan - he loves Jerusalem style food
Our favourite for Mexican food. They also have a bar and table football you can play
27 localnici recomandă
Wahaca Islington
68-69 Upper St
27 localnici recomandă
Our favourite for Mexican food. They also have a bar and table football you can play
Highly recommend it serves a simple, seasonally, Italian inspired menu that changes daily
153 localnici recomandă
Trullo
300-302 St Paul's Rd
153 localnici recomandă
Highly recommend it serves a simple, seasonally, Italian inspired menu that changes daily
Started as a fishmongers but now serve brilliant seafood
77 localnici recomandă
Prawn on the Lawn
294 St Paul's Rd
77 localnici recomandă
Started as a fishmongers but now serve brilliant seafood
Good American Burger chain
57 localnici recomandă
Five Guys
71 Upper St
57 localnici recomandă
Good American Burger chain
A collaboration between Neil Rankin (ex-John Salt and Pitt Cue Co) and The Pig & Butcher, the Smokehouse’s regularly changing menu involves plenty of fish and meat smoked on the premises
82 localnici recomandă
Smokehouse
63-69 Canonbury Rd
82 localnici recomandă
A collaboration between Neil Rankin (ex-John Salt and Pitt Cue Co) and The Pig & Butcher, the Smokehouse’s regularly changing menu involves plenty of fish and meat smoked on the premises
A restaurant and takeaway from former Ivy head chef Des McDonald. Menu includes both chip butties with curry sauce and quail eggs with cress.
The Fish And Chip Shop
189 Upper St
A restaurant and takeaway from former Ivy head chef Des McDonald. Menu includes both chip butties with curry sauce and quail eggs with cress.
Lovely neighbourhood French bistro serving fantastic brunch
7 localnici recomandă
Assiette Anglaise
489 Liverpool Road
7 localnici recomandă
Lovely neighbourhood French bistro serving fantastic brunch
Cool new Vietnamese chain
91 localnici recomandă
Salvation in Noodles
122 Balls Pond Rd
91 localnici recomandă
Cool new Vietnamese chain
Posh pub food including meat which has been butchered and smoked on site
102 localnici recomandă
The Pig and Butcher
80 Liverpool Rd
102 localnici recomandă
Posh pub food including meat which has been butchered and smoked on site
Brilliant bakery & place to have coffee
24 localnici recomandă
Euphorium - Highbury
202 Upper St
24 localnici recomandă
Brilliant bakery & place to have coffee
Really pretty place for tea, coffee, cakes & sandwiches
13 localnici recomandă
Highness Cafe & Tea Room
21a Highbury Park
13 localnici recomandă
Really pretty place for tea, coffee, cakes & sandwiches
Start your day 5mins from the Emirates Stadium with a fresh almond croissant & a Monmouth coffee
78 localnici recomandă
Le Péché Mignon
6 Ronalds Rd
78 localnici recomandă
Start your day 5mins from the Emirates Stadium with a fresh almond croissant & a Monmouth coffee
Serving a wide range of coffee beans to choose from
49 localnici recomandă
Vagabond N7
105 Holloway Rd
49 localnici recomandă
Serving a wide range of coffee beans to choose from
Famous Gunners drinking spot serving fresh pies named after an Arsenal player and runny Scotch eggs
29 localnici recomandă
Piebury Corner
209-211 Holloway Rd
29 localnici recomandă
Famous Gunners drinking spot serving fresh pies named after an Arsenal player and runny Scotch eggs
Check out the mural on the wall at Maison d’Etre and have a viennoiserie or fresh bread with condiments from London Borough of Jam.
38 localnici recomandă
Maison d'etre
38 localnici recomandă
Check out the mural on the wall at Maison d’Etre and have a viennoiserie or fresh bread with condiments from London Borough of Jam.
There’s a changing seasonal menu at Le Coq but its one permanent item that never fails to satisfy is Sutton Hoo chicken with rotisserie potatoes. At £20 for three courses, it’s a good deal.
37 localnici recomandă
LeCoq
292-294 Saint Paul's Road
37 localnici recomandă
There’s a changing seasonal menu at Le Coq but its one permanent item that never fails to satisfy is Sutton Hoo chicken with rotisserie potatoes. At £20 for three courses, it’s a good deal.
Café turned kids playground
12 localnici recomandă
Little Highness Play Café
69 Highbury Park
12 localnici recomandă
Café turned kids playground
A changing selection of three filter coffees is advertised on a blackboard above the bar, and friendly staff are happy to explain their distinct flavours
64 localnici recomandă
The CoffeeWorks Project
96-98 Islington High St
64 localnici recomandă
A changing selection of three filter coffees is advertised on a blackboard above the bar, and friendly staff are happy to explain their distinct flavours
Relaxed, unfussy café serving fresh and tasty breakfasts and brunch
59 localnici recomandă
The Corner One
85 Jamestown Rd
59 localnici recomandă
Relaxed, unfussy café serving fresh and tasty breakfasts and brunch
Open super late they will fill your fresh-baked bagel with almost anything you can think of
13 localnici recomandă
The Happening Bagel Bakery
284A Seven Sisters Rd
13 localnici recomandă
Open super late they will fill your fresh-baked bagel with almost anything you can think of
Serving delicious salads and sandwiches
37 localnici recomandă
Boulangerie Bon Matin
178 Tollington Park
37 localnici recomandă
Serving delicious salads and sandwiches
Brilliant Italian food & great value for money
12 localnici recomandă
La Saporita
174 Tollington Park
12 localnici recomandă
Brilliant Italian food & great value for money
Spanish tapas served in a spacious and buzzy restaurant which uses authentic meats, cheeses and wines imported from Spain
29 localnici recomandă
La Fabrica
45 Stroud Green Rd
29 localnici recomandă
Spanish tapas served in a spacious and buzzy restaurant which uses authentic meats, cheeses and wines imported from Spain

Shopping

They stock a wide selection of wines & liquer
22 localnici recomandă
Highbury Vintners
71 Highbury Park
22 localnici recomandă
They stock a wide selection of wines & liquer

Everything Else

Really handy if you need shoes repairing
Master Cobbler
21 Highbury Park
Really handy if you need shoes repairing
Good if you need anything dry cleaning very locally during your stay
9 localnici recomandă
Highbury Library
66A Drayton Park
9 localnici recomandă
Good if you need anything dry cleaning very locally during your stay
Nestled behind Upper Street you’ll find Camden Passage, a vintage treasure trove crammed with wheeled wooden stalls, cafes, independent boutiques and one of London’s oldest antique markets
213 localnici recomandă
Camden Passage
Camden Passage
213 localnici recomandă
Nestled behind Upper Street you’ll find Camden Passage, a vintage treasure trove crammed with wheeled wooden stalls, cafes, independent boutiques and one of London’s oldest antique markets
Great fields to relax in and enjoy the weather, there are also tennis courts here and is a popular place for BBQs in summer - one of the only boroughs in London that allow this still
209 localnici recomandă
Highbury Fields
Highbury Crescent
209 localnici recomandă
Great fields to relax in and enjoy the weather, there are also tennis courts here and is a popular place for BBQs in summer - one of the only boroughs in London that allow this still
Highbury Pool & Fitness Centre. Might be members only but they also might allow drop ins I'm not entirely sure
19 localnici recomandă
Highbury Leisure Centre
Highbury Crescent
19 localnici recomandă
Highbury Pool & Fitness Centre. Might be members only but they also might allow drop ins I'm not entirely sure

Arts & Culture

In a great position on Upper St for dinner and drinks before or after catching a film
137 localnici recomandă
Vue Cinema London - Islington
36 Parkfield St
137 localnici recomandă
In a great position on Upper St for dinner and drinks before or after catching a film
Quirky cinema experience where you sit on sofas instead of normal cinema seats and you can be served drinks & food to your seats
49 localnici recomandă
The Screen on the Green
Upper Street
49 localnici recomandă
Quirky cinema experience where you sit on sofas instead of normal cinema seats and you can be served drinks & food to your seats
A good relaxed way to spend an evening
94 localnici recomandă
Odeon Cinema Holloway
419-427 Holloway Rd
94 localnici recomandă
A good relaxed way to spend an evening
Bowling fun for all the family
63 localnici recomandă
Rowans Tenpin Bowl
10 Stroud Green Rd
63 localnici recomandă
Bowling fun for all the family
Union Chapel is a working church and live entertainment venue
87 localnici recomandă
Capela Uniunii
19b Compton Terrace
87 localnici recomandă
Union Chapel is a working church and live entertainment venue
325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation
224 localnici recomandă
Teatrul Almeida
Almeida Street
224 localnici recomandă
325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation
Renowned performing arts venue
253 localnici recomandă
Sadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
253 localnici recomandă
Renowned performing arts venue

Sightseeing

For an Arsenal Football Fan
385 localnici recomandă
Stadionul Emirates
Hornsey Road
385 localnici recomandă
For an Arsenal Football Fan